Matthew Perry has the support of all his "Friends" co-stars, and they are also proud of him for getting himself clean.
Days after Perry sat down for interviews regarding his memoir, some publications claimed that his "Friends" co-stars might have been upset with him. After all, the actor made some surprising revelations about Jennifer Aniston and everyone else.
But a source told Us Weekly that this wasn’t the case. In fact, the entire Friends cast is proud of Perry.
“[They’re] all very supportive and proud of him to be coming clean and giving himself closure in so many areas. There was a wariness in the build-up to the release for sure, that he may have spilled a lot more embarrassing secrets than he did,” the source said.
The source added that Perry is also proud of himself for reaching a point where he can already share his stories even though opening up wasn’t easy.
“Despite his upbeat attitude, there’s still a sense of underlying nervousness since he’s thrown his heart and soul into this project. Going into so much detail about his darkest days and sharing those secrets he held onto for all these years has been no easy process. But he’s very happy with how it’s all turning out,” the source said.
In his book, Perry revealed that his co-star David Schwimmer had a huge crush on Aniston, and the feeling was mutual between the two. This revelation isn’t necessarily new though because Schwimmer previously revealed that he developed some feelings for his co-star back when they were still filming Friends.
Perry also had a crush on Aniston and he even tried to ask him out on a date, but she refused. So, they ended up becoming good friends.
“At first it was like, she would walk in, I’d be like, ‘Hey, good to see you.’ And I’d go to my dressing room and just go, ‘Oh, I’ll never, I’ll never be able to be with her.’ But how can you not have a crush on Jennifer Aniston, you know? But I did at one point just go, ‘All right, that’s enough,’” he said.
In his memoir, Perry also detailed his relationship with Julia Roberts. According to him, he decided to call it quits with the actress because he had an inkling that she would break up with him anyway.
Today, Perry and Roberts are also good friends.