Matthew Perry, the 54 star of the 1990s hit show Friends, passed away today after police found him lifeless inside the pool in his Hollywood home. The official cause of death is drowning, but word is quickly spreading, Media Take Out has learned, that the actor may have had a drug overdose.
Sources claim he was found in a jacuzzi at the home. While no drugs were found at the scene and there was no indication of foul play, there’s growing speculation that he may have suffered from an opioid overdose.
First-responders rushed over on a call for cardiac arrest
Perry was an outspoken individual about his past drug addiction and recovery – but that recovery was mired with setbacks.
In his memoir, Perry recollected that he started taking methadone, on top of cocaine and Xanax, when he was 30.
By 2019, when Perry was 49, he nearly died after his colon burst from opioid overuse and he was in a coma for two weeks. He even spent five months in the hospital. In January 2022, Perry had his 14th surgery related to opiate abuse.
By then, he believed he had not slept more than four hours a night in his whole life and was full of regret about his past relationships.
Perry’s long struggle with opioid abuse appears to have taken a turn for the worse this summer – when multiple reports claimed that the actor was seen nodding off in public, Media Take Out learned.
