Jamie Foxx detailed how his 16-year-old daughter, Anelise, saved his life after he suffered a brain bleed and stroke in April 2023.
In his new Netflix special, âJamie Foxx: What Had Happened WasâŠ,â the âBlame Itâ singer shared how his youngest daughterâs musical skills helped him stay alive in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
âThey said at one point, the first 15 days, they thought they were going to lose me because my vitals were out of control,â he recalled onstage at the Alliance Theatre in the Georgia capital.
âThere was a 13- or 14-day period where they said, âWeâve gotta keep him calm and weâve given him every medication that they could. Itâs not working, we gotta keep him calm because his vitals are so high weâre going to lose him.ââ
Foxx, 56, joked that the âworst thingâ to have in a hospital when youâre trying to keep calm are âBlack family members.â
However, he said a âmiracleâ began working when his then-14-year-old daughter, Anelise, sat at his hospital bedside.
âI didnât want her to see me like that but she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and she said, âI know what my daddy needs ⊠thatâs my daddy,ââ the dad of two recalled.
The âRayâ actor became emotional as he recounted his childâs actions during that rough time.
âThey said when she was playing, my vitals went down. The nurses at the nursesâ station were baffled. Like, âWow what did they give him?ââ he shared.
âThey rushed into the room and she said, âSsh. I got him.â ⊠Do you know what I found out? That God was in that guitar. Thatâs my spiritual defibrillator.â
Foxx then asked Anelise to join him onstage during the Netflix special, which was taped in October, so she could show the crowd her guitar skills.
âPlay, play, play,â he emotionally told the teen. âLet them see your talent. Shine Anelise, shine baby.â
The Oscar winner then hugged his daughter, thanking her for âstepping up when all was lost.â
In âJamie Foxx: What Had Happened WasâŠ,â which hit the streaming service on Tuesday, Foxx revealed for the first time what happened to him when he was rushed to the hospital in 2023 with a mystery illness.
The triple threat said he suffered âa brain bleed that has led to a strokeâ and needed emergency surgery on his head.
Foxx said he didnât âsee the lightâ during his operation but he recalled feeling âoddly peacefulâ in a âtunnel.â
After he became conscious 20 days later, the Grammy winner was in a wheelchair.
âI was like, âWhy the fâk am I in a wheelchair?â Iâm just coming out of sât,â he recalled, admitting the whole incident felt âlike a fâking prank.â
Foxxâs oldest daughter, Corinne, 30, broke the news that her dad had been hospitalized following a âmedical complicationâ in April 2023.
The following month, the â47 Meters Down: Uncagedâ actress shot down reports that her family was âpreparing for the worstâ by revealing that the âGold Diggerâ crooner had been âout of the hospital for weeksâ and was recently playing pickleball.
âJamie Foxx: What Had Happened WasâŠâ is now streaming on Netflix.
Read the full article here