'My arm was gone': Keith Robinson opens up on his midflight crippling stroke after consuming Viagra
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Keith Robinson recently opened up about the time he suffered a stroke while he was flying in 2020.
The comedian said, “My c**********g stroke had to stick its face where it didn’t belong,” reports New York Post.
Keith Robinson's Netflix special will be released in early 2024
Robinson mentioned the incident in his upcoming Netflix special filmed by Sony Hall. It was attended by fellow comedians such as Amy Schumer and Wanda and will be available on the platform soon.
Robinson found himself in trouble once he began a flight to Phoenix where he was traveling with a longtime lady friend.
“Now I am drinking and drinking on the flight — first class of course — and I am a little hammered,” Robinson remembered. The 60-year-old said he “popped a Viagra” 20 minutes before landing.
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“I timed it perfectly, Should I go to the hospital and live or try to get laid,” Robinson shared.
“And she’s seeing me and then things start to happen, but bad. My arm was gone, my leg was gone and the only thing that was still working was from the Viagra," he added.
Robinson chose not to go for medical attention that day but went for it the following day. “She’s a person that I’ve worked with for years,” Robinson said about his lady friend without naming her. “This was the first time we were going to get down to the nitty and gritty of things. That’s the only reason I flew," he added.
Comedy Cellar owner says Keith Robinson has been stronger now than he has ever been
The Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village installed railings for him. “They’re not [Americans with Disabilities Act] compliant, they are just for him to get himself on the stage,” said Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman.
“He loves it so much he wouldn’t quit. He’s learned to talk about it on stage, and I would say he’s stronger now than he has ever been in his whole career," Dworman added.
Researchers from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York found that Viagra (sildenafil), a drug most commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction, blocks an enzyme found in the brains of those who suffer from the disease.
