Matthew Perry Says ‘Friends’ Co-Star Jennifer Aniston Supported Him Through His Addiction | THR News - video Dailymotion

The ‘Friends’ star recently opened up about how his co-stars on the series were there for him while he was struggling with addiction.

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00:00Matthew Perry is opening up about how Jennifer Aniston supported him through his struggles

00:04with addiction.

00:06In a preview clip for his upcoming interview with Diane Sawyer, Perry said his friend's

00:10co-star remained in close contact with him throughout his entire addiction struggle,

00:15which dated back to his mid-twenties and early years on the hit NBC sitcom.

00:20Jennifer?

00:21Jenny, yeah.

00:22And she says, we know you're drinking.

00:25Yeah.

00:26Imagine how scary a moment that was.

00:28He added, she was the one that reached out the most.

00:31You know, I'm really grateful to her for that.

00:33The two-minute clip highlighted other parts from their October 28th interview, like how

00:37at one point in his struggle, he was taking 55 Vicodin, Methadone, Xanax, and drinking a

00:42full quart of vodka all in one day.

00:45It's the time I should have been the toast of the town.

00:48I was in a dark room meeting with nothing but drug dealers and completely alone.

00:56The interview comes on the heels of the actor's recent People cover story in which he got

01:00candid about his addiction in a way he has never before, ahead of the November 1st release

01:05of his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.

01:09In the story, he says, I thought Friends was going to fix everything.

01:12It didn't.

01:13Perry also opened up about his other Friends co-stars who rallied around him.

01:17They were understanding, and they were patient.

01:19It's like penguins.

01:20In nature, when one is sick or very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it

01:24up and walk around until that penguin can walk on its own.

01:27And that's kind of what the cast did for me.

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