At the time of the 2018 hospitalization, Perry publicly acknowledged that he’d suffered a gastrointestinal perforation. In reality, he’d been fighting for his life in a coma for two weeks and would ultimately spend five months in a hospital.
. He said he also had to use a colostomy bag for nine months after the terrifying episode.
Perry has been open about his struggles with addictions to alcohol and painkillers for years. He says his dependency on alcohol was starting to emerge when he was cast on “Friends” at age 24, and his substance abuse became extreme at times during the making of the show.
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