In his memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” out November 1, Matthew Perry recounted the day Jennifer Aniston openly told him about her excessive drinking.
An outstretched hand. Matthew Perry has always tried to hide his addictions on the movie sets of “Friends”. However, as Chandler Bing’s interpreter reveals in her memoirs titled “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”, out November 1 (edited by Headline), Jennifer Aniston did not hesitate to speak openly to him about her excessive alcoholism. , after hearing about the problems encountered by the comedian.
“I know you drink”, he would have dropped the one he admits he was very in love with at the launch of the sitcom, according to a passage revealed by the British site Times. “I had given up on her for a while – by the time she went out with Brad Pitt I had made up my mind – and I worked hard on myself to be able to watch her without it being embarrassing, but despite that, being in front of Jennifer Aniston made me crushed, ”he reveals.
“And I was confused. I did everything to hide it. “We can smell it,” she told me, in a strangely affectionate way, and using “we” she hit me like a club. ‘I know I’m drinking too much,’ I replied, ‘but I don’t really know what to do about it,’ ”continues Matthew Perry in his book.
In a truthful interview aired on US channel ABC on October 28, the 53-year-old actor recalls this moment he calls “scary” (see at 1:39).
Matthew Perry also specifies that Jennifer Aniston was the one who was the most present of all the actors in the cast – to whom she also pays tribute for their unwavering support – during this difficult period of her life, admitting that they were “very grateful. ” till now.