Miss J. Alexander had all hers, except one America’s Next Top Model family by his side as he suffered a life-changing illness.
In Netflix’s bombshell new documentary series Reality Check out: Inside America’s Next Top Modelthe long time ANTM track coach said he suffered a stroke on December 27, 2022 – a stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
“I had a stroke. I woke up, I didn’t know where I was except the hospital,” Miss J said in the series finale. “I spent five weeks in a coma and I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t talk. I thought to myself, what am I going to do?”
Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker – his ex ANTM fellow judges – appeared during his recovery, but when asked if Tyra Banks was visiting, Miss J replied: “No, not yet. She just texted me saying she wants to come visit me. But no, not yet.”
The reunion with Manuel and Barker was emotional. “I thought back to how we used to do shows together. I cried because I just missed them so much,” Miss J recalled.
Still, the fashion icon remains determined. “I miss being the queen of the runway. Catwalks, of course,” he said. “I taught models to walk and now I can’t walk – not yet! Not yet. I’m determined to walk… It’s not over for me yet.”
