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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Elle Hunt

Drugs, impotence and punching Justin Trudeau: things we learned from Matthew Perry’s memoir

Matthew Perry in a scene from season five of Friends
The episode where Chandler lost it … Matthew Perry in a scene from season five of Friends. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy

According to his recently released memoir, one thing that Matthew Perry thinks that people might be surprised to learn about him is that he has mostly been sober since 2001. “Save for about 60 or 70 mishaps.”

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing is an unflinching and often harrowing must-read for 90s pop-culture fans, in which the Friends actor and recovering addict estimates that he has been to twice-weekly therapy for 30 years, checked into rehab 15 times, and attended more than 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

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