New Delhi: Actor Jamie Foxx was recently hospitalised with a "serious medical complication." The Academy Award winner's daughter, Corinne Foxx, had issued a statement on Instagram on April 12 about the actor’s health and ‘medical complications.’ It has now been revealed that the actor’s condition was so serious that he almost died.
"Jamie suffered a serious medical episode and needed immediate attention," a source told Radar Online.
The 55-year-old actor reportedly had to be revived by doctors, but their immediate actions luckily saved his life.
" It was touch and go for days with him, and he had to be revived - he is very lucky to be alive! He's very lucky he got the treatment he did. Jamie suffers from high blood pressure, which doctors say can cause clots in the brain leading to a stroke. Doctors believe this was a long time coming, and really, if they hadn't acted fast, Jamie might well have been a goner. Jamie has absolutely been troubled throughout the shoot. He wasn't fun to be around - especially for Cameron. But now there seems to have been a good reason for it,” the source told Radar Online.
Jamie was rushed to an Atlanta hospital on April 11 while shooting his new movie 'Back in Action,' which also stars Cameron Diaz and Glenn Close.
The source also told Radar Online that stress on the set of his new film was likely a major factor in his collapse.
Prior to his health scare, Jamie allegedly suffered "an absolute meltdown" during production in England, going ballistic on several members of the crew and leading to the firing of two directors and his own personal driver.
The 55-year-old actor was most recently seen on the set of the upcoming Netflix movie 'Back In Action', which also stars Cameron Diaz.
The highly anticipated film will be the first big-screen project Diaz has starred in since 2014's Annie remake, which also featured Foxx.