Matthew Perry to Reveal Highs and Lows in Memoir: ‘Lived to Inform the Story’

In his personal phrases. Whereas saying his upcoming memoir, Matthew Perry admitted he has loads to cowl as he opens up about his life.

“A lot has been written about me up to now. I believed it was time folks heard from me. The highs had been excessive, the lows had been low. However I’ve lived to inform the story, though at occasions it seemed like I wouldn’t,” Perry, 52, tweeted alongside the cover for his book, Buddies, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor, on Thursday, February 10. “And it’s all in right here.”

He then joked: “I apologize it’s not a pop up e book.”

The Mr. Sunshine alum beforehand opened up about turning into hooked on Vicodin after a jet ski accident in 1997. That very same yr, Perry entered rehab for the primary time, however struggled to remain sober. He finally developed an habit to alcohol and was hospitalized in 2000 with pancreatitis. On the time, Buddies viewers grew involved over the Massachusetts native’s drastic look change from season 6 to season 7.

In 2001, manufacturing paused on the movie Serving Sara whereas Perry checked himself into a personal rehab middle. After celebrating one yr of sobriety, the comic mirrored on reaching a degree the place he was prepared to deal with his struggles.

“Every part’s clear for one break up second. I noticed I’ve acquired to go save myself. I acquired on the cellphone and referred to as the individuals who had been keen to assist me,” he instructed The New York Occasions in 2002, noting that dwelling life within the public eye initially made him suppose he didn’t want help. “When [fame] occurs, it’s sort of like Disneyland for some time. For me, it lasted about eight months, this sense of ‘I’ve made it, I’m thrilled, there’s no downside on the earth.’”

He continued: “And then you definitely notice that it doesn’t accomplish something, it’s definitely not filling any holes in your life. I didn’t get sober as a result of I felt prefer it. I acquired sober as a result of I used to be frightened I used to be going to die the following day.”

Perry introduced in 2011 that he was going to rehab for a month to “give attention to my sobriety” and “proceed my life in restoration.” He later turned his Malibu seashore home right into a males’s sober dwelling facility.

“I’ve had a whole lot of ups and downs in my life and a whole lot of great accolades,” he instructed The Hollywood Reporter in 2015, two years after opening Perry Home. “One of the best factor about me is that if an alcoholic comes as much as me and says, ‘Will you assist me cease consuming?’ I’ll say, ‘Sure. I understand how to do this.’”

Perry made headlines early final yr after followers commented on his look within the two-hour Buddies reunion particular on HBO Max. Director Ben Winston slammed the “unkind” remarks whereas reflecting on the Emmy nominee’s “nice” participation.

“I beloved working with him. He’s a brilliantly humorous man and I believed he had some nice one-liners within the present,” Winston mentioned on The Hollywood Reporter‘s “TV’s High 5” podcast in Might 2021. “I felt simply completely happy and fortunate to be in his presence and directing him on one thing like this.”

Buddies, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor is ready to hit cabinets in November.