FEARS LEBLANC IS NEXT FRIEND TO PERISH!

Goes to pot after Perry's drug death

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BLOATED Matt LeBlanc's bedraggled appearance is sparking fears the 57-year-old funnyman could meet an early end-like his late Friends co-star Matthew Perry!

The grizzled former hunk, who hasn't performed professionally in front of cameras since the 2021 Friends reunion special, looked nothing like his signature sitcom character Joey Tribbiani during an outing with his 20-year-old daughter, Marina, on Oct. 30 - two days after the one-year anniversary of close buddy Perry's fatal overdose at 54.

"Matt's basically retired and doesn't seem to care how disheveled or grossly overweight he is," an insider confides. Although LeBlanc's rep denies our story, the insider insists: "He's been depressed since Matthew's death.