Miss J. Alexander had all but one of her America’s Next Top Model family at his side when he suffered a life-changing illness.
In the explosive new Netflix docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Modelthe long time ant The track coach shared that he suffered a stroke on December 27, 2022, which left him paralyzed from the waist down.
“I had a stroke. I woke up and didn’t know where I was other than the hospital,” Miss J said in the series finale. “I spent five weeks in a coma and couldn’t walk. I couldn’t talk. I thought, what was I going to do?”
Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker, his ex ant co-judges, appeared during his recovery, but when asked if Tyra Banks visited him, 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 remembered how we used to do shows together. I cried because I missed them so much,” Miss J recalled.
Still, the fashion icon remains determined. “I miss being the queen of the runway. The runways, of course,” she 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.”
