“The doctors told my family that I had a two-percent chance to live,” the comedian said. “That’s the time I really came close to my life ending. I was put on an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. Every doctor says it’s a Hail Mary. No one survives that.”
Perry, who was in a coma for nearly two weeks, explained that after making a full recovery from addiction, he was not keen on revealing how long he has been clean for. “It’s important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn’t mean you lose all that time and education,” he continued. “Your sober date changes, but that’s all that changes. You know everything you knew before, as long as you were able to fight your way back without dying, you learn a lot.”
