Friends fans confuse Matthew Perry with Riverdale actor Luke Perry after actor suffers a 'massive' s

Publish date: 2024-05-04

FANS of Friends actor Matthew Perry feared he'd suffered a stroke yesterday after confusing him with Riverdale star Luke Perry.

Matthew, 49, who has been undergoing treatment for addiction, began trending on Google after news broke of Luke's emergency.

Taking to Twitter, confused fans wrote: "I literally have never known who Luke Perry was, so I just had a weird 2 seconds where I went "well, if Matthew Perry isn't going to look after his health he is gonna have strokes innit" & then went "oh Luke... who is that dude?"

Another added: "Thank you for sharing so we all know what signs to look for. Also, prayers for Matthew Perry. Strokes suck."

"I hope Matthew Perry is okay," said a third.

Others wrote: ""So, I’m sitting at the doctors office and someone is talking about how Matthew Perry suffered a stroke... Wrong Perry, lady. 🤦🏼‍♀️."

And: "I’ve spent all of today thinking Matthew perry is luke perry."

I hope Matthew Perry is okay

— Lock Wilford (@LockWilford) March 1, 2019

Thank you for sharing so we all know what signs to look for. Also, prayers for Matthew Perry. Strokes suck.

— Cubs Fan (@chgfanclub) March 1, 2019

I texted my friend (who has had 2 strokes herself) that Luke Perry had a stoke she calls me thinking it was Matthew Perry but I thought she said Matt Berry so needless to say for about 3 minutes we were both very confused. pic.twitter.com/bF0JvMBomT

— You're the wee man (@mildlyenraged) February 28, 2019

So, I’m sitting at the doctors office and someone is talking about how Matthew Perry suffered a stroke...
Wrong Perry, lady. 🤦🏼‍♀️

— Katherine Pelcic (@kpelcic) February 28, 2019

Luke was rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering a "massive stroke".

The 52-year-old actor is being cared for in a Los Angeles hospital after paramedics were called to his home in the morning.

TMZ reported that a medical team responded to a call at the star's Sherman Oaks home at around 9.40am, with the website adding that the call initially came into the fire department for "someone suffering a stroke".

In a statement, a rep for the actor, who played Dylan McKay in the long-running 90s series, confirmed he was “currently sedated and under observation at the hospital.”

TMZ reported that a family member claimed he was placed in a medically induced coma, but his rep insisted that was categorically untrue.

The US actor first shot to fame in the '90s, playing  Dylan McKay in popular TV series Beverly Hills, 90210.

However, most recently Luke has found prominence playing Archie's dad Fred Andrews in hit show Riverdale, and the star was only recently spotted filming scenes on the Warner Brothers Hollywood lot.

On the same day that Luke suffered his stroke, Fox announced that they are rebooting Beverly Hills 90210.

The star was yet to sign on to the project, despite his former costars - including Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, and Brian Austin Green - already being confirmed.

Luke is father to two children, 22-year-old Jack, and 18-year-old Sophie, who he shares with his ex-wife Rachel Sharp.

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In 2015, the star spoke out to urge his fans to test for colon cancer after a colonoscopy revealed that he had precancerous growths.

The growths were removed and Luke became an advocate for getting tested, with the actor previously telling Fox News: "Right now, there are 23 million Americans who haven’t been screened who need to be screened.

"If I had waited, it could have been a whole different scenario.

"When I heard that this was the most detectable cancer that we know of yet it’s the second most lethal, I just couldn’t figure out why that was and I wanted to get out there and tell people about it."

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