‘Freakier Friday’ star Chad Michael Murray recalls near-death experience as a teen, shares how it changed his life

Chad Michael Murray is opening up like never before about a shocking story from his teenage years. While out and about promoting his film, the actor revealed that he came close to death and how it changed his outlook forever.Known for his famous TV and movie roles, the actor revealed that he almost lost his life as a teenager. Murray opened up on the ‘Great Company’ podcast about a scary health crisis he faced at just 15 years old. He shared that his intestines twisted, causing severe internal bleeding.Murray spent over two months in the hospital, going through surgery and often drifting in and out of consciousness. He lost half the blood in his body and dropped from 180 pounds to just 118 pounds. Things reportedly got so serious that he remembered seeing his father speak to a priest about last rites before a nurse named Sandy gave him a life-saving blood transfusion.A few years later, Murray’s acting career took off with shows like ‘Dawson’s Creek’, ‘Gilmore Girls’, ‘One Tree Hill’, and ‘Freaky Friday’. Now, he focuses on healthy living, avoiding alcohol and eating clean, determined never to go through something like that again. He says he’s grateful to have survived, and his fans are also.