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Matthew Perry explains why the 'Friends' cast intervention was 'not going to work'
Matthew Perry credits "Friends" for saving his life during his darkest days of addiction but says an attempted intervention by the cast was "not going to work" in getting him sober.
Elizabeth Hurley reacts to Matthew Perry's book, 'Serving Sara' shutdown: 'It was tough'
Production on Elizabeth Hurley and Matthew Perry's rom-com "Serving Sara" was abruptly halted when he went to rehab.
Matthew Perry says 'offers are coming in' after his memoir put him 'back in the public eye'
The former "Friends" star acknowledges that he is "everywhere" after the release of his memoir.
Matthew Perry says this actor would play a younger him if his memoir is ever turned into a movie: 'He's done it once'
Perry spoke about his new memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing."
Matthew Perry slammed his head 'as hard as humanly possible' into a wall during detox hell: 'Blood everywhere'
After nearly dying and spending five months in the hospital, Perry was released but still addicted. After he was caught trying to buy pills from his dealer, he was sent to rehab. Still needing a colostomy bag and missing his two front teeth, he began to detox.
Matthew Perry details losing virginity to Tricia Leigh Fisher after thinking he was impotent for several years
"I failed to make the correlation between the booze and my private parts not working," Perry wrote in his new book. "So I was walking around the planet thinking sex was something for other people for a long time."
CelebrityYahoo CelebrityRiver Phoenix died 29 years ago, but his death continues to loom over Hollywood
Phoenix, 23, died of a drug overdose on Oct. 31, 1993.
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Matthew Perry tells Diane Sawyer he would go to open houses to steal pills: 'I think they thought, oh, there's no way that Chandler stole from us'
The "Friends" star opened up about his addiction and health struggles during his time on, and in the years after, the hit sitcom.
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Matthew Perry recalls horrors of dealing with colostomy bag after colon exploded in 2018: 'I woke up covered in my own s*** ... 50 to 60 times'
Over a period of approximately five years, Perry — who was earning over $1M an episode by the time "Friends" ended in 2004 — would make appointments with his realtor to see high-end properties with the purpose of stealing pills from medicine cabinets.
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Matthew Perry claims he made out with Valerie Bertinelli while her husband Eddie Van Halen was passed out a few feet away
The "Friends" star, 53, revealed that he had a steamy make out session with Valerie Bertinelli while her then-husband Eddie Van Halen was passed out drunk next to them in 1990.
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Matthew Perry pulled out of 'Don't Look Up' after heart stopped beating for 5 minutes
Matthew Perry opens up about the medical scare in his new book.
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Matthew Perry went to 8 different doctors at a time to feed 55-pill-a-day Vicodin habit: 'I would fake back injuries'
Perry estimates he has spent $9 million to get sober. His efforts included 15 stints in rehab, more than 25 drug detoxes, long-term stays in sober homes and employing a sober companion to be with him at all times to keep him from using. He's been sober for 18 months.
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Matthew Perry tells Diane Sawyer that he's 'really grateful' for 'Friends' co-star Jennifer Aniston, who once confronted him about his drinking
Perry has previously praised all his "Friends" co-stars for being understanding.
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Matthew Perry Reveals He Was Finally Able to Stop Taking Drugs After Recovering from Colostomy
The Friends star's new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, hits bookshelves on Nov. 1
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Matthew Perry was on life support with a '2% chance to live' after his colon burst from opioid abuse in 2018
The "Friends" actor is lucky to be alive.
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Jennifer Aniston speaks out about the 'self torture' Matthew Perry experienced on the 'Friends' set
Jennifer Aniston spoke about how she did not realize how stressful the 'Friends' set was for Matthew Perry.
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Courteney Cox was 'hurt' to be only 'Friends' star not nominated at Emmys
Courteney Cox was the only one of the six stars whose acting in the show was never nominated for an Emmy.
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Sarah Paulson's awkward moment with Matthew Perry at a 'make-out party'
“There was a hat with names in it, and you were supposed to make out with whomever you pulled out of the hat. Matthew Perry pulled my name out of the hat.”
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'Friends' EP and Reunion Director Support Matthew Perry: 'He Seems Stronger and Better'
"He was great. People can sometimes just be unkind," said Friends: The Reunion director Ben Winston about Matthew Perry's health following the special's release
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'Friends' EP says cast wouldn't be all-white today, but has no regrets: 'What can I say? I wish Lisa was Black?'
"I would have been insane not to hire those six actors," says director Kevin Bright.
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Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer almost hooked up and other bombshell revelations from 'Friends' reunion
There was almost a real-life romance between Ross and Rachel. Plus, Lady Gaga crashes the HBO Max reunion special for a "Smelly Cat" duet.
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'Friends' cast details 'emotional' reunion: 'We just started crying'
"I don’t think that any of us had any idea how emotional we would be when we walked onto the set," Courteney Cox said.
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See the 'Friends' cast back in action for emotional reunion trailer: 'Where's the tissue box?'
Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc head back to the old set, with some special guests, for upcoming HBO Max special. "It's like no time has passed."
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Here's how 'Friends' fans can spend the night at Monica and Rachel's apartment
The sitcom originally aired for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004.
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Pandemic-delayed 'Friends' reunion is set for next week, David Schwimmer offers new details
Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc will be there for each other once again next week, in the same Los Angeles studio where they shot the classic sitcom, for top-secret made-for-HBO Max reunion.
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Courteney Cox reveals the 'gross truth' of what went into 'Friends' turkey head reenactment
Courteney Cox proves that she’s committed to making people laugh.