MTV VJ Matt Pinfield shares a new health update after a stroke left him unresponsive for months
The 63-year-old, best known for hosting MTV's 120 Minutes in the 1980s and 1990s, suffered a near-fatal stroke in early January.
The stroke was so devastating that his daughter Jessica also filed for temporary conservatorship as Pinfield is 'incompetent to make decisions.'
The documents added that Jessica and Matt's sister Maya were worried about his current girlfriend having access to his accounts.
While he also slipped into a coma at one point, he revealed to THR in March, 'Guys, I'm alive. I'm recovering and am going to come back swinging. I was unresponsive for two months. Friends were thinking they were coming to see me for the last time. The doctors never expected me to speak or to walk again.'
Now Pinfield has offered another update on his X page, confirming news that he's hosting the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for Green Day on Thursday.
He shared an image of a news report that said Pinfield hosting the ceremony was, 'miraculous considering he suffered a stroke at the beginning of the year and woke up from a months-long coma just last month.'
Pinfield tweeted, 'Slowly but surely recovering..lots of physical therapy..Fighting my way back!! One day at a time.'
Prior to the stroke, Pinfield spent some time in a rehab facility for both substance abuse and various heart issues in 2017.
Then a year later he nearly died after being struck by a car while crossing the street near his home in Hollywood.
He was struck by a vehicle going over 40 miles per hour, breaking his leg in two places and suffered a head gash that went down to his skull after striking the windshield first and then the pavement.
After coming out of his coma in March, Pinfield praised his daughter Jessica for putting him into a brief conservatorship that he praised.
'She's the one who saved my life. She protected me,' Pinfield said of his daughter's actions.
'I want to say how grateful I am for all the people that were wishing me well. The love of the community helped me get through this,' he added.
He shared an image of a news report that said Pinfield hosting the ceremony was, 'miraculous considering he suffered a stroke at the beginning of the year and woke up from a months-long coma just last month.'
After coming out of his coma in March, Pinfield praised his daughter Jessica for putting him into a brief conservatorship that he praised
'I'm definitely going to take some time to recover. Then I'll do my radio shows again and get back to work doing what I love, which is to entertain people playing music,' he said.
Pinfield started his career as an East Coast DJ in the 1980s before his first MTV appearance on a 1992 episode of The Real World, where he interviewed the group Reigndance.
Three years later, he joined the network as the host of 120 Minutes, which he hosted from 1995 to 1999, and again from 2011 to 2013 on MTV2.
He was announced as the drive-time DJ for the Los Angeles-based radio station KCSN in March 2024.
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