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Matthew Perry holed up in Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room after hearing that Chris Farley had died.
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The actor shares the anecdote in his upcoming memoir: “Friends, Lovers, and Big Scars.”
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Perry and Farley co-starred in “Almost Heroes,” released after Farley died of an overdose in 1997.
Chris Farley Death Hit Matthew Perry When the actor heard the news, he revealed that he punched a hole in Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall on the set of “Friends.”
Perry, 53, shared this anecdote in her memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, due out Nov. 1. Sunday Timeshow did the actor speak his opioid and alcohol addiction Caught him early in his career. His struggle with addiction coincided with Farley, who died at the age of 33 from a drug overdose. Rolling Stone reported.
Perry, known for his portrayal of Chandler Bing, 1997 “friend,” co-star at “Almost Heroic” with Farley. At the time, Perry said he was taking up to 55 pills a day of Vicodin, a brand name for a pain reliever that combines the opiate hydrocodone and the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen. Healthline reported.
“Then Chris Farley died,” Perry wrote. “His disease was progressing faster than mine. )”
His reaction to Farley’s death was instinctive. “I punched a hole in Jennifer Aniston’s locker room wall,” he wrote. Aniston, 53, has co-starred with Perry on “Friends” throughout her 10 seasons of NBC’s hit show.
Not only that, but two weeks after Farley’s death, Perry wrote that they had to promote their film.
“I found myself publicly discussing his death from drugs and alcohol,” Perry wrote. “I was high the whole time.”
“Nobody knew — my family, my friends, nobody,” he added.
Eventually, his castmates and the “Friends” crew caught up. At one point, Aniston approached him and knew he was drinking because they could smell him. “Facing Jennifer Aniston was devastating,” Perry wrote.
but while sitting Interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer When discussing his memoir on Friday, he said “Thank you” to Aniston I look back and say
“She was the one who reached out the most,” Perry said of Aniston, whom he called “Jenny,” in an interview.
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