\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \tRelated story \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tMartin Short Shares a Heartbreaking Update on Grieving His Late Daughter Katherine\t\t<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n \t \n\tFoxx was in Atlanta filming Back in Action<\/em><\/a> when things took a frightening turn.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cApril 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for an aspirin,\u201d he recalled in his Netflix special. \u201cBefore I could get the aspirin, I went out.\u201d Not long after, he was rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the time, his family said very little. In a now-deleted Instagram post<\/a> written on the family\u2019s behalf, his daughter Corinne Foxx said he had \u201cexperienced a medical complication\u201d and was already on his way to recovery \u201cdue to quick action and great care.\u201d The family kept everything else private.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat Had Happened Was<\/em>\u2026 marked the first time Foxx spoke openly about what caused his hospitalization, per WSB-TV<\/a>. He walked the audience through what he\u2019s been able to piece together, starting with a pretty startling admission: \u201cI don\u2019t remember 20 days.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to Foxx, the first doctor he saw missed what was really going on. He got a cortisone shot and was sent home. His sister wasn\u2019t buying it. \u201cThat ain\u2019t my brother right there,\u201d she said. She drove him to a hospital, where doctors found the brain bleed and said he needed an operation to survive.<\/p>\n \n\tFoxx said he woke up on May 4 in a wheelchair, unable to walk, and didn\u2019t believe he\u2019d had a stroke. He later went to Chicago for rehab.<\/p>\n \n\tEven after all that, some answers are still missing.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe still don\u2019t know exactly what happened to me,\u201d Foxx said in the special. He hasn\u2019t shared a more specific diagnosis than \u201cbrain bleed\u201d and \u201cstroke,\u201d or exactly how long he stayed in the hospital.<\/p>\n \n\tThe most emotional part of Foxx\u2019s 2026 update was his return to the people who cared for him.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI went back to see those nurses that kept me alive,\u201d he told Reeve. One of them called him \u201ca miracle\u201d and \u201ca three percenter.\u201d When he asked what that meant, she said, \u201cLess than 3% of people that come in with what you have walk out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFoxx also credited his close circle of friends and loved ones with helping him recover: \u201cThey saw me at my most, you know, vulnerable. I had to depend on people.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to ABC News<\/a>, Foxx feels he has \u201cunfinished business,\u201d and he\u2019s channeling it into stand-up.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI went through some stuff and I\u2019m gonna tell it as funny as I can, but as real as I can,\u201d he said. He\u2019s also feeling more creative than ever. \u201cI\u2019ve never been as creative as I am now,\u201d he said, adding that there are still \u201csome things that I\u2019m really trying to get at.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSome of what\u2019s changed is physical. In a recent interview<\/a> with BET News, Foxx looked back on a moment from about 10 years ago, when he was 48 and trying to get back in shape.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMy doctor banned me from lifting weights. A few years ago. Cause I couldn\u2019t hold my swole,\u201d Foxx told Young.<\/p>\n \n\tHe said he\u2019d spend roughly four hours bench pressing, and right after, his muscles looked bigger. \u201cI kind of puffed up,\u201d Foxx continued. \u201cI said, \u2018Oh yeah, I\u2019m back.\u2019\u201d But when he caught his reflection on the way to his car, the pumped-up look was already gone. \u201cI said, what was it four hours for?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHis doctor pointed to his age as the reason, handed him a bag of resistance bands, and said, \u201cThat\u2019s your new workout plan.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHis comedy has changed, too. Ahead of Take Care of Yourself<\/em>, Foxx told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> that he cut material after seeing the backlash to some of the jokes at Kevin Hart\u2019s roast, including a widely criticized joke<\/a> about George Floyd\u2019s murder, which Foxx said he didn\u2019t like either.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAfter that Kevin Hart roast, I had to cut everything,\u201d he said. When \u201cyou see people respond to certain things, you go, \u2018Okay, man, maybe we need to tuck that away,\u2019\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n \n\tFor the full story, start with What Had Happened Was<\/em>\u2026 on Netflix for his first onstage account of the health scare. Next, watch his GMA<\/em> interview with Reeve. Then move on to Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself<\/em> on Hulu, a follow-up to the Netflix special that explores self-care, aging, and personal growth.<\/p>\n \n\tTake Care of Yourself <\/em>premiered on Hulu on October 7, 2026, and it\u2019s clear Foxx isn\u2019t done telling his story. He still can\u2019t remember 20 days of his life, but he hasn\u2019t forgotten the nurse who told him his odds of walking out of the hospital were \u201cless than 3%.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Martin](\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\tWhat Happened to Jamie Foxx in April 2023?\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tThe Brain Bleed, the Stroke, and the 20 Days He Can\u2019t Remember\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tWhy Foxx Says He Has \u2018Unfinished Business\u2019\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tWhat Jamie Foxx Does Differently Now\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tHow to Watch Jamie Foxx\u2019s Specials in Order\t<\/h2>\n