Kelly Osbourne remembers Matthew Perry's kind gesture during her rehab stay and reveals she has a global celebrity drug ring

Matthew Perry played a crucial role in Kelly Osbourne's recovery during her first stay in rehab at the age of 19.

The former reality star's battle with addiction began at age 13. After a routine tonsil surgery, she was prescribed medication that later led to an opioid addiction.

Osbourne recalled meeting the late “Friends” actor in rehab and admitted she will “never forget” a kind gesture from Perry during her struggle with sobriety.

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“He helped so many people. One day he helped me,” Osbourne said on an episode of “TMZ Investigates: Matthew Perry & The Secret Celebrity Drug Ring.”

“I was 19 years old and in rehab for the first time and just wanted to walk – it wasn't working. I didn't understand it. I had never felt so insecure or hated myself more.”

Osbourne, who is open about her sobriety, was undergoing treatment after a years-long struggle with prescription drugs.

“He helped so many people. One day he helped me.”

— Kelly Osbourne

“He saw I was struggling, came up to me and gave me a chip that said 'three minutes,'” she recalled. “He told me, 'If you can survive three minutes, you can survive anything.'”

Rehab chips or coins are small symbols often used to celebrate recovery milestones and serve as a physical reminder of sobriety achievements.

Kelly Osbourne has spoken openly about her battle with drug addiction. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

The daughter of rock star Ozzy Osbourne added: “That chip got me through that day, which then got me through the next day, which then got me through the next day, and I'll never forget that.”

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Osbourne admitted she had doctors she could call for certain medications. “If you wanted an Adderall doctor, I knew who to talk to,” she said. “When it came to opiates, I also knew who the people in Hollywood were.”

She also noted, “At one point I had six different doctors, and I had ones in New York, LA and London. So when I ran out of one, I could call others and ask them to get me a replacement.”

Dr. Drew Pinsky said addicts know who to call to get exactly what they need.

“Every drug addict knows a secret ring they can connect with, but celebrities know it more than anyone,” he said. “Not only is there a drug ring, there's a secret doctor ring and only one specific doctor you should go to, and that's the doctor of the day. And everything about it is bad. Everything about it is bad.”

Dr. Drew Pinksy said addicts will find a way to get the drugs they need. (Getty Images)

Perry died on October 28 after an apparent drowning in a hot tub at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 54 years old.

“He saw that I was struggling, came up to me and gave me a chip that said '3 minutes'. He told me, 'If you can survive three minutes, you can survive anything.'”

— Kelly Osbourne

The autopsy results of the actor from “Fools Rush In”, which published in DecemberTraces of ketamine were found in his stomach. His death was attributed to the “acute effects of ketamine.”

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Other factors that contributed to his death were “coronary heart disease and the effects of buprenorphine,” the report states. “Prescription drugs and loose pills” were found in the apartment.

“I wish I could say I was surprised by his death,” Osbourne said. “I was shocked because he's kind of the last person you would want to live that kind of life on.”

The Osbournes became household names in the early 2000s when MTV spotlighted their lives as famous stars – and children of rock greats – with a reality show about the family. The series premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons, ending its run in 2005. (Dave Hogan)

She added: “When you think about how much pain he must have been through, it's devastating. But at the same time, he was an addict and you can't be shocked when an addict dies because it's completely normal.”

“It ends in three places – prison, institutions or death.”

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In August, federal and local law enforcement authorities announced that several arrests had been made in connection with Perry's overdose death.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Martin Estrada confirmed the charges against defendants Jasveen Sangha, 41, aka “The Ketamine Queen,” of North Hollywood; Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, aka “Dr. P,” of Santa Monica; Eric Fleming, 54, of Hawthorne; Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake; and Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego.

Iwamasa, Perry's live-in assistant, pleaded guilty on Aug. 7 to conspiracy to fatally distribute ketamine and has already entered into a plea agreement, according to Estrada.

Matthew Perry died in October 2023 from “acute effects of ketamine.” (Gregg DeGuire)

Sangha and Plasencia are charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine. Sangha is also charged with one count of operating a drug-dependent establishment, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, one count of possession of ketamine with intent to distribute, and five counts of distribution of ketamine.

If convicted on all counts, Sangha faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison. Plasencia faces up to 10 years in federal prison for each count of ketamine-related abuse and up to 20 years in federal prison for each count of falsification.

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