{
  "id": 10899933,
  "title": "From Matthew Perry to Kit Harington: How stars can spend over $120,000 on rehab and recovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/from-matthew-perry-to-kit-harington-how-stars-can-spend-over-120-000",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:21:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/from-matthew-perry-to-kit-harington-how-stars-can-spend-over-120000-on-rehab-and-recovery-1.500693206"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Matthew Perry, the late actor from the popular sitcom Friends, spent approximately $9 million on 15 stays in rehab over three decades. This amounts to around Dh33 million, based on the Dubai dirham-to-dollar exchange rate. Regular stays in rehab facilities, combined with ongoing AA meetings and detox periods, contributed significantly to the total cost. Perry also underwent six surgeries linked to his addiction, starting with his first rehab stint in 1997.",
  "summary": "Dubai: \"He spent $7 million trying to get sober.\" That is how Mia Perry Bowick describes her late brother, Friends star Matthew Perry , in the trailer for Netflix's new docuseries The One About Matthew Perry . The figure works out at roughly Dh25.7 million. The three-part series premieres on Netflix on October 27, a day before the third anniversary of Perry's death at 54. The Los Angeles County…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Netflix's Matthew Perry documentary reveals his $7 million fight for sobriety: 'This didn't fix what's inside me'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/netflixs-matthew-perry-documentary-reveals-his-7-million-fight-for",
        "published": "2026-09-30T03:36:22.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}