{"id":29855,"date":"2023-11-09T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=29855"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:34:56","slug":"pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html","title":{"rendered":"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a &#8216;Genuinely Frightening&#8217; Medical Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29861\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29861\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"kel mitchell\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Hutchins\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kel Mitchell says he\u2019s thankful to be on the road to recovery after being hospitalized. The 45-year-old actor took to Instagram to share an update on his health after a \u201cgenuinely frightening\u201d medical episode, the cause of which is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ was the first to report that the \u201cGood Burger 2\u201d star had been hospitalized, adding that Mitchell was admitted to a Los Angeles-area hospital via the emergency room. Confirming that he\u2019s back at home, Mitchell wrote, \u201cGrateful for the flood of prayers and positive vibes that surrounded me during a genuinely frightening time. That scare was real, but so was the support. With the grace of God and the skill of the medical team, I\u2019m now on the road to recovery at home, embraced by the love of my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded his post to his 1.2 million followers, \u201cYour kindness has been a lifeline, and I can\u2019t thank you enough. Much love to each of you.\u201d Mitchell\u2019s comments section was soon filled with well wishes, with actor\u00a0Damon Wayans Jr.\u00a0writing, \u201cGlad you\u2019re feeling better, my brother,\u201d while actress\u00a0Yvette Nicole Brown\u00a0added, \u201cGlad you\u2019re on the mend, friend!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzadiEorjzR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzadiEorjzR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kel Mitchell ? (@iamkelmitchell)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAll That\u201d star didn\u2019t reveal the reason behind why he had been hospitalized. His wife, Asia Lee, also shared his post on her Instagram story. The comedian is a father of four. He shares son Honor and daughter Wisdom with his wife, whom he married in 2012. He\u2019s also the dad to daughter Allure and son Lyric from his marriage to Tyisha Hampton. His hospitalization comes ahead of the release of \u201cGood Burger 2\u201d on Nov. 22.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, which will premiere on Paramount+, is the sequel to 1997\u2019s original fast food-themed comedy and reunited costars Mitchell and Kenan Thompson as their characters Dexter and Ed. According to a synopsis, \u201cDexter Reed is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a blessing that Mitchell is back at home, but prayers are still needed as he recovers from this mysterious medical episode. Please keep the Mitchell family in your prayers as he recovers, and pray that his body is healed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kel Mitchell says he\u2019s thankful to be on the road to recovery after being hospitalized. The 45-year-old actor took to Instagram to share an update on his health after a \u201cgenuinely frightening\u201d medical episode, the cause of which is currently unknown. TMZ was the first to report that the \u201cGood Burger 2\u201d star had been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":29861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,1],"tags":[4080],"class_list":["post-29855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-entertainment","category-television","tag-kel-mitchell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a &#039;Genuinely Frightening&#039; Medical Episode<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Actor Kel Mitchell is at home recovering after being hospitalized with a mysterious medical episode. He thanked fans for their prayers and positive vibes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a &#039;Genuinely Frightening&#039; Medical Episode\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor Kel Mitchell is at home recovering after being hospitalized with a mysterious medical episode. He thanked fans for their prayers and positive vibes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Idol Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T14:34:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauren McKeithen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a 'Genuinely Frightening' Medical Episode","description":"Actor Kel Mitchell is at home recovering after being hospitalized with a mysterious medical episode. He thanked fans for their prayers and positive vibes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a 'Genuinely Frightening' Medical Episode","og_description":"Actor Kel Mitchell is at home recovering after being hospitalized with a mysterious medical episode. He thanked fans for their prayers and positive vibes.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html","og_site_name":"Idol Chatter","article_published_time":"2023-11-09T14:34:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lauren McKeithen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html","name":"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a 'Genuinely Frightening' Medical Episode","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-09T14:34:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T14:34:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/67183b7ec4ffc995620174c78f9cc68a"},"description":"Actor Kel Mitchell is at home recovering after being hospitalized with a mysterious medical episode. He thanked fans for their prayers and positive vibes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/kel-mitchell-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg","width":768,"height":576,"caption":"Kathy Hutchins\/Shutterstock.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/pray-for-kel-mitchell-as-he-recovers-from-a-genuinely-frightening-medical-episode.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pray For Kel Mitchell As He Recovers From a &#8216;Genuinely Frightening&#8217; Medical Episode"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/","name":"Idol Chatter","description":"Beliefnet Entertainment blog, TV blog, Movie blog, Religion in entertainment blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/67183b7ec4ffc995620174c78f9cc68a","name":"lmckeithen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/113\/113fb9cc9b1ebdaacbc1f17d658ad52ex96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/113\/113fb9cc9b1ebdaacbc1f17d658ad52ex96.jpg","caption":"lmckeithen"},"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/lmckeithen"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29864,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29855\/revisions\/29864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}