Jamie Foxx has provided the first brief details about the medical emergency that left him hospitalized last year. No official cause has ever been disclosed about the incident, although the Oscar-winning actor recently appeared on video (via People ) telling a group in Phoenix, Ariz. that his emergency all started with a “bad headache” in April 2023.
“I asked my boy for an Advil,” Foxx said and then snapped his fingers. “I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything.
So they told me — I’m in Atlanta — so they told me my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor. ..
. They gave me a cortisone shot.” Foxx said doctors ultimately told him that “something’s going on up there,” pointing to his head.
But he added: “I won’t say it on camera.” Variety has reached out to Foxx’s representatives for additional comment. Foxx daughter, Corrine, announced Jamie’s hospitalization on Instagram in a post published April 12, 2023.
She wrote at the time: “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers.
The family asks for privacy during this time.” At the time of his hospitalization, Foxx was in Atlanta filming the Netflix action comedy “Back in Action” alongside Cameron Diaz. Production on the movie, which is set to stream later this year, continued amid Foxx’s .