Matthew Perry recalls 'scary' confrontation with Jennifer Aniston: 'She was the one'



Matthew Perry gets candid connected struggling with addiction whilst connected ‘Friends’

02:forty eightOct. 23, 2022, four:forty 9 AM UTC / Updated Oct. 24, 2022, three:27 AM UTC / Source: TODAYBy Alexander Kacala

Matthew Perry is opening up astir his decades-lengthy warfare with dependancy, and the mode Jennifer Aniston turned into the buddy who really stepped-up and intervened.

The revelations are coming successful his upcoming memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," and an interrogation with Diane Sawyer acceptable to aerial connected ABC connected Friday, Oct. 28.

In a sneak highest of Sawyer's interrogation with Perry, the 53-yr-antique "Friends" celebrated idiosyncratic information his substance issues similar by nary means before.

“Secrets termination you,” Perry said successful the preview clip, acquired via E! News. “Secrets termination radical similar me.”

Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry successful 1995.Ron Davis / Getty Images

“At the clip I indispensable were the toast of the town,” helium added. “I turned into successful a darkish country assembly not thing but cause sellers and wholly connected my own.”

Sawyer lists "methadone, Xanax, afloat quart of vodka" arsenic Perry's pills and booze of choice, earlier than helium adds "55 Vicodin a day."

Later successful the preview clip, Perry is asked astir Aniston, who helium calls Jenny, detailing a warfare of words the 2 had astatine the highest of his addiction.

Sawyer prices Aniston arsenic saying: “We recognize you’re consuming.”

“Imagine however frightening a 2nd that became,” Perry responds.

Perry brought that Aniston’s assistance turned into desperately needed successful his restoration adventure. “She go the lone that reached retired the most,” helium stated, adding, “I’m genuinely thankful to her for that.”

Alexander Kacala is simply a newsman and exertion at TODAY Digital and NBC OUT. He loves penning astir fashionable culture, trending subjects, LGBTQ issues, manner and each matters drag. His favored celeb profiles see Cher — who stated their interrogation go 1 of the astir breathtaking of her vocation — successful summation to Kylie Minogue, Candice Bergen, Patti Smith and RuPaul. He is based wholly successful New York City and his favourite movie is “Pretty Woman.”