Matthew Perry nearly DIED from opioids and spent weeks in a coma - Daily Mail

Friends prima Matthew Perry has fixed his archetypal tell-all interrogation successful which helium details however his cause and alcohol addictions secretly astir outgo him his life. 

The star, 53, revealed helium was fixed conscionable a 2 per cent accidental of endurance aft an opioid addiction caused his colon to burst erstwhile helium was aged 49, leaving him successful a coma for 2 weeks and spending months successful infirmary - a information which his legions of fans were unaware of.

After suffering from a gastrointestinal perforation, Matthew said helium had to usage a colostomy container for 9 months, has present had 14 surgeries connected his tummy successful full and been to rehab 15 times successful a bid to get clean. 

Now sober, the beloved actor, champion known for playing hapless Chandler Bing has elaborate his decades-long conflict to escaped himself of the illness of addiction. 

When helium was archetypal admitted to the hospital, helium said: 'the doctors told my household that I had a 2 percent accidental to live. I was enactment connected a happening called an ECMO machine, which does each the breathing for your bosom and your lungs. And that's called a Hail Mary. No 1 survives that.'

He told PEOPLE: 'I wanted to stock erstwhile I was harmless from going into the acheronian broadside of everything again.

'I had to hold until I was beauteous safely sober — and distant from the progressive illness of alcoholism and addiction — to constitute it each down. And the main happening was, I was beauteous definite that it would assistance people.'

Talking astir his starring relation connected Friends astatine aged 24, his alcohol addiction was starting to surface.

He said helium could grip it but helium was 'entrenched successful a batch of trouble' by the clip helium was 34. He said determination were years during that clip successful which helium was sober and successful fact, helium was sober passim the full of play nine, the twelvemonth helium got nominated for Best Actor. 

At 1 constituent during his Friends career, helium admits helium was taking 55 Vicodin a time and was down to 128 pounds but yet helium 'didn't cognize however to stop.' 

He said the illness has got worse and worse and progressive and he's got older and noted his Friends formed mates 'were understanding, and they were patient.'

A changeless battle, Matthew says: 'I'm beauteous steadfast now'. He is choosing not to accidental however agelong helium has been sober for but is 'counting each day.' 

His tummy is covered successful scars from his 14 surgeries and said they service arsenic a reminder to enactment sober. 

He said his therapist has told him that helium whitethorn person to person a colostomy container for the remainder of his beingness if helium takes drugs again, which helps him to debar relapsing. 

The actor, who checked himself into rehab during his clip connected Friends erstwhile successful 1997 and again successful 2001.

Matthew famously told the New York Times successful 2002, 1 twelvemonth aft getting sober: 'When [fame] happens, it's benignant of similar Disneyland for a while. 

'For maine it lasted astir 8 months, this feeling of "I've made it, I'm thrilled, there's nary occupation successful the world". 

He told the Hollywood Reporter successful 2015: 'I've had a batch of ups and downs successful my life. I learned a batch from my failures.

'But the champion happening astir maine is that if an alcoholic comes up to maine and says, "Will you assistance maine halt drinking?" I volition say, "Yes, I cognize however to bash that."' 

'And past you realise that it doesn't execute anything, it's surely not filling immoderate holes successful your life. I didn't get sober due to the fact that I felt similar it. I got sober due to the fact that I was disquieted I was going to dice the adjacent day.'

'It's nary mishap that Chandler is simply a feline who is trying to deter his ain quality affectional feelings with laughter. That’s what I did for years. I've tried to thenar myself disconnected arsenic being a jokester, benignant of similar hanging retired with maine is benignant of similar a vacation. But that could lone instrumentality maine truthful far.'

He did his 3rd stint successful rehab successful May 2011, erstwhile a typical for the prima said it was to forestall a relapse.

Matthew said successful a connection successful 2011: 'I'm making plans to spell distant for a period to absorption connected my sobriety and to proceed my beingness successful recovery. Please bask making amusive of maine connected the World Wide Web.' 

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter successful 2013, helium said: 'I've had a batch of ups and downs successful my beingness and a batch of fantastic accolades. The champion happening astir maine is that if an alcoholic comes up to maine and says, "Will you assistance maine halt drinking?" I volition say, "Yes. I cognize however to bash that".'

Addiction near Matthew successful a pugnacious state, arsenic helium admitted to BBC Radio 2 successful 2016.

'I don’t retrieve 3 years of [the show],' helium said. 'Somewhere betwixt Seasons 3 and 6 … I was a small retired of it.

In 2017, a porn prima revealed she fears recovering cause addict Matthew Perry has relapsed aft the histrion pleaded with her to get him '40/50' medicine pills. 

Adult histrion Maddy O'Reilly said Perry, a erstwhile lover, contacted her 2 weeks earlier asking if she knew anyone who could assistance him 'purchase immoderate pills'.

When Maddy, past 27, asked the histrion what kind, helium replied: 'Vicaden (sic)/Roxy's/oxys'.

He was referring to Vicodin, Roxicodone and OxyContin. All 3 are almighty and highly addictive opioid medicine painkillers.

In substance messages seen by DailyMailTV Maddy asked the hopeless histrion however overmuch helium would beryllium consenting to wage for the pills, to which helium replied: 'It depends which 1 is available. But...a lot.'

Perry's representatives did not respond to DailyMail.com's requests for remark astatine the time.

In an exclusive interrogation conducted then, Maddy told DailyMailTV: 'I was shocked, I knew helium is simply a recovering addict but it was coming retired of nowhere, wherefore would helium inquire maine thing similar that, it's not similar we partied oregon I person a estimation for partying.

'I was truly looking disappointed, it went from america making meal plans to Matthew asking maine for 40 to 50 pills.

'I was besides a small offended and annoyed, radical often presume due to the fact that of what I bash for a surviving that's however we are.

'Then it triggered, helium conscionable told maine helium was going done a detox and present he's asking for 40/50 pills, it was a reddish emblem and I was worried.

'I americium acrophobic for Matthew's well-being, we're having the aforesaid drugs occupation backmost location successful North Carolina, I've seen it destruct galore people's lives. I would truly hatred to spot thing atrocious hap to him.'

In 2021, the formed of Friends reunited connected surface for the archetypal clip successful 17 years aft being delayed by a twelvemonth owed to the Covid pandemic.

Friends fans expressed their interest astatine the clip aft Matthew appeared to slur his code successful a promo for the special.

The histrion stammered and stared successful the clip, adjacent slurring unneurotic his words astatine 1 point.

When asked if helium ever took thing from acceptable arsenic a souvenir, helium admitted: 'I stole the cooky jar that had the timepiece connected it' with a dense 'sh' dependable astatine the commencement of 'stole.' 

Though his code was stilted, Matthew's carnal quality was connected the healthier side.

His castmates were capable to fell immoderate of their concerns, arsenic David and Matt giggled and smiled astatine the TV star, who played Chandler Bing connected the NBC hit.

But fans were speedy to dependable their worries.

'Just saw People interrogation and can't judge however Matthew Perry looks like… earnestly it breaks my heart,' 1 instrumentality wrote connected Twitter.

'It pains maine to spot Matthew Perry similar this, helium conscionable seems off, gazing astatine the void, speaking slowly,' wrote another.

'Hate to accidental it, but I'm bittersweet and frightened similar hellhole for Matthew Perry,' a 3rd added. 'Damn, Matthew Perry successful those PEOPLE Friends interviews.'

Another tweeted: 'Just watched @people exclusive interrogation clip of Friends casts and the clip hasn't been kind. I anticipation Matthew Perry is okay. Damn however overmuch I emotion them.'

One wrote: 'Let’s not usage the friends reunion to marque amusive of the mode matthew perry looks these days. radical age, funnily enough.

'Matthew has been done A LOT since friends wrapped up successful 2004. beryllium respectful alternatively of judgmental. hard artifact maine rn if you deliberation making amusive of him is funny.'

Ben Winston, who directed Friends: The Reunion, said of those commenting connected Perry's quality during the HBO Max special: 'He was great. People tin sometimes conscionable beryllium unkind. I privation they weren't. 

'I loved moving with him. He's a brilliantly comic antheral and I thought helium had immoderate large one-liners successful the show. I felt conscionable blessed and fortunate to beryllium successful his beingness and directing him connected thing similar this.'

After having his archetypal sensation of intoxicant astatine the property of 13, helium continued drinking and was described opioids successful 1997 to header with the symptom aft suffering a pitchy skis accident.

Speaking to People successful 2013, helium recalled taking his prescribed pills without question: 'I did and I felt amended than I ever felt successful my full life. I had a large occupation with pills and alcohol, and I couldn't stop.'

He checked into rehab that aforesaid twelvemonth successful 1997, but said: 'You can't person a cause occupation for 30 years and past expect to person it solved successful 28 days. Getting sober is simply a truly hard happening to do.'

Matthew has documented his travel successful a memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing (available Nov. 1), detailing his journey. 

From uncovering fame to cause scandals arsenic fans fearfulness for his health: A look backmost astatine Matthew Perry's off-camera trials and tribulations arsenic helium emotionally reunites with his Friends co-stars successful TV special 

He famously portrayed Chandler Bing successful the classical sitcom Friends for a decade, bowing retired from his beloved relation erstwhile the amusement ended successful 2004.

But portion Matthew Perry's quality raised the laughs onscreen, it has been a starkly different – and acold much dramatic – beingness off-screen for the star, whose galore troughs and peaks person been good documented implicit the years.

Born successful Massachusetts and raised northbound of the borderline successful Canada's superior Ottawa, the actor, was the absorption of a bid of headlines during overmuch of his clip connected Friends, stemming mostly from his hard-fought conflict with cause addiction.

Back successful 1997, erstwhile his NBC sitcom was already flying precocious arsenic a bona fide hit, the prima was injured successful a jet-ski mishap – an already harrowing incidental that led to the genesis of a acold darker unit arsenic helium became babelike connected almighty painkiller Vicodin.

Perry has been unfastened astir his past struggles with addiction, antecedently telling People things got 'out of power and precise unhealthy' aft the accident.

The surface star, who presently boasts an estimated nett worthy of $120 million, told People successful 2013: 'I couldn't stop. Eventually things got truthful atrocious that I couldn't fell it, and past everybody knew.' 

Perry reunited with his Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc for the hotly-anticipated amusement reunion, which was changeable successful April and aired connected May 27 via HBO and HBO Max

A teaser from the one-off occurrence showed Perry being comforted by Aniston arsenic helium welled up, earlier aboriginal cutting to scenes of the histrion reminiscing astir his clip connected the show.  

In the clip, Perry's on-screen woman Cox states: 'It was an unthinkable time. We became champion friends', to which Perry confesses: 'Yep, I'm going to outcry now.'

Dropping his caput down and wrapping his arms astir his body, Perry looks solemn arsenic Jennifer leans implicit to comfortableness him.

Season six, occurrence 14 of Friends was entitled The One Where Chandler Can't Cry and aired backmost successful February 2000. 

When asked if helium ever took thing from acceptable arsenic a souvenir, helium admitted: 'I stole the cooky jar that had the timepiece connected it' with a dense 'sh' dependable astatine the commencement of 'stole.'

Though fans were near delighted by the teaser, determination were besides concerns aft Perry appeared to slur his code successful a promo for the upcoming reunion special. 

The histrion stammered and stared successful the clip, adjacent slurring unneurotic his words astatine 1 point.

Despite having multi-million dollar nett worth, the star's beingness mirrored that of countless mundane radical astir the globe arsenic helium grappled with his demons and combated the resulting dramatically fluctuating weight.

He has apt sought solace wrong the towering walls of the galore palatial homes helium has snapped up crossed the thenar tree-lined hills of Los Angeles implicit the years.

Perry's $1 million-per-episode Friends wage time afforded him a sky-scraping penthouse successful the City of Angels, which placed connected the marketplace for an eye-watering $27 cardinal implicit the summer, having dropped the asking terms from $35 million.

His luxury spot clearance merchantability besides included the surface prima bringing his Malibu formation location to marketplace for $14.95 cardinal during the aforesaid period.

As for wherever helium presently lives? Perry past twelvemonth purchased himself comparatively humble $6 cardinal cottage successful the tony neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades. 

Post-Friends, Perry, the lad of American histrion and erstwhile exemplary John Bennett Perry and Canadian writer Suzanne Marie Morrison has been capable to prolong his manner by keeping himself engaged with a slew of projects, to varying degrees of success.

In 2007, helium received Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations for his critically acclaimed crook successful the titular relation of TNT movie, The Ron Clark Story, astir a small-town teacher to relocates to amended the toughest people successful the US.

Between 2006 and 2007, helium continued to showcase his acting chops erstwhile helium joined the formed of Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip arsenic Matt Albie, a writer-director quality based connected the show's creator and enforcement shaper Aaron Sorkin.

Other TV and movie roles followed, with the histrion besides treading the committee of London, erstwhile helium starred successful David Mamet's Sexual Perversity In Chicago successful the West End.

However, replicating the occurrence of Friends alluded him: Perry was the absorption of overmuch fanfare erstwhile it was announced that helium was acceptable to represent a middle-aged antheral going done an individuality situation successful the ABC sitcom Mr. Sunshine.

A motion of conscionable however brutal the decision-making is successful the revenue-hungry TV landscape, the bid was cancelled aft conscionable 9 episodes successful aboriginal 2011.

His NBC aviator for Go On failed to fare overmuch better. The show, which saw him portraying a sportscaster trying to determination connected from the decease of his wife, premiered successful 2012 but was cancelled the pursuing twelvemonth astatine the decision of the archetypal season.

Among his galore TV roles was besides a stint connected British TV successful the 2014 one-off The Dog Thrower, arsenic good arsenic portraying the precocious Ted Kennedy successful the 2017 miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot.

Perry past starred successful a movie successful 2009's 17 Again other Zac Efron. He volition adjacent beryllium seen successful the comedy Don't Look Up, which follows the communicative of 2 astronomers, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who observe that a elephantine asteroid that could destruct each beingness connected Earth is cruising toward the planet. 

The movie boasts an perfectly stacked formed including Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Tyler Perry, Melanie Lynskey and Chris Evans, among others, and is expected to beryllium released aboriginal this year.

It comes aft Perry was embarrassed aft a lucifer from the dating app Raya leaked a video connection sent by the star.

The Friends histrion allegedly asked the 19-year-old girl, 'Am I arsenic aged arsenic your dad?' during a flirty speech that was leaked earlier this month. 

Perry, who is presently engaged to fiancée Molly Hurwitz, 29, tin beryllium seen successful a video posted connected Thursday flirting with TikTok user @kittynichole - existent sanction Kate Haralson - who claims they matched connected the membership-only dating work successful May past year.

Haralson, present 20, shared the footage of herself with the caption: 'When you lucifer w Matthew Perry arsenic a gag connected a dating app and helium facetimes you and plays 20 questions with you.'

In the 16-second video, Perry is seen smiling arsenic helium asks his imaginable date, 'Do you ever play with your hairsbreadth this much?' to which she responds, giggling: 'I conjecture so.' 

Haralson, a idiosyncratic adjunct who says she was 19 erstwhile Perry archetypal contacted her, told PageSix on Thursday that she wanted to amusement however older men successful Hollywood are 'taking advantage' of younger women connected dating apps. 

'A batch of radical were saying I'm a bully and mean for posting this, and it made maine consciousness benignant of bad, but astatine the aforesaid time, I consciousness similar a batch of guys successful Hollywood are talking to each these young girls and it's thing that I deliberation a batch of radical should beryllium alert of,' she told the outlet.

Haralson claims the FaceTime speech happened successful May 2020, which is erstwhile Perry is said to person concisely divided with his existent fiancée Hurwitz, who helium had been dating since 2018.

They divided for bully successful June 2021. 

The Los Angeles-based PA said she had matched with different celebrities earlier but wouldn't 'ever speech to older guys' though she thought talking to the Friends histrion 'would beryllium funny.' 

The speech was believed to person been filmed six months earlier helium announced his engagement to literate manager Hurwitz.  

'I decided to get engaged,' the TV icon announced in People magazine connected Thanksgiving aft proposing. 'Luckily, I happened to beryllium dating the top pistillate connected the look of the satellite astatine this time.'

This would person marked the archetypal matrimony for Perry, who is celebrated for playing loveable and sarcastic Chandler Bing successful Friends. However, helium has had respective highly publicized romances with notable names.

Perry concisely dated Baywatch prima Yasmine Bleeth successful 1995 and past moved connected to Oscar victor Julia Roberts from 1995 to 1996. He has besides dated Neve Campbell, Heather Graham and Maeve Quinlan. 

His longest narration was with histrion Lizzy Caplan from 2006 until 2012.  

Perry was besides engaged to Kayti Edwards, who antecedently claimed helium had her people drugs for him portion she was large - during their little romanticist narration successful the aboriginal Noughties.

In December past year, Kayti alleged successful The Sun that erstwhile helium was successful the depths of his addiction helium would instrumentality 80 Vicodin successful 1 day.

She claimed that successful 2011 erstwhile their narration was platonic and she was 5 months large helium would wage her thousands of dollars to procure drugs for him.

Kayti alleged that helium would 'guilt trip' her into going connected the cause runs by offering to 'go determination myself and locomotion downtown,' prompting her to prime up the slack alternatively successful bid to forestall him 'driving' oregon 'wandering astir the streets.'

However she besides praised him arsenic 'funny' and 'easy-going,' expressing her joyousness that helium has gone connected the wagon and settled down with Molly.