Former America’s next top model Judge J. Alexander has opened up in a devastating health update that he can no longer walk.
The reality TV personality, best known as Miss J, was an ANTM fan favorite until his departure in 2012, along with photographer Nigel Barker and creative director Jay Manuel.
He can now be seen in Netflix’s new documentary, All About the Modeling Competition, titled Reality Check: A look at America’s next top model.
Miss J. starts in episode three of the docuseries and says that he had a stroke in 2022 and spent five weeks in a comatose state.
“On December 27, 2022, I had a stroke. I woke up and didn’t know where I was except in the hospital. I was in a coma for five weeks. I couldn’t walk and I couldn’t talk,” he explained.
Mrs. J. went on to say that he broke down in tears after waking from the coma, recalling, “It was emotional, I was crying. I’m not ashamed to say I was crying.”
However, the catwalk coach had his co-stars Jay and Nigel to lean on during this difficult time. The duo visited Miss J. while he was in the hospital and offered him a shoulder to cry on.
In the documentary, Nigel described the visit as “really disturbing, horrific and scary”.
Although Miss J has regained his speech, he is still working on walking again.
In a heartbreaking confession, he said: “I miss being the queen of the catwalk. The catwalks of course. I’m the person who taught models to walk. I taught models to walk. And now I can’t walk anymore.”
“Not yet. Not yet. I’m determined to walk. I’m sure you’ll see me again, I’m sure. It’s not over for me,” concluded Miss J, former America’s Next Top Model judge.
