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Jamie Foxx’s Netflix Special: What He Said About His Stroke and Recovery

In What Had Happened Was…, Jamie Foxx said a brain bleed led to a stroke. Here’s what he shared about his coma and recovery—and what remains unknown.
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Jamie Foxx’s Netflix special is Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, a 2024 stand-up event in which he said a brain bleed led to a stroke. Foxx recounted a 20-day coma and a difficult recovery, but said the cause of the brain bleed remained unknown.

What is Jamie Foxx’s Netflix special called?

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… is a stand-up comedy special starring Foxx. Netflix lists it at 1 hour 8 minutes and rates it TV-MA; its title page also identifies it as available to download. The official listing is the best place to check whether it is currently available where you live, since streaming availability can vary by region and change over time: Netflix title page.

Netflix describes the special as Foxx’s return to the stage after his 2023 hospitalization, with humor, resilience, community and gratitude to those who supported him at its center. Netflix Tudum reports that Hamish Hamilton directed it. Netflix Tudum’s special overview is dated December 11, 2024.

What happened to Jamie Foxx?

In the special, Foxx said he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke. He recalled having a bad headache on April 11 and asking a friend for aspirin, according to Netflix Tudum. Netflix Tudum quotes him saying, “April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for Aspirin.”

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These details are Foxx’s account as reported by Netflix Tudum and CBS News, not an independently published medical record. His daughter Corinne initially described his hospitalization as a “medical complication,” CBS News reports. The family kept details private at the time; that privacy does not establish any particular explanation for what happened.

How long was Jamie Foxx in a coma?

CBS News reports that Foxx said he was in a coma for 20 days. He said he woke in a wheelchair and could not walk, then had to relearn basic functions. In the account reported by CBS, Foxx described the ordeal as having “went to hell and back.” CBS News’s report also says Foxx credited his daughter Corinne, his sister Diedra Dixon and medical staff with saving his life.

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Does Jamie Foxx know what caused his stroke?

The cited accounts do not establish what caused the brain bleed or stroke. TIME quotes Foxx saying, “It is a mystery, we still don’t know exactly what happened to me.” TIME’s report preserves that distinction: Foxx disclosed a brain bleed that led to a stroke, but did not identify its underlying cause.

It would go beyond his account to attribute the event to an aneurysm, a clot, medication or another specific cause. The special is Foxx’s personal story of illness and recovery, not a clinical explanation of his case or a guide to what another person’s stroke may involve.

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What does the special say about Foxx’s recovery?

The special combines the account of Foxx’s hospitalization and recovery with stand-up. Netflix’s synopsis emphasizes resilience, humor, community and gratitude to the people who supported him. Netflix Tudum quotes Foxx saying, “If I can stay funny, then I can stay alive,” and later, “I’m back.” Those lines frame the performance as his own way of telling the story; they should not be read as a medical description of recovery.

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