The actor suffered a stroke in April 2023.
I’m happy to be alive."
Afterward, the actor grew somber as he dove into the story behind his illness.
Jamie Foxx.Carell Augustus/NBC/Getty
We still dont know exactly what happened to me," Foxx began.
“All I can tell you is that I appreciate every prayer because I needed it.”
Carell Augustus/NBC/Getty
Emotional, he sat down and took a moment to wipe away tears before continuing.
Jamie Foxx in ‘What Had Happened Was’ Netflix special.Parrish Lewis/Netflix
Foxx added, I dont remember 20 days.
“What the f—is that?,” he wondered aloud.
“I dont know if you could do Yelps for doctors but thats half a star.”
Jamie Foxx in Netflix’s ‘What Had Happened Was’.Parrish Lewis/Netflix
“She had a hunch that some angels [were] in there,” he told the crowd.
There, the family met a second doctor, who delivered the diagnosis.
Parrish Lewis/Netflix
This cool white boy, Dr. Schuette…
They say he had on a Lakers jersey.
Just cool as s—," Foxx said.
“But he told my sister some horrible news about her big brother.
He said, ‘Hes having a brain bleed thats led to a stroke.’
Me, man, me.”
He explained, “My sister made a joke because sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying.
The operation proceeded and Foxx said his sister knelt outside the operating room, praying the whole time.
Want more movie news?
Continued Foxx, When the doctor came out, he said, ‘Your prayers were answered.
We didnt find where it was coming from, but he is having a stroke.
He may be able to make a full recovery.
But its gonna be the worst year of his life.'”
“On May 4th I woke up,” he said with another snap of his fingers.
“And when I woke up, I found myself in a wheelchair.
And I was like, ‘What the f— , why am I in a wheelchair?'”
He turned to his friend, and a member of his management team, Dave Brown for answers.
It’s a bad joke, Dave.
That’s old man s—, man, I don’t get no strokes.
Stop this f—ing prank."
Thanks to therapy and physical rehab, Foxx has come a long way since then.
Feeling blessed" on Instagram.
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…is now streaming on Netflix.
