Actor Matthew Perrywho is loved for his portrayal of Chandler Bing in the hit TV series friends, recently spoke about his opioid and alcohol addiction and shared new details about his hospitalization in 2018 and how his battle with the disease nearly killed him. The friends The actor has also opened up about the fact that while he tried to hide his condition, the dramatic changes in his appearance from year to year made it clear to his co-stars, who regularly checked in with Perry to let the actor know they cared about him. him and his well-being.
In a new trailer put online for his October 28 conversation with ABC News journalist Diane Sawyer ahead of his all-encompassing new book, Friends, Lovers and the Great Terrible: A MemoirPerry recalls a time when his friends co-star Jennifer Aniston confronted him about his problem. Sawyer reminded Perry of the incident between the two actors where Aniston told Perry, “We know you’re drinking.”
Perry confirmed the conversation with Aniston. “Imagine how scary that was,” he tells Sawyer. “She was the one who contacted the most, you know. I’m very grateful to her for that.”
Matthew Perry found himself in early stages of alcoholism while friends
Matthew Perry was in the early stages of alcoholism when… friends began. However, his problem worsened over the following years with the dramatic changes in his appearance resulting from his sobriety, to the point where his colon burst four years ago from opioid drug use, requiring him to have a colostomy bag for nine months. to wear. Now, thanks to the harrowing experience, Perry says he’s sober and if he ever thinks about using again, just think about how close he got to death.
In addition to Jennifer Aniston’s support, Perry previously shared: People those are others friends cast mates “were understanding, and they were patient”, too. “It’s like penguins. Penguins, in nature, when someone is sick or someone is badly hurt, the other penguins surround it and support it. They walk around it until that penguin can walk alone. That’s kind of what the cast did it for me,” said Perry.
Matthew Perry only recently felt comfortable talking about his addiction issues and his new all-encompassing memoir detailing them. Friends, Lovers and the Great Terrible: A Memoircomes out on November 1, 2022.