Justin Timberlake Returns to the Stage for First Performance After Sharing Lyme Disease Diagnosis

Why it matters

Twenty days after undergoing an operation, the Django Unchained woke up May 4 in a wheelchair and couldn’t walk.

Key takeaways

• However, his concerned sister Deidra Dixon then drove him to a hospital, where they got an answer: He had a brain bleed that led to a stroke.
• Emilia Clarke filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, but in 2019, she published an essay in The New Yorker titled "A Battle for My Life."
• I could have went home after my stroke, but my lupus wasn't doing so well," the Snoop's Fatherhood: Cori and Wayne's Story star continued.
• The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum revealed in April 2025 that he was recovering from surgery after his appendix nearly burst.