'Friends' star Matthew Perry ‘grateful to be alive’ after addiction battle that once gave him 2% chance to live


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The health crisis left Perry hospitalised for five months, including two weeks in a coma. Photo: AFP

Friends actor Matthew Perry feels “grateful to be a live” after a lengthy battle with addiction and repeated trips to rehab, he said in a new interview.

Perry, who starred as the witty Chandler Bing on the New York City-set sitcom, says he was given a 2% chance of survival after his colon burst as the result of opioid use, according to People.

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