Jamie Foxx Reflects On The Most ‘Frustrating’ Thing About His Near-Fatal Stroke

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Jamie Foxx is reflecting on surviving a life-threatening brain bleed that led to a stroke in April 2023, suggesting he had some questions for God at the time. "I was talking to him," said the Oscar winner, 58, gesturing toward the sky on a recent episode of " Baby, This Is Keke Palmer." "This is me, bro. Look at all these bad people out here." Foxx said that after his medical emergency, when he asked his loved ones what had happened to him, he was astonished to find out he had suffered a stroke.

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• How does it happen to me?" The "Django Unchained" star then cracked that his health care team couldn't do wellness checks on him because he was constantly telling jokes, noting that he "only had comedy to...
• "[I said,] 'What are you talking about?' I couldn't make sense of it,'" he shared during the Aug.
• The actor called rehab "frustrating," saying people told him, "You got a second chance." "I said, 'Fuck the second chance!
• So, when they [would] come and say, 'Who are you today, sir?' I was somebody different [everyday].
• 'Who are you today?'" Foxx recalled before doing an impression of fellow comedian Dave Chappelle.

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What was wrong with my first chance?'" Foxx recalled.