Actor Jamie Foxx has opened up about the mystery illness which saw him hospitalised and in a state of near-death – losing his memory of the incident over a period of what he says was ‘about 20 days.’ The Hollywood star, 56, was hospitalised in April last year, suffering from an unspecified medical emergency. At the time, he had been filming the spy comedy Back In Action with 90s movie icon Cameron Diaz .
As the illness struck , he was suddenly left battling for his life, unable to walk and suddenly suffering from a debilitating headache. Videoed by fans during an appearance in downtown Phoenix this week, the Collateral star spoke candidly of what had happened. ‘I asked my boy for an Advil,’ he said, before clicking his fingers.
‘I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything.’ Jamie Foxx was spotted in downtown Phoenix, where he told a small group of people that on April 11th, 2023, he had a bad headache, asked a friend for an Advil, and then woke up 20 days later with no memory of what happened.
pic.twitter.com/wIhuvN9hCC ‘So they told me, I’m in Atlanta, they told me, my sister and my daughter, they took me to the first doctor.
Next doctor said, “Something going on up there”,’ he continued, pointing at his head. ‘I won’t say it on camera,’ he finished. The actor is now recovering from this period of illness, although he has remained elusive about the specific details until now.
Following his illness, Jamie took to Instagram to explain to f.