![]() ![]() The second, a feeling of abandonment when he flew as an unaccompanied minor between his mother in Montreal and his father, who had walked out on them, in Los Angeles – which led to a self-destructive way with relationships and an all-consuming desire for attention. The first, being given a barbiturate for colic at just two months old. Perry blames his addiction on three things. After all, as Perry writes, “I was Chandler.” It is a witty but grimly graphic account of his alcohol and opiate addiction, disarmingly written with Chandler’s trademark sarcasm and self-deprecation. Perhaps prompted by the public’s concern for his wellbeing, or his frustration at misinformed speculation, Perry has now written a memoir: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. ![]() In fact, emergency dental surgery the day before was to blame – his front teeth fell out while eating toast – but it was heartbreaking to watch Chandler Bing, a beloved comic character who had spent 10 years cracking jokes in our living rooms, appear so extinguished. ![]() Perry, known to have spent the last 20 years struggling with addiction, was rumoured to have relapsed. ![]() When Friends: The Reunion broadcast last May, all anybody could talk about was Matthew Perry: his speech was slurred, his face was bloated, he looked lonely and sad. ![]()
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