Donald Glover Reveals He Had a Stroke in 2024, Returns as Childish Gambino & Explains Cancelled Shows

Donald Glover is making a surprising revelation.

The 42-year-old Community actor and musician, who performs under the name Childish Gambino, revealed he suffered a stroke lasty year during his first full set in over a year at Camp Flog Naw Festival over the weekend.

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“You guys voted for a ‘Where have I been?’ monologue,” he told the crowd.

“Okay, so I was doing this world tour. It’s having lots of fun, really loving seeing you guys out there, and I had a really bad pain in my head in Louisiana, and I did the show anyway. I couldn’t really see well,” he continued.

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“So when we went to Houston, I went to the hospital and the doctor was like ‘you had a stroke,’ and the first thing I thought was like, ‘Oh, here I am, still copying Jamie Foxx.’ That’s really like the second thing. The first thing was like ‘I’m letting everybody down,’” he told the audience.

“But I’ve broken my foot. I always promised Ireland I’m gonna be there, and I still haven’t been. And they found a hole in my heart, so I had this surgery, but then I had to have another surgery.”

“You know that they say everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have one. You got one life, guys. The life I’ve lived with you guys has been such a blessing,” Donald said.

I love seeing and performing for you guys. As my wife says, what I love, she’s like, ‘If this life is a flavor, as soon as I’m done, give me another scoop.’ You should be living your life how you want, it can only get better if we have to do this again. It can only get better.”

If you didn’t know, Donald did 18 shows during his tour, and canceled the remaining 41 shows last September, as well as the remaining overseas shows later in November.