There are no hard feelings.
Comedian Keith Robinson said a crippling stroke he suffered in 2020 came shortly after taking a poorly timed Viagra.
“My stroke had me sticking my face where it didn’t belong,” Robinson, 60, recalled to the Post by phone this week.
The story, and more, is expected to be told in a new Netflix special that the comic filmed at Sony Hall earlier this month.
The event was attended by comedy luminaries such as Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes and is expected to be released in early 2024.
Trouble for Robinson began on a flight to Phoenix, where the comedian had ventured out on a date with an old friend.
“Now I’m drinking and drinking on the flight, in first class, of course, and I’m a little exhausted,” Robinson recalled in a slow, slow voice. He took a Viagra 20 minutes before landing.
Comedian Keith Robinson returns to the stage after suffering a debilitating stroke in 2020. Getty Images
“I timed it perfectly,” he said.
Robinson, who suffered a minor stroke in 2016, said he started feeling symptoms as he landed, but decided to forgo medical care in favor of his original plan.
“Should I go to the hospital and live or try to get laid?” Robinson said, recalling internal deliberations. “And she is looking at me and then things start to happen, but bad ones. “My arm was gone, my leg was gone and the only thing that still worked was Viagra.”
Robinson ultimately did not receive medical attention until the next day.
Keith Robinson’s new Netflix special will air in 2024. Getty Images
“She’s someone I’ve worked with for years,” Robinson said of the unidentified friend. “This was the first time we were going to get into the nitty-gritty of things. “That’s the only reason I flew.”
Viagra does not put its users at additional risk of stroke, but there are anecdotal reports of stroke after taking Viagra while drinking heavily.
Robinson almost didn’t make it and recovery took years, but in early 2023, he began to re-emerge on the New York City comedy scene.
The Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, his favorite hangout, even installed railings for him.
“They are not [Americans with Disabilities Act] they comply, they are just for him to get on stage,” said Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman. “He loves it so much that he wouldn’t let it. He has learned to talk about it on stage and I would say that now he is stronger than ever in his entire career.”
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