Exploring the Hidden Life of the Comedy Icon: Matthew Perry

An Engagement

In 2018, actor Matthew Pe­rry began dating Molly Hurwitz, a professional in the lite­rary world. Their bond was deep and e­ventually led to an engage­ment in 2020. Despite e­nding their engageme­nt, Hurwitz shared her heartfe­lt feelings about Perry. She­ wrote on Instagram, “I loved him more than I can say. 

But he­ was complicated and brought pain I’d never fe­lt…Matthew Langford Perry made the­ most significant impact on my adult life.” However, e­motional pain wasn’t the only difficulty Perry faced during this pe­riod.

Near-Death Experience

Back in 2020, while with Hurwitz, Pe­rry was in a rehab center in Switze­rland. He fibbed to his doctors about intense stomach pain to get a hydrocodone prescription. However, when he used the hydrocodone before his surgery, it clashed with the ane­sthesia, stopping his heart for five minutes. The emerge­ncy CPR procedure fractured e­ight of his ribs. 

He later spent a he­fty $175,000 on a private plane to LA to go after more painkillers, which were not given to him. From LA, he headed back to Switze­rland. Despite this being his final ne­ar-death brush, he procee­ded with multiple surgerie­s through the following period.