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Yahoo
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chad Michael Murray Lost Nearly Half His Blood Due to Health Scare
Originally appeared on E! Online suffered a near death experience—but it may have landed him in Hollywood. While thinking back to how he first started acting, the One Tree Hill star remembered that it wasn't an easy journey in the slightest. In fact, he shared that he nearly died in the process. 'I've spent a lot of time in hospitals,' Chad said during an August 8 appearance on the Great Company podcast. 'I was 15 and my intestines had twisted, and I was hospitalized for two and a half months.' 'I had internal bleeding,' he continued. 'I lost 50 percent of my blood. I was on my deathbed.' And while he wasn't in a state to remember everything that happened at the time, a few key moments stood out to him. 'I was in and out of consciousness, so I have visions,' he explained. 'I just remember seeing my father the weakest I'd ever seen him and a priest at the end of my bed, and they're talking about last rites and all that stuff.' More from E! Online Reba McEntire's Son Shares Emotional Tribute to Brother Brandon Blackstock After His Death Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Mom Breaks Silence on "Suddenness" of His Tragic Death Princess Anne Debuts New Hair Look for First Time in 50 Years in 75th Birthday Photo But thankfully, the 43-year-old was able to pull through after his nurse gave him a blood transfusion and, as he put it, 'saved my life.' It turns out, his nurses may have played a part in kickstarting his career as well. 'My other nurse was a model—it's every 15-year-old boy's dream,' Chad quipped before going on to recall the nurse saying to him, ''Oh gosh, you should model.'' 'I was like, 'I don't want to model,'' he continued. ''I want to be an actor. I love film and television. I want to give this gift to other people.' And she's like, 'Well, you can segue from modeling into acting. Look, when you get out, I'm hooking you up with this modeling company I know.' And she meant it.' Soon after, she took him to a modeling convention in Orlando, where he stumbled across an acting competition—and the rest was history. But beyond his career, the Gilmore Girls alum also remembered leaving the hospital having learned a few very important lessons. 'I started my relationship with God, and my relationship with my father became really close,' he shared. 'My dad, raising five kids on his own, came to the hospital every single day, and he spent countless nights with me when he had four more kids at home.' For more stars who've shared insight into their own health scares, keep reading… Nikki Garcia's Breast Implant InjuryLupita Nyong'o's Uterine FibroidsSuki Waterhouse's HerniaBrian Austin Green's Perforated AppendixAdam Devine's Long-Term Injury From Childhood AccidentJason Tartick's Back InjuryMatt Kirschenheiter's Heart AttackTracy Morgan's Medical EmergencyChristy Carlson Romano's Eye InjuryAmy Schumer's Cushing SyndromeCasey Fitzgerald's Neck Injury From Hockey Skate BladeHailey Bieber's Blood ClotJustin Bieber's Ramsay Hunt SyndromeJamie Foxx's Brain Bleed & StrokeEmilia Clarke's Brain AneurysmCori Broadus's StrokeShailene Woodley's Health Battle For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chad Michael Murray reveals he was given last rites during teen health crisis
One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray has shared a harrowing story about a near-death experience when he was a teenager. The actor, now 43, said that when he was 15 years old, he lost '50 per cent' of the blood in his body and was 'on [his] deathbed.' On Friday's episode of the Great Company podcast, he told host Jamie Laing that he was in the hospital for two and a half months. He explained that his intestines became twisted, and he was suffering from internal bleeding. He said he didn't remember much from that experience as he was going 'in and out of consciousness' and had to undergo emergency surgery multiple times. This comes after Murray opened up about his mental health and revealed he was battling agoraphobia amid his One Tree Hill success when he was in his early 20s. And at one point during his near-death, teenage experience, the Freakier Friday star said that he saw his father talking to a priest about last rites at one point before his nurse gave him a blood transfusion to save his life. He explained that his organs shut down because the blood coagulated around them and he had to undergo a second surgery to 'clean up' around them. The actor added that during those weeks in the hospital, his weight had dropped from 180lb to a 118lb. He also recalled the names of the nurses who saved his life - Sandy, who gave him a blood transfusion, and Alana, who was a model. Murray said that the latter nurse told him to become a model first to 'segue' into his acting dreams - and even followed through on her promise to introduce him to a modeling company when he got out of the hospital. About the conversation that got him into Hollywood, he recalled: 'Alana says to me, "Oh gosh, you should model." I was like, "I don't want to model. I want to be an actor. Like, I love film and television. I want to give this gift to other people." 'And she's like, "Well, you can segue from modeling into acting. Look, when you get out, I'm hooking you up with this modeling company I know." And she meant it.' A few years after making his recovery, he made his big break and started landing major roles in hit teen dramas. Murray is known for playing the lead role of Lucas Scott in the CW teen drama series from 2003 to 2009 and again reprising his role in 2012. He also starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday in 2003 and in the recently released sequel Freakier Friday. He is also known for playing the love interest of Hilary Duff's character in the 2004 romantic comedy A Cinderella Story. The actor is also known for making appearances on Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, and Riverdale. On the podcast, Murray also said that he is focused on clean living - avoiding alcohol and eating healthy - nowadays to stay healthy. He is currently on a promo tour alongside co-stars Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis as they promote Freakier Friday.
Daily Mail
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
One Tree Hill star shares chilling near-death experience that resulted in him losing HALF of his blood
One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray shared a harrowing story about a near-death experience when he was a teenager. The actor, now 43, said that back when he was 15 years old, he lost half of the blood in his body and was 'on [his] deathbed.' On Friday's episode of the Great Company podcast, he told host Jamie Laing that he was in the hospital for over two months. At the time, he said his intestines got 'all twisted up' and he was suffering from internal bleeding. He said he didn't remember much from that experience as he was going in and out of consciousness and was undergoing emergency surgery. This comes after Murray opened up about his mental health and revealed he was battling agoraphobia amid his One Tree Hill success when he was in his early 20s. And at one point during his near-death, teenage experience, the Freakier Friday star said that he saw his father talking to a priest about last rites at one point before his nurse gave him a blood transfusion to save his life. He added that during those weeks in the hospital, his weight had dropped from 180 to a 118 pounds. Murray is known for playing the lead role of Lucas Scott in the CW teen drama series from 2003 to 2009 and again reprising his role in 2012. He also starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday in 2003 and in the recently released sequel Freakier Friday. He is also known for playing the love interest of Hilary Duff's character in the 2004 romantic comedy A Cinderella Story. The actor is also known for making appearances on Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek and Riverdale.
