
Matthew Perry has just released his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing and certain passages about his former co-star Jennifer Aniston are raising
eyebrows.
Celebrity Memoir Bookclub, an excellent podcast that dissects the memoirs of celebrities, pointed out on TikTok that Perry’s behaviour towards Aniston was low-key
slimey.
In one passage, he recounts asking Aniston out then when she declined and said she just wanted to be friends, he responded: “Well now we can’t be friends.”
In another part, he discusses the “awkward” experience of working with Aniston after she rejected him.
He creepily recalls staring at her for multiple seconds at a time. I’m sure that created a pleasant working environment for her.
He also recounts punching a hole through her dressing room wall after finding out that Chris Farley had passed away.
There’s a part where he discusses why Friends came to an end and he pretty much puts the blame on Jennifer Aniston.
“The truth was we were all ready for Friends to be done,” he wrote.
“For a start, Jennifer Aniston had decided that she didn’t want to do the show anymore and since we all made decisions as a group, that meant we all had to stop. Jennifer wanted to do movies.”
He also mentioned how when he got off drugs, his appearance had improved. But he sarcastically states he was “still not good enough for Jennifer Aniston.” Wow, this guy is really fucking obsessed.
At the end of the book, there’s a gratitude list of things he’s thankful for.