• Jamie Foxx has recalled in his new Netflix comedy special how his 16-year-old daughter Anelise playing guitar at his bedside helped calm his vital signs after he suffered a stroke Jamie Foxx: What happened was…
• The actor revealed that doctors said it was “a walk in the park” for him after his medical emergency in April 2023 and that his “vital values ​​were spiraling out of control,” but Anelise’s performance was able to “bring her down.”
• Then a miracle happened, and that miracle worked through my youngest daughter,” Foxx said

Jamie Foxx’s daughter gives an emotional musical performance in her father’s new Netflix special.

On Tuesday, December 10th, the debut of took place Jamie Foxx: What happened was… In it, the 56-year-old Oscar winner reveals that he had a brain hemorrhage that led to a stroke and shares more about his medical emergency and recovery in April 2023.

At one point in the special, Foxx says that his 16-year-old daughter Anelise, whom he shares with his ex Kristin Grannis, helped him through a time in the hospital that was challenging for the actor.

“They said at one point, for the first 15 days, they thought they were going to lose me because my vitals were out of control,” Foxx recalled of his stay at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. “There was a period of 13 or 14 days where they said we need to keep him calm and we gave him all the medication they could. It’s not working, we have to keep him calm because his vitals are as high as we’re going to lose him.

Foxx then joked, “You know what’s the worst thing you can have in a hospital room when you’re trying to stay calm?” Black family members,” before adding, “Then a miracle happened, and that miracle worked on my youngest.” Daughter. She’s 14. I didn’t want her to see me like that, but she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and said, “I know what my daddy needs…that’s my daddy.”

Foxx broke down in tears as he recalled his youngest daughter’s actions, telling the audience: “They said when she played my vitals went down. The nurses at the nurse’s station were amazed. They were like, ‘Wow, what did they give him?’ They burst into the room and she said, “I got him.”…Do you know what I found out? That God was in that guitar.

The actor then emotionally welcomed Anelise to the stage with her guitar and the two shared a tearful hug before she began her performance.

“Play, play, play,” Foxx tearfully told his daughter. “Let them see your talent, shine Anelise, shine baby,” he added, while Anelise also wiped away tears at the end of her performance.

The father of two then turned to his youngest daughter and said to her tearfully: “Anelise, thank you so much for standing up when all was lost.”

“You had to do it because I always dreamed that one day we would be on stage together,” Anelise replied, before the pair performed a song about his medical emergency, with Foxx rapping and singing and Anelise playing guitar.

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In the track, Foxx sang, “God don’t take me away, my eldest daughter is getting married, please let me walk her down the aisle,” referring to his 30-year-old daughter Corinne’s wedding to Joe Hooten in September, where he actually walked them down the aisle.

For Father’s Day in June, Foxx posted a video of himself singing alongside Anelise while she played guitar outside. “#daddydaughtertime Father’s Day spirit. Static wind feedback and lots of love! Happy Father’s Day. My daughter’s guitar has brought me a lot. There’s more to come,” he wrote at the time.

Corinne first confirmed her father’s “medical complications” in a statement in April 2023. The actor suffered the stroke while in Atlanta filming the Netflix film Back in action with Cameron Diaz.

In the comedy special, Foxx praises Corinne and her sister Deidra Dixon for how they handled his medical emergency.

“They held me,” Foxx said. “Nobody looks like him. They cut everything off. They didn’t want you to see me like that, and I didn’t want you to see me like that. I wanted you to see me like that.”

“There’s another reason why my daughter didn’t want no one to see me,” Foxx continued, adding, “I was so dizzy from the stroke that my head did this (makes a bobbing motion with his head) .”

“She said, ‘You completely incapacitated that mother,'” he joked.

The special was taped in October at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, which Foxx said was “just 1,100 feet” from Piedmont Hospital, where they “saved my life.” Foxx previously wrote on Instagram about his emotional experience while speaking on stage about his health scare: “My heart and soul are filled with nothing but pure joy” after he “had the opportunity to tell my side of the story.” he said.

“I have to thank you, Atlanta, for showing up and showing yourself. “I haven’t been on stage in 18 years, but I needed the stage and I needed an audience that was nothing but pure love and that was you,” he added in the post.

According to Netflix summary, in Jamie Foxx: What happened was… The actor “expresses his deep gratitude to those who prayed and supported his recovery, making this appearance a touching thank you to his fans. A celebration of resilience, humor and the power of community, this comedy event reminds us all of the healing power of laughter.

Jamie Foxx: What happened was… which received a Golden Globe nomination, is now streaming on Netflix.