
After much speculation, comedian Jamie Foxx has chosen to open up about his health scare on his own terms. Those terms look like a stand-up special on Netflix titled What Had Happened Wasโฆ.During the special, the comedian shared that his April 2023 medical emergency was a brain bleed that led to a stroke.
A special revelation the 56-year-old also shared with viewers is that his daughter Anelise, 16, helped him through a turbulent time while he was at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
โThey said at one point, the first 15 days, they thought they were going to lose me because my vitals were out of control,โ Foxx recalled. โThere was a 13 or 14 day period where they said, weโve gotta keep him calm and weโve given him every medication that they could. Itโs not working, we gotta keep him calm because his vitals are so high weโre going to lose him.โ
The They Cloned Tyrone actor then joked, โDo you know what the worst thing to have in a hospital room when youโre trying to keep calm? Black family members.โ He then added โThatโs when a miracle happened, and that miracle was working through my youngest daughter. Sheโs 14. I didnโt want her to see me like that but she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and she said, โI know what my daddy needs โฆ thatโs my daddy.โ โ
Foxx tearfully continued, โThey said when she was playing, my vitals went down. The nurses at the nurses station were baffled. Like, โWow what did they give him?โ They rushed into the room and she said, โSsh. I got him.โ โฆ Do you know what I found out? That God was in that guitar. Thatโs my spiritual defibrillator.โ
The Soul actor then welcomed his youngest daughter onto the stage and the two shared a tearful hug before she began performing with her guitar.
โPlay, play, play,โ Foxx said to Anelise while crying. โLet them see your talent, shine Anelise, shine baby,โ he added as Anelise also wiped away tears at the end of her performance.
Once the 16-year-oldโs performance was over, Foxx turned to her and said, โAnelise, thank you so much for stepping up when all was lost.โ
โYou had to make it because I always dreamed that weโd perform together onstage one day,โ Anelise responded before the pair performed a song about his health scare with Foxx rapping and singing and Anelise playing the guitar.
During the father-daughter duo, Foxx sang, โGod donโt take me, my oldest daughterโs getting married, please let me walk her down the aisle.โ The actorโs 30-year-old daughter Corinne married Joe Hooten in September and thankfully, Foxx got to walk her down the aisle. During their performance, a photo of that intangible moment popped up on the screen.
We are thankful our comedy legend is still here to tell his story and tell it his way.