Jamie Foxx Says Atlanta Hospitalization Began With ‘Bad Headache,’ He Remembers Nothing Else – WSB-TV Channel 2

Actor, musician and TV host Jamie Foxx has opened up more about the moments leading up to his hospitalization in Atlanta.

Foxx was rushed to an Atlanta hospital in April 2023 with an illness he and his crew have yet to make public. Foxx was in town filming “Back in Action” for Netflix.

Since then, the actor has released limited information about his hospital stay, but Foxx revealed this week that it all started with a “severe headache.”

“Look, April 11th of last year … I had a bad headache. I asked my son for an Advil,” Foxx told a crowd in Phoenix. “I was out for 20 days. I don’t remember anything.”

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Foxx said he was told his sister and daughter took him to two doctors in Atlanta. One of them gave him a cortisone shot.

“The next doctor said there was something going on up there,” Foxx said, pointing to his head. “…But I’m not going to say it on camera.”

Foxx spent a few weeks in the hospital here in Atlanta before being transferred to a rehabilitation center in Chicago and released in May.

In December, Foxx surprised the crowd at the Critics Choice Celebration of Cinema & Television by accepting an award.

“I mean six months ago I couldn’t have imagined that this could happen or that I would be here, but as I step up to this microphone and receive this Vanguard Award, all I can say is, ‘Lord, have mercy, Jesus,’” Foxx said as he concluded his speech.

Foxx returned to Atlanta to complete filming on “Back in Action” starring Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler and Andrew Scott. Netflix plans to release the film on November 15, 2024.

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