Matthew Perry’s accomplishments in real life dwarfed Chandler Bing’s on ‘Friends,’ and so did his demons. By detailing both with equal candor, Perry proved that the former could not erase the latter, writes Holly Thomas.
When a beloved TV star dies, the world mourns twice. In the case of Matthew Perry, whose death last weekend at 54 is still under investigation, the boundary between the grief for him and for Chandler Bing, the wittiest, most neurotic member of the “Friends” gang, is barely perceptible. Mourners have gathered outside Perry’s home in Los Angeles and the iconic “Friends” apartment block in New York. Commentators have paid tribute to Perry and to Chandler in equal measure.
His addiction became a toxic loop made conspicuous by how his weight fluctuated on camera. “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,” he wrote. By “lots” of pills, he meant “Fifty-five Vicodin a day.” Between seasons three and four, Perry stopped eating, because food “got in the way of the high.” During that period, he filmed the movie “Almost Heroes.
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