On the occasion of his 55th birthday, celebrated this Monday, July 25, actor Matt LeBlanc returned at length to very special years of his life. And the interpreter of the emblematic character of Joey in Friends has not always been very happy.
If the career of Matt LeBlanc has logically breathless at the end of the series Friends, he is nonetheless a fulfilled man. While he has just celebrated his 55th birthday this Monday, July 25, the interpreter of Joey took the opportunity to make a big point on his life, and in particular on his daughter, Marina Pearl LeBlanc, born of his love with actress Melissa McKnight.
Aged 18, the latter has never hidden from her father that her notoriety was sometimes a problem. “Sometimes it’s a nuisance because the fans come up to me on the street and she really doesn’t want me to waste my time with them. But sometimes she also gets some benefit from it. Like, for example, oObtain well-located tickets to attend a Lady Gaga concert!“.
Matt LeBlanc: ‘I had a nervous breakdown’
If she remains a teenager like the others, Marina Pearl LeBlanc nevertheless suffers from a rare disease: cortical dysplasia. Pathology which was discovered when she was only one year old. “When my daughter was younger, we discovered that a disease could damage his brain, bones and motor skills. It was a very dark period of my life because it touched the flesh of my flesh, the person i loved the most in the world. Fortunately, we avoided the worst,” told Matt LeBlanc.
Very worried about his little girl, Matt LeBlanc had a hard time recovering from this announcement from the doctors, to the point where he put his career on hold in order to stay by his side: “For years, I hardly left the house. I was exhausted. Most actors call their agent and say, ‘Do you have any news?’ I called mine and said, ‘please forget my number for a few years’. It was a dark time. I almost had a nervous breakdown.”
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While he has just celebrated his 55th birthday this Monday, July 25, the interpreter of Joey took the opportunity to make a big point about his life, and in particular about his daughter, Marina Pearl LeBlanc, born of his love with the actress Melissa McKnight.
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Aged 18, the latter has never hidden from her father that her notoriety was sometimes a problem.
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If she remains a teenager like the others, Marina Pearl LeBlanc nevertheless suffers from a rare disease: cortical dysplasia.
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Pathology which was discovered when she was only one year old.
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“When my daughter was younger, it was discovered that a disease could damage her brain, her bones and her motor faculties”.
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“It was a very dark time in my life because it touched the flesh of my flesh, the person I loved most in the world.”
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“Fortunately, we avoided the worst”.
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Very worried about his little girl, Matt LeBlanc had a lot of trouble recovering from this announcement from the doctors, to the point that he completely put his career on hold in order to stay by his side.
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“For years, I hardly left the house. I was exhausted.”
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“It was a dark time. I almost had a nervous breakdown.”