Jamie Foxx Makes Shocking Health Revelation in Netflix Comedy Special

Jamie Foxx is finally opening up about his health woes.

In his new Netflix stand-up comedy special, What Had Happened Was, released on Tuesday, December 10, Foxx, 56, recalled the events that led to his hospitalization in 2023.

“April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for aspirin,” said the Dreamgirls actor. “I realized quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f**k to do.” 

Foxx revealed that before he could take the aspirin, he blacked out and was unconscious for weeks.

“I don’t remember 20 days,” he said. 

Elsewhere in the special, Foxx shared that his sister, Deidra Dixon, sense that he was experiencing something far more severe than a regular headache.

“[Dixon] says, ‘Get him in the car. That ain’t my brother right there,’” Foxx said. “She drove around — she didn’t know anything about Piedmont Hospital, but she had a hunch that some angels [were] in there.” 

It was at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta that doctors told Dixon that Foxx had “as a brain bleed that has led to a stroke” and if they didn’t operate on Foxx immediately, he would die. 

“My sister knelt down outside the operating room and prayed the whole time,” said the “Blame It” hitmaker. 

Foxx noted that his time unconscious was “oddly peaceful.” 

According to the multihyphenate, doctors told Dixon that Foxx “may be able to make a full recovery, but it’s going to be the worst year of his life.” 

“That’s what it was,” the Oscar winner said.

Despite the harrowing events, Foxx maintained his sense of humor, as evidenced by the Netflix special. He added that this is what got him through this trying time.

“I lost everything, but the only thing I could hold onto was my sense of humor,” Foxx said. “If I could stay funny, I could stay alive.”

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