Matt Pinfield Says He's 'Fighting My Way Back' After Stroke
The former MTV VJ will host the unveiling ceremony for Green Day's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame May 1, just four months after the stroke that landed him in the ICU
Pinfield shared that he's been doing "lots of physical therapy" and taking his recovery "one day at a time"
Former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield said he's 'fighting my way back' after being hospitalized for a massive stroke.
'Slowly but surely recovering.. lots of physical therapy.. Fighting my way back!!' he shared in an April 25 post on X. 'One day at a time.'
His update came amid news that he would be hosting the May 1 unveiling of Green Day's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — just four months after the hard rock stalwart, 63, was hospitalized in January following a massive stroke.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pinfield struggled with pneumonia and was put on a ventilator. The radio host told the outlet he was 'unresponsive for two months."
As he told the THR, 'I'm recovering and am going to come back swinging. … Friends were thinking they were coming to see me for the last time. The doctors never expected me to speak or to walk again.'
But as he said, 'Guys, I'm alive.'
Related: Woman, 38, Suffers Stroke While Home Alone — and It's Caught on Her Nanny Cam: 'Felt Like I Blacked Out'
The news broke of Pinfield's health crisis in early 2025. On Jan. 7, L.A. radio station KCSN, where Pinfield hosted a show, released a statement via a Facebook post that he was taking a 'temporary leave of absence for personal reasons.'
Another radio station that features a show hosted by Pinfield, KLOS, shared a statement wishing him well on his road to recovery: 'Everyone at KLOS & Meruelo Media, along with Matt's family (daughters Jessica and Maya, brother Glen, sister Colleen, mother Nancy), his girlfriend Kara, and the entire rock and roll universe support Matt in taking some time off to rest and heal.'
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