Matthew Perry is opening up about his health and struggle with addiction. Ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, the sitcom icon sat down with People for their Wednesday issue to open up about a scary crisis that almost cost him his life.
He prefaced it by explaining his reason for penning the new book: Related: Courteney Cox Reacts To Kanye West’s Claim That Friends ‘Wasn’t Funny’ The 53-year-old then shared his truth — one that he initially disguised to the public four years ago as a “gastrointestinal perforation,” but is now ready to come clean about: he nearly died as the result of his colon bursting from an OxyContin overdose.
He explained that at the time, he was rushed to the hospital and when he was admitted, “the doctors told my family that I had a two percent chance to live,” adding: Now THAT is some scary stuff!
We couldn’t imagine being his family, hearing that all odds were against him. However, he fought and fought, and after TWO whole weeks in a coma, he came back into consciousness, but was still far from recovered.
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