Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54

According to reports today , Matthew lied about being clean.. he never kicked his drug habit..

Friends star Matthew Perry, who died last month aged 54 following a ketamine overdose, was 'never' clean.

The star said in his best-selling 2022 memoir that he had finally overcome his addictions with the help of a sober coach and best friend.

However, a close friend of the star who preferred not to be named said: 'He lied to everyone about being clean. He never was. It is very sad. You know, the biggest lie he told was probably to himself.'

The source added: 'He could be quite a manipulative person when it came to his struggles with using, but it was such a struggle, such a battle, and he battled every day to the end.'
The medical examiner reported that he had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy as treatment for depression but the last session was a week and a half before he died, and the ketamine is only in your system for three to four hours, which means it did not lead directly to his death.

'At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,' the medical examiner, Raffi Djabourian, concluded.
Matthew Perry was NEVER clean and lied about his
 
This comes as no surprise. The truth is a horrible thing but the fact is he was an addict. This does not make him a bad person in my eyes. He was a talented person that went to drugs that made him feel better. I am sure he, like many others never expected to become addicted.

The simple truth is that so many suffer from some sort of mental illness IMO. We all have fears, anxiety about different things, It much be so much worse when you are in the public eye. The pressure must be unbearable.

I know I suffer from anxiety, panic attacks. Once I really admitted the problem, the illness, I was so relieved. Just doing that made things easier. I no longer have to hide my feelings and I have been able to do things I never thought I could. It maybe a step at a time but those steps, for me, are giant.

Matthew, was struggling with fame, feeling he did not fit, afraid that others would judge him. The truth is he had so much talent but he did not believe it. He thought he was living a lie and others would find out. It is so heartbreaking that he felt the need to abuse drugs to give him confidence when the truth was he had a talent that everyone could see.
 

Not surprised. The biggest tell is that he didn't look healthy and woefully out of shape. Granted he had medical issues but they probably were exacerbated by the drugs.

Some are trying to minimize his downsizing from a mansion to a smaller home but it sounds like he really needed the money and his health would not allow him to do things like stairs with regularity.
 
WhatInThe said:
Not surprised. The biggest tell is that he didn't look healthy and woefully out of shape. Granted he had medical issues but they probably were exacerbated by the drugs.

Some are trying to minimize his downsizing from a mansion to a smaller home but it sounds like he really needed the money and his health would not allow him to do things like stairs with regularity.
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Drugs are expensive.
 
After Perry’s colon exploded in 2018 and he had to have a colostomy bag, he was prescribed opiates — which were the reason his colon exploded in the first place. Perry was living at home with a sober companion and a nurse, but was no longer getting high from the amount of drugs he was given. He then turned to a drug dealer to buy Oxy. “The street pills were something like $75 per pill, so I was giving the guy $3,000 at a time, many times a week.”


At one point, as Perry shares in his book, he was taking 55 Vicodin a day, and had to try various ploys in order to get them. He’d fake migraines or other pain, and sit through MRIs with different doctors. On Sundays, he’d go to open houses and search the medicine cabinets of different homes for any pills he could find.


In 2018, his colon exploded and he was in a coma for two weeks, while his family was told he had a 2% chance to live. He was put on an ECMO machine, along with four others in the hospital; the other four did not survive. He then lived with a colostomy bag for nine months.


Through the years, Perry says he’s attended 6,000 AA meetings, gone to rehab 15 times, been in detox 65 times, has been on life support and has spent between $7-$9 million trying to get sober. He’s had 14 surgeries — his last in January 2022 which left him with a six-inch incision with metal staples.


During COVID, he was at a rehab center in Switzerland and faked pain to get 1,800 milligrams of Oxycontin a day and was having daily ketamine infusions. He then had to get surgery while there and was given a shot of propofol. He woke up 11 hours later in a different hospital and was told that the propofol had stopped his heart for five minutes. The long CPR process also broke eight of his ribs and the doctor refused more meds.


When he left Switzerland, he was told he’d still get the 1,800 milligrams at an L.A. hospital. He paid $175,000 to fly in a private jet home and was told no — the doctor informed him that cancer patients are given 100 mgs. So, he booked another $175,000 private flight that same night back to Switzerland.
 
Pepper said:
Drugs are expensive.
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I think it was Perry himself who admitted his drug habits cost him 9 million dollars over his life between the drugs and trips to rehab. It came out that pop singer Amy Winehouse had spent almost 1 million dollars on drugs and she passed in her 20s I think
 
WhatInThe said:
I think it was Perry himself who admitted his drug habits cost him 9 million dollars over his life between the drugs and trips to rehab. It came out that pop singer Amy Winehouse had spent almost 1 million dollars on drugs and she passed in her 20s I think
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Sounds true. Also, they bought the very "best" the most expensive, I'm sure.
 
Shortly before the “Friends” reunion filmed, Perry was feeling great and had even quit smoking after a few sessions of being hypnotized. (At one point, he was smoking 60 cigarettes a day.)

However, he then had a dental emergency.

“I took a bite into a piece of toast with peanut butter smeared on it, and all my top teeth fell out. Yes, all of them. A quick pop to the dentist was in short order — I am, after all, an actor, and should have all my teeth in my mouth, not in a Baggie in the pocket of my jeans,” he wrote.

“But disaster struck and major work was needed. The dentist had to remove every single one of my teeth — including the implants that were nailed into my jaw — and then replace them all with new ones.”

During ABC’s Oct. 28 “Nightline” interview with Perry, he revealed that the surgery is the reason his speech is slurred on the reunion, as the operation took place days before the HBO Max special filmed.
 
Ironic that many addicts and alcoholic become good actors having to lie their way out of trouble or manipulate people for favors yet a professional actor couldn't 'lie' his way of his addiction issues/health just by photos alone. Yet if one thinks about things like downsizing, explaining away slurred speech etc it was done to cover up. He needed the money so tv show reunion was probably as much about the money as anything and show Hollywood nay sayers he was still around.
 
WhatInThe said:
Ironic that many addicts and alcoholic become good actors having to lie their way out of trouble or manipulate people for favors yet a professional actor couldn't 'lie' his way of his addiction issues/health just by photos alone. Yet if one thinks about things like downsizing, explaining away slurred speech etc it was done to cover up. He needed the money so tv show reunion was probably as much about the money as anything and show Hollywood nay sayers he was still around.
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I think it's all about opportunity, and the environment you're in. Drugs in top line acting? Everywhere.
 
VaughanJB said:
I think it's all about opportunity, and the environment you're in. Drugs in top line acting? Everywhere.
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Also, "frenemies". So called friends, managers, even family. They take advanage of addicts and swindle their money leaving them to die.
Usually, of overdose or addiction related maladies.
 

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