Jamie Foxx is opening up about his 2023 medical crisis.

In the Netflix comedy special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, the Academy Award-winning actor and comedian said he suffered a “brain bleed that led to a stroke” in Atlanta in April 2023 while filming the movie Back in Action. He tackled the topic with heart and humor, including making jokes about Sean “Diddy” Combs.

“I was having a bad headache,” Foxx said of the emergency, which began on April 11. He asked for an aspirin, but before he could get it, “I went out.” Describing his time in a coma, he said, “I don’t remember 20 days.”

For the first 15 days, doctors thought they would “lose [me],” Foxx said. Medications weren’t working, and his vital signs were unstable.

Foxx talked about being taken first to a doctor who misdiagnosed him, gave him a cortisone shot and sent him home. He was later taken to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. He said repeatedly throughout the episode, “Atlanta saved my life.”

He also credited his sister Deidra Dixon and his daughters, Corrine Foxx and Anelise Bishop, for helping ensure his privacy as he recovered, recounting how they said, “‘Nobody sees him!’” and then shut out the world as he tried to recover.

Foxx said he woke on May 4 in a wheelchair, unaware of the previous three weeks, and then went to rehab in Chicago to recover, joking about a nurse who had to bathe him, wipe him after he used the bathroom and see his private parts.

“What kind of old man shit is that?” he quipped.

Foxx said he wasn’t easy on his therapists as he coped with feelings of anger.

“‘I’m Jamie Foxx. I don’t need no f***ing therapist…’ I was arrogant… I don't need nothing… ‘Why did this shit even happen to me in the first place?’” he recalled thinking. “I felt like Wesley Snipes in New Jack City when he was at the table at the end, and Gee Money would walk up, ‘Yo, get the f*** out.’”

He admitted, “I gave up” at first. A therapist named Holly was called in and turned things around with tough love, telling him to knock off his “arrogant bullshit.” She helped Foxx, who was experiencing dizziness that left him unable to balance or walk, get back on his feet. She reminded him how blessed he was, noting the many people in the facility “who would not get out.”

Foxx, who spoke a lot about religion getting him through, said the ordeal reconnected him to his faith and himself.

“It's about blessings. God blessed me with this talent. He blessed me with all this money and this fame, and when I forgot about God, he blessed me with a stroke,” he said.

Foxx — who did impressions of Denzel Washington, Dave Chappelle, Jay-Z, Donald Trump and Mike Tyson during the special — also credited his humor, saying he told himself, “If I can stay funny, I can stay alive.”

Foxx touched on conspiracy theories around his health, including comments made by comedian Katt Williams and speculation he was a clone. (He sang a whole song, repeating “F*** you” in response to the latter.)

He also poked fun at Combs, who is in jail on charges of sex trafficking, and addressed unsubstantiated internet rumors that the music mogul tried to poison Foxx.

“The internet said Puffy tried to kill me,” Foxx joked. “I know what you’re thinking: Did he? Hell no, n*****. I left those parties early. I was out by nine, n*****. Something don’t look right, n*****. It’s slippery in here.”

He also mentioned Combs when he said he didn’t see a light but saw a tunnel when he was in a coma — and that it was “hot,” making him wonder if he was going to the wrong place.

“I thought I saw the devil, like, ‘Come on,’ or was it Puffy? If it was Puffy, he had a flaming bottle of Johnson’s [baby oil]... No, I’m just kidding.”

Foxx taped the special at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in early October, with his daughters and sister in attendance. There were musical interludes — including his daughter Anelise playing the guitar while Foxx sang — and tears.

It ended with Foxx giving thanks for his life, his family, the medical professionals who saved him, his fans and all the support.

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… is now streaming on Netflix.