Following a recent stroke that left Matt Pinfield in a two-month coma, the former MTV VJ has shared a new health update, assuring fans he is “slowly but surely” on the mend. The message, which Pinfield shared to his Instagram, comes after it was recently announced that he would host Green Day’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling ceremony on May 1st.
“Slowly but surely recovering..lots of physical therapy..Fighting my way back!!” Pinfield wrote on Instagram. “One day at a time.” Pinfield, 63, suffered a stroke back in January 2025, leaving him incapacitated physically and cognitively for about two months. During that time, he also suffered from a bout of pneumonia and had to be put on a ventilator. Pinfield came out of his coma in early March.
In his March interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pinfield revealed that his medical team initially believed he would never be able to speak or walk again. While he was in a coma, Pinfield’s daughter, Jessica, requested a temporary conservatorship to make financial and health decisions on his behalf, and he credited her with having “saved [his] life.” As of late March, it was reported that the radio host was staying at a rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles.
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Green Day’s star unveiling is set for May 1st at 11:30 a.m. PT. It will be livestreamed on the Walk of Fame’s website. Ryan Reynolds and Green Day superfan Serena Williams will provide speeches alongside Pinfield’s hosting duties.
“I want to say how great grateful I am for all the people that that were wishing me well,” Pinfield said in the March interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “The love of the community helped me get through this.”