Elizabeth Hurley on Matthew Perry: 'It was a nightmare working with him' - New York Post

Truth is simply a crockery champion served cold.

Elizabeth Hurley, 57, is the latest of respective A-listers to talk astir Perry, 53, aft the merchandise of his memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which is afloat of anecdotes connected his career, relationships and idiosyncratic life.

The British actress, who starred successful “Serving Sara” with Perry backmost successful 2002, has lone work pieces of Perry’s publication though she witnessed the gravity of his addictions firsthand.

“I haven’t really work the publication yet, but I’ve work [excerpts] of it,” the “Royals” prima divulged to Yahoo.

“It’s rather interesting,” Hurley added. “He’s a precise comic writer similar he’s a precise comic man. He’s an incredibly talented comedian… his mode with words is fantastic.”

The exemplary went on, “I person precise fond memories of him. To beryllium honest, it was a nightmare moving with him astatine that clip and, arsenic it’s present known, our movie was unopen down due to the fact that of his addiction.”

Hurley was referring to the shutdown of the movie “Serving Sara,” successful which Perry plays a process server tasked with serving Hurley’s quality divorcement papers.

Perry and Hurley during the “Serving Sara” premiere astatine the Academy Theatre successful Beverly Hills successful 2002.WireImage

“We were successful a unit majeure and had to each beryllium astatine location twiddling our thumbs for immoderate time,” she said.

Hurley continued: “It was tough, evidently helium was having a pugnacious time, but helium was inactive precise charming and a beauteous idiosyncratic to enactment with. But you could spot helium was suffering for sure.”

Perry described his drug addiction successful his memoir and has been candid astir his sobriety journey.

The Canadian autochthonal is possibly champion known for his relation arsenic Chandler Bing connected the NBC sitcom “Friends,” which helium starred successful from 1994 until 2004.

Perry’s memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” is present available.AP

He filmed “Serving Sara” amid his tenure connected the deed amusement portion helium was astatine the tallness of his addiction.

The “17 Again” prima revealed to Diane Sawyer successful a bombshell tell-all interview that aired precocious past period that helium downed Xanax, Methadone and a quart of vodka regular during that period.

“It was changeable successful Dallas and I was doing ‘Friends’ at the aforesaid time, truthful it doubled my workload. And I was flying connected a backstage pitchy drinking vodka retired of a h2o bottle,” helium said.

“I weighed 155 pounds, connected my mode to 128 pounds. I consciousness excessively atrocious for that guy, he’s going done excessively much, and it’s me,” Perry went on. “And I retrieve that, and I didn’t recognize what was going on.

“But again, I’m sorry, and I’m truthful grateful to not beryllium that anymore.”