Former MTV VJ and music industry stalwart Matt Pinfield has told fans he is “slowly but surely” continuing to recover from a massive stroke he suffered earlier this year.
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Pinfield, a onetime Columbia Records VP of A&R who has had a number of radio gigs over the past 20 years — most recently co-hosting The Power Hour on AXS TV — suffered the stroke on Jan. 6. Now, just months on from the health scare, Pinfield will be making his first large-scale public appearance since the incident when he hosts the ceremony to honor Green Day receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Taking to social media recently for the first time since early January, Pinfield provided a brief update as to his recovery process ahead of the May 1 event. “Slowly but surely recovering.. lots of physical therapy.. Fighting my way back!!” he told fans. “One day at a time.”
In early March, Pinfield shared his first update since his stroke in January, revealing that he had been in a coma in the ICU following the incident. “I’m recovering and am going to come back swinging,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “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.”
While Pinfield noted his recovery process would be an extensive one, he also shared plans to get back to his radio hosting duties in the future. He additionally expressed his gratitude toward eldest daughter Jessica for assuming temporary conservatorship of his medical and financial decisions as he recovered. “She’s the one who saved my life,” Pinfield said of his daughter. “She protected me.”
Pinfield’s role in Green Day’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony will see him appearing alongside tennis legend Serena Williams and actor/producer Ryan Reynolds, who both serve as guest speakers for the event.
The band’s star is located at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard, which, appropriately, is adjacent to Amoeba Music. The event will be streamed live at the Walk of Fame’s website. This will be the 2,810th star ceremony since the famed tourist attraction opened in 1960.
