Jamie Foxx Spills the Tea on His 2023 Health Scare: A Brain Bleed, a Stroke, and Some Half-Star Doctor Drama

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Jamie Foxx just dropped a bombshell about his scary 2023 health saga, and it’s a real-life plot twist that no Netflix movie could compete with. Turns out, the 56-year-old superstar wasn’t just taking a casual sick day on the set of Back in Action—he was battling a brain bleed that caused a stroke. Yikes.

Let’s rewind to the fateful day: April 11. Jamie was in Atlanta, Georgia, casually preparing to be amazing (as usual), when he got hit with a headache so bad it made a hangover look like child’s play. Naturally, he asked one of his boys for an aspirin. Big mistake. “I quickly realized when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f— to do,” Jamie spilled in his new Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…. Before he could even pop the aspirin? BAM—lights out. Jamie didn’t wake up for 20 days.

When Dr. Yelp is Not Available
The first doctor Jamie saw? Oh, just a guy who handed him a steroid shot and sent him packing. Jamie’s review? Brutal: “What the f— is that? I don’t know if you can do Yelps for doctors, but that’s half a star.” Pro tip: if you’re ever Jamie Foxx’s doctor, bring your A-game—or at least Google something before winging it.

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Luckily, Jamie’s sister, Deidra Dixon, wasn’t playing around. She knew something was seriously wrong and dragged him to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. And thank goodness for that. Jamie credits the hospital staff with saving his life and even got emotional talking about it: “Y’all saved my life just 400 yards away from here. They put me back together again.”

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Heaven? Hell? Or Just Hot?
While unconscious, Jamie had an out-of-body experience that was not the peaceful, harp-filled scene we’ve all been promised. “Your life doesn’t flash before your face. It was kind of oddly peaceful,” he said. But then things got spicy—literally. “I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light. I was in that tunnel, though. It was hot in that tunnel. S—, am I going to the wrong place in this mother——? Because I looked at the end of the tunnel, and I thought I saw the devil like, ‘Come on.’”

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A Comeback Worth Applauding
Doctors worked a miracle, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Jamie woke up on May 4 (cue Star Wars memes), confused and in a wheelchair. “I couldn’t walk. I was like, ‘Why the f— am I in a wheelchair?’ I’m just coming out of s—.” The recovery was grueling, and Jamie admitted, “The doctors told me it would be the worst year of my life.” But look at him now—living proof that you can’t keep a good Foxx down.

The story behind the headlines. Jamie Foxx faced death, told the devil to chill, and came back swinging. Somebody get this man a five-star doctor and an even bigger trophy for resilience.

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