“Friends” star Matthew Perry has been told he needs a liver transplant, a British news tabloid claims. Additionally, today’s Sun says the 30-year-old actor has been readmitted to the Los Angeles hospital where he was treated for two weeks for what his publicist said was the flu. A Cedars-Sinai spokesperson was unavailable for comment early this morning.
Stateside supermarket tabloids said Perry‘s stomach troubles stemmed from a crash diet. Now the Sun offers its verdict: Liver failure. The paper — which contains no quotes or comments from either Perry‘s camp or doctors — said the reason for the failure was a “mystery,” although it did make a point to dredge up Perry‘s past addiction to prescription painkillers.
Perry and his five “Friends” co-stars recently inked a $240 million deal to remain with the hit NBC sitcom another two years. Perry also recently escaped unscathed from a weekend car crash in which he ran his Porsche into a Hollywood Hills home to avoid an oncoming vehicle. Drugs and alcohol were not suspected in the accident.
