Ahead of the release of the three-part documentary on Matthew Perry titled ‘The One About Matthew Perry,’ his sister, Mia Perry Bowick, shared some heartbreaking details about one of the most loved scenes from ‘Friends.’ The star’s sister spoke about how the scene affected his family and how much they all wanted to see it become a reality for him.
Mia Perry Bowick says THIS ‘Friends’ scene was heartbreaking for Matthew Perry’s family
The specific scene that Perry’s sister is referring to is the one where Matthew’s character Chandler Bing and Courteney Cox’s character Monica Geller get married in season 7. Talking about the same, the famed actor’s sister shared her brother had just gotten out of rehab when the scene was filmed. She revealed that his drinking and drug use had drastically escalated between seasons 5 and 7.While in conversation with PEOPLE, Mia revealed, “When we saw that wedding, we all knew that he had wanted that in life; he wanted a partner, and he wanted children.” However, the most heartbreaking detail was that his family did not know if they would ever see the actor walk down the aisle like that in real life. “We all knew how serious his disorder was, so there was this sense of, ‘Who knows what’s going to happen?’” she continued.
The scene that Mia Perry Bowick referred to was the Season 7 scene when Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox’s characters, Chandler Bing and Monica Geller, get married. (YouTube)
Bowick also appears in the upcoming documentary, talking about how the star dealt with his addiction. She shared in one of the clips released ahead of the premiere that “all great stories have comedy and tragedy in them, and that was certainly Matthew’s story.” My brother would talk about that feeling of emptiness or loneliness that he couldn’t quite fill. He spent USD 7 million trying to get sober. That’s how seriously he took his disease.”
More about Matthew Perry’s struggle with addiction
Over the years Matthew Perry had been quite open about his struggle with addiction. In his memoir, ‘Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,’ the actor detailed how much he had struggled with substance addiction over the years, especially while he was starring in ‘Friends.’In one of the excerpts from the book, the actor wrote about how he had believed initially that becoming famous would ‘fix’ things. He also added, “When I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I’m skinny, it’s pills. When I have a goatee, it’s lots of pills.” In another BBC Radio interview, the actor had once revealed that there were times when he would black out, and now he does not remember around three years’ worth of time while working on ‘Friends.‘ At the time, he shared, “I don’t remember three years of it. A little bit of the time, I was a little out of it, yeah.”According to various reports, Perry was in and out of rehab around 14 to 15 times. Actor Matthew Perry passed away on October 28, 2023, at age 54, after he drowned in his Los Angeles hot tub due to acute ketamine effects.The upcoming documentary about the actor’s life is set to premiere on Netflix on October 27, three years after his demise.