Matthew Perry says that this co-star of "friends" confronted her with his alcohol consumption
"She was the one who has the most hand. You know, I am really grateful to her."
Matthew Perry continues to share its story. In an interview withPeople Posted on October 19Perry talked about his dependence to pills and alcohol and how the effects of this dependence landed him in hospital for five months and a coma for two weeks in 2018. Now before the release of his memories,Friends, lovers and the great terrible thing On November 1, the actor was also seated withDiane Sawyer To share more details on his difficulties.
InAn overview of the interview, which will be broadcast on ABC on October 28, Perry talks aboutFriends Co-star who confronted him with regard to his alcohol consumption and "stretched the most hand" while he still abused substances. Read the rest to see what the star had to say.
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Perry almost died four years ago.
In his interview withPeople, Perry shared for the first time thatHe almost died four years ago After its colon which broke out due to the overuse of opioids. He was in hospital for five months and in a coma for two weeks. When he was admitted for the first time to the hospital, "the doctors told [his] family he had [he] had two percent of living."
Perry told the magazine that he had undergone 14 stomach surgeries. "It's a lot of reminders to stay sober," he said. "All I have to do is look down."
At one point, he took 55 Vicodin every day.
In her interview with Sawyer, she lists that Perry was "on methadone, Xanax, a full quarter of vodka per day". TheFriendsStar said that there was a time when he took 55 Vicodin every day.
By reflecting on the time he played on the blockbuster that his sitcom Perry said: "This is the moment when I should have been the toast of the city, I was in a dark room with nothing other than traffickers of drugs and completely alone. "
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He said aFriends The Co-Star confronted it with regard to its behavior.
Perry and Sawyer also explained howJennifer Aniston Faced with her about his alcohol consumption at a given time. AccordingThe New York Times,,Perry writes in his memoirs That Aniston "in a sort of strange but loving way," told her that she and their co-stars knew he was drinking again. "" We can feel it "," she said, writes Perry, adding: "[l] a plural" we "strikes me like a hammer."
"Jennifer," she says, "we know that you drink" ", remembers Sawyer in Perry. He replied: "Yeah, imagine how frightening it was for a while." He added: "It was she who most stretched her hand. You know, I am really grateful to him."
All his comrades were favorable.
The rest of theFriends Together also provided support.The New York Times Note that the casting confronted Perry together in his locker room on another occasion.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Perry saidPeople That his colleagues "were understanding, and they were patient".
"It's like Penguins," said 53 -year -old actor. "Penguins, in nature, when you are sick, or when you are very injured, the other penguins surround it and support it. They walk until this penguin can walk alone. This is what the casting did for me for me. "
Another co-star wrote the preface to his memories.
Lisa Kudrowwrote the preface to Perry's book and spoke toThe New York Times As part of the interview with publication with him. "It is a hideous disease, and he has a difficult version. What does not change is his will to continue, to continue to fight and to continue to live," she said. "I love Matthew very much. We are part of a family. I essentially end that with" I will be there for you "[theFriends Theme song], but it's true. I will always be there for him. ""