They were Friends onscreen and off. Matthew Perry says that Jennifer Aniston, one of his costars from the 2000s-era NBC comedy, confronted him about his drinking and then supported him during his recovery.
Perry opens up about his struggled with drugs and alcohol — and his friendship with Aniston — in a new promo for Diane Sawyer’s upcoming sit-down with the actor for ABC News ahead of the November 1 release of Perry’s memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
“Secrets kill you,” Perry tells Sawyer in the promo. “Secrets kill people like me.”
Sawyer mentions in the interview that at the height of his career, Perry had the No. 1 show and the No. 1 movie in America. “At the time, I should have been the toast of the town,” Perry reflects. “I was in a dark room, meeting with nothing but drug dealers and completely alone.”
Perry also confirms an anecdote from his memoir — that he was using methadone and Xanax and drinking full quart of vodka a day. “Fifty-five Vicodin a day,” the actor adds in the interview.
