Actor Jamie Foxx has ended the mystery surrounding his health scare -- he revealed he suffered a stroke last year that nearly took his life. The actor opened up in his new Netflix comedy special, "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...", sharing that he suffered a brain bleed in April 2023 that led to the stroke while filming his movie, "Back in Action," in Atlanta. He continually repeated " Atlanta you saved my life," often referring to the medical team at the city's Piedmont Hospital.
An emotional Jamie teared up as he recounted the terrifying moment, saying, "April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for an aspirin. I realized quickly that when you're in a medical emergency, your boys don't know what to do."
Jamie said before he could even get the aspirin, he was out cold -- and the next thing he knew, 20 days in the hospital had passed, with no memory of them.
He revealed his pals initially took him to a doctor, who sent him home with a cortisone shot. But, it was his sister, Deidra Dixon, who sensed something was seriously off, and drove him to Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital. Jamie said it was there that doctors confirmed to his sister he was having a brain bleed that caused a stroke -- and without immediate surgery, he might not survive.
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