What started as a bad headache turned out to be a brain bleed that led to a stroke and a grueling recovery, Foxx told an Atlanta audience in a theater located just a few hundred yards from the hospital that “put [him] back together again.

Foxx's stroke occurred when he was 55 years old. He did not disclose whether he had had an intracerebral or a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which are two types of hemorrhagic strokes related to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain. During these events, the leaked blood puts too much pressure on brain cells and damages them.

Hollywood actor and comedian Jamie Foxx (pic) has finally opened up about the mystery illness that plagued him in 2023. The 56-year-old revealed that he lost 20 days of memory following a stroke, in his Netflix stand-up comedy special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was..., which premiered on the platform on Dec 10.