One and a half years after his mysterious near-death experience Jamie Foxx finally brings light to the condition that almost killed him. The actor revealed new details about his medical history in his Netflix special. What had happened waswhich arrived on the platform on December 10th.

“I fought for my life,” said the 56-year-old at the opening of the special program. “But I’m still sexy.”

In response to rumors that he was paralyzed and unable to walk, Foxx began dancing on stage.

“The internet said Puffy (Sean “Diddy” Combs) tried to kill me. “I left these parties early,” he joked, before getting into the actual details of what happened.

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“It’s a mystery,” Foxx said. “We still don’t know exactly what happened to me. All I can tell you is that I appreciate every prayer because I needed every prayer.”

“It actually happened here in Atlanta. What happened was…let me get through this,” he said, beginning to choke. “On April 11th I had a bad headache and asked my boy for aspirin and I realized. It quickly becomes clear that in a medical emergency your boy doesn’t know what the hell to do. But I had such a bad headache.

“Before I could get the aspirin,” he continued, “I walked out. I don’t remember 20 days.”

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A first doctor sent the actor home, but his sister knew something was still wrong. “They say she was driving aimlessly around Atlanta,” he explained, adding that he was eventually taken to Piedmont Hospital.

There, “a doctor told my sister terrible news about her big brother,” Foxx said. “He said, ‘He has a brain bleed that led to a stroke.'”

“I was told they were admitting me for surgery and my sister knelt outside the operating room and prayed the whole time,” he said. “Your life doesn’t flash before your face. It was strangely peaceful somehow. I say this all the time – I saw the tunnel; I didn’t see the light.”

Doctors told Foxx, “It’s going to be the worst years of his life,” he said, adding, “That’s it, Atlanta. You finally understand the story.”

News of Foxx’s health crisis first broke on April 12, 2023, when Foxx’s daughter Corinne posted on Instagram that the Oscar winner was hospitalized due to a “medical complication.” She said at the time that he was “already on the road to recovery,” but within a few weeks TMZ reported that Foxx’s family and friends asked for “prayers” while he remained hospitalized, suggesting that many people around him feared the worst.

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Corinne dispelled this rumor on May 12, 2023, saying that her father had not been in the hospital for weeks. “Sad to see the media going wild,” she wrote in an Instagram story.

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Nevertheless, Foxx himself confirmed the severity of his condition during his first public appearance after his hospitalization in December 2023. “I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy because it’s hard when it’s almost over… when you see the tunnel,” Foxx said at the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema & Television honoring the Black, Latino, and AAPI Achievements.

The The actor didn’t reveal his exact health problem, but said he “actually couldn’t walk” six months earlier.

Foxx’s Netflix special dispels the many rumors that arose after his hospitalization, including that he suffered a stroke and that he suffered a blood clot in his brain after being vaccinated against COVID-19 (a report his team as referred to as “complete”). inaccurate”) and that Sean “Diddy” Combs poisoned him.

Foxx first announced his one-man show in September, which he performed in Atlanta on October 3rd, 4th and 5th.

“Join us for an unforgettable one-man show as Jamie Foxx takes the stage and shares his journey through a serious health crisis full of humor, heart and inspiration!” he wrote on Instagram.

He later described the special as an “artistic journey” and added: “I want to thank everyone who prayed.”

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