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As reclusive Matt LeBlanc is pictured a year after Matthew Perry's death, the real reason he is rarely seen in public - and why he's determined not to fall into the same traps that destroyed Matthew, reveals BARBARA McMAHON


Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc looked barely recognisable as he peered out from under a baseball cap in a series of sightings in LA last week. Here's why he prefers a private life to the limelight...

Sporting a grey beard and distinct paunch, former Friends star Matt LeBlanc looked barely recognisable as he peered out from under a dark baseball cap in a series of sightings in LA last week. And in the past few years as he has lost not only Perry but others to whom he was close - including fellow Friends actor James Michael Taylor who played Gunther and who died of prostate cancer in 2021 - LeBlanc it seems has made a conscious effort to protect his health and sanity. He was tempted back into the spotlight in 2011 as a fictional version of himself in the Hollywood satire series Episodes alongside British actors Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan, for which he won a Golden Globe.

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