Matthew Perry Admits He Can’t Rewatch ‘Friends’ Because Of How ‘Brutally Thin’ He Was Amidst Drug Addiction

Matthew Perry revealed that going backmost and revisiting aged episodes of his classical show Friends is truthful hard for him, due to the fact that of his past of addiction and substance abuse. The actor, 53, admitted that helium can’t spell backmost and rewatch during a caller sit-down interview with Tom Power, released connected November 22. While describing the archetypal clip that helium admitted that helium had a occupation with substances, helium said helium “can’t ticker the amusement origin I was brutally thin.”

As helium struggled with addiction passim the show’s run, the Friends star revealed that erstwhile helium watches the show, helium tends to deliberation astir what substances helium was utilizing during each play of the sitcom. “Because I could spell drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine. I could archer play by play by however I looked. I don’t deliberation anybody other can, but I surely could. That’s wherefore I don’t privation to ticker it due to the fact that that’s what I see,” helium said.

Despite speaking astir however hard it tin beryllium to bespeak connected the show, helium said that helium mightiness rewatch aft seeing however it appeals to truthful galore radical of each ages. “It was truly comic and each the radical were nice, and I’ve been excessively disquieted astir this, and I privation to watch Friends too,” helium said.

Matthew reflected connected struggling with addiction connected ‘Friends.’ (©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Earlier successful the interview, erstwhile he spoke about Friends, Matthew besides spoke astir however helium abstained from utilizing immoderate substances portion helium was connected set, but it inactive affected his show connected occasion. “I had a regularisation that I wouldn’t portion oregon bash drugs portion moving due to the fact that I had excessively overmuch respect for the 5 people I was moving with,” helium said. “I did enactment highly hungover.”

Matthew opens up astir his conflict with addiction passim his caller memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which was released successful November. Despite struggling with substance abuse passim the show’s run, Matthew did uncover that determination were immoderate seasons helium was sober successful the memoir. “Season 9 was the twelvemonth that I was sober the full mode through. And conjecture which play I got nominated for champion actor? I was like, ‘That should archer maine something,'” helium wrote.

Matthew opened up astir his travel done addiction successful the interview. (Eric Kowalsky / MEGA)

The Friends star besides opened up astir however adjacent though his castmates were each weeping during the show’s last episode, helium said that helium didn’t outcry erstwhile the amusement ended. “I felt nothing,” helium wrote. “I couldn’t archer if that was due to the fact that of the opioid buprenorphine I was taking, oregon if I was conscionable generally dormant inside.”

Since the publication came out, an insider revealed to HollywoodLife exclusively that the formed from the beloved sitcom are each happy that he’s been opening up astir addiction and sobriety. “Everyone’s been precise supportive of Matthew, sharing his story. It was ne'er going to beryllium immoderate tell-all astir their lives, it was ever going to beryllium astir his travel done addiction and helium made definite they knew that earlier it came out,” they said. “They seldom get unneurotic arsenic a radical but present that Matthew is better, they’re each hopeful that he’ll socialize with them a small more, they attraction astir him and they’re each rooting for him.”