Matthew Perry played Chandler Bing for all ten seasons of ‘Friends’
Matthew Perry revealed that he was unable to watch Friends due to drug and alcohol abuse. Chandler Bing’s interpreter said in an interview with Q with Tom Power (via People), in November 2022, which could distinguish the stage of addiction experienced in each season of the series.
“I haven’t watched the series and I don’t plan to watch it because I could end up drinking… opioids… cocaine. As if I could tell season to season based on my appearance,” said the actor. “And I don’t think anyone else could see it, but I could. And that’s why I don’t want to watch it, because that’s what I see, that’s what I notice when I watch it.”
Addiction
Perry He had to deal with addiction and, between 1997 and 2001, sought treatment. He doesn’t remember filming between the third and sixth seasons, he told BBC Radio 2 in 2016 (via People).
A Peoplethe artist opened up about his abuse of alcohol and Vicodin, a painkiller prescribed by a doctor after suffering a Jet Ski accident in 1997.
Years later, in 2015, he was awarded a defense award to the Phoenix House treatment center. He told the HollywoodReporter (via People): “You can’t have a drug problem for 30 years and then expect it to be resolved in 28 days.”
Death
Matthew PerryChandler Bing from Friends, died this Saturday, 28, at the age of 54. The information was confirmed by Rolling Stone USA. According to the TMZthe actor reportedly drowned in Los Angeles, where rescuers were called to a cardiac arrest victim.
Source: Rollingstone
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