'Couldn't walk, talk': Miss J Alexander talks life after stroke and how Tyra Banks never met him after the health scare

Miss J Alexander, a well-known model, TV show host, and online personality, is well known for judging ‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestants over many seasons. In a recent interview, the star revealed some updates about his personal life and how he has been dealing with life after having a stroke in 2022. He also recalled his co-judge from the show, Tyra Banks, and how she has not yet met him after the health scare.

Miss J Alexander reveals that Tyra Banks has not visited him since his stroke in 2022

While talking to Sherri on her show ‘Sherri Shepherd's Daytime Talk Show’, the model revealed that after his stroke in 2022, his co-star from ‘America’s Next Top Model’, Tyra Banks, never came to meet him.





While talking about the major health scare that has left him unable to walk properly, the model revealed that while Tyra had reached out to him after the stroke, she had yet to visit him directly. He added that Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard, George Lopez, and many others also reached out to check up on him and also visited him as well.

He had added that the fellow model had commented about being in LA as the same time as him, and how “she did reach out when it first happened.”

Miss J Alexander opens up about life after having a stroke

The model also appeared in the OTT documentary series ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’, where past contestants and judges came together to share their experience while featuring on the hit reality TV show. During his segment, the star revealed that it was a terrifying moment in his life.

He shared, “I spent five weeks in a coma … I couldn’t walk, and I couldn’t talk, and I thought to myself, ‘What was I going to do?’” He also further added that after surviving such a harrowing experience, it felt like the right time to share more details about his health. He concluded, “After spending five weeks in a coma and one year, five months in the hospital, I’m alive to tell it as I lived it, and no dreams of the afterlife, not one.”

In the documentary, he also shared that he has not yet regained a lot of his mobility, however, he is working towards it. “Not yet. I’m determined to walk. I’m sure you’re going to see me again. I’m sure. It’s not over for me yet,” he shared enthusiastically.

‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’ is currently streaming and is available for viewing on Netflix.