Matthew Perry has surgery on ruptured bowel

Matthew Perry has undergone surgery to repair his ruptured bowel.



The 'Friends' star was rushed into a hospital in Los Angeles, California, "recently" in order to have an emergency operation to fix his gastrointestinal perforation, which causes severe abdominal pain and tenderness and can be fatal, and he is now resting up in private while he heals from the intense abdominal surgery.



Details on Matthew's surgery are not known but he has been very open in the past about his struggles with alcohol abuse, which can contribute to digestive health issue.



The 48-year-old actor completed a 48-day programme in rehab for Vicodin addiction in 1997 after he turned to the drug to stop him from "drinking as much" as he was.