Watched Matthew Perry arrive Monday morning on Good Morning America to promote his new bombshell memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
For the look, the American-Canadian actor, 53, wore a plain white t-shirt, navy blue blazer, clear glasses and black leather loafers.
When he entered the Times Square studio, located on the corner of West 44th Street and Broadway, he was carrying a hot coffee and getting a natural tan from playing pickleball.
Bright and early: Matthew Perry saw Monday morning arrive on Good Morning America to promote his new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
During his appearance on Monday’s segment, the 17 Again star revealed that a “few” of his former Friends costars have already reached out about his upcoming new book.
“I’ve gotten some really nice lyrics from some of them, and the book isn’t even out yet,” he said of Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox.
He continued: ‘So hopefully, [I get] Lake. It’s very important to me that I didn’t go after anyone and that I didn’t gossip [in the book].’
Casual: For looks, the American-Canadian actor-actor, 53, wore a plain white t-shirt, navy blue blazer, clear glasses and black leather loafers
Healthy: When he entered the Times Square studio, located on the corner of West 44th Street and Broadway, he wore a hot coffee and a natural tan from playing pickleball
In addition, Perry said he “can’t wait” for the world to read his story, which he hopes “will help a lot of people.”
At its worst, his addiction caused him to drink a quarter bottle of vodka a day and take 55 Vicodin, methadone, and Xanax. He talked extensively about the addiction in an hour-long interview with Diane Sawyer that aired Friday.
He added that while writing the book was easy, reading it back became a painful process for him.
Support Received: While performing on Monday’s segment, the 17 Again star revealed that a “few” of his former Friends colleagues have already reached out about his upcoming new book.
Hopeful: He continued: ‘So hopefully, [I get] Lake. It’s very important to me that I didn’t go after anyone and that I didn’t gossip [in the book]’
“It was a satisfying experience to write the book, it just flowed out of me. It was easy for me to write it, but then I had to read it for the audible part of it and that was really hard.
“Reading and it kind of degenerates… thinking, ‘God, what a horrible, hard life this man has had and I realize I’m talking about myself.
“I felt very sorry for that person because I know what’s going on in his head and it had to be kept secret. I was on a show that had a lot of people watching and I was trying not to let a lot of people know that,” he said.
Friends cast: Perry with Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Anniston, David Schwimmer and Matt Le Blanc in 2004, before filming the final episode of Friends
He added that he had tried not to go after anyone in the book, despite previously sharing secret details of romances with Julia Roberts and Valerie Bertinelli.
“It’s very important to me that I didn’t go after anyone and not gossip,” he said.
He added that for years he did not know that he was an alcoholic.
“A lot of people have alcoholism and don’t know they have it. They wonder why they drink so much. I did not know. I had to keep it a secret because I didn’t understand what was going on.
Perry, left, in 1987 and right, at the height of his Friends fame. He previously told Diane Sawyer how viewers could “track” his addiction with his weight: “If I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol. If I’m skinny, it’s pills.’
“Certain lines in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous made me aware.
“I thought I was alone in this and then I read a passage that said drinkers think they are trying to escape, but in reality they are trying to overcome a disease they don’t know they have. I went, “oh there are 30 million people who think like me.”
Perry is now a sponsor of other alcoholics, something he said he was happy about.
Perry’s memoirs go on sale tomorrow
“If you’ve been through something close to what I’ve been through, I can help you. It brings light to people’s eyes when they get it.’
He previously told Sawyer how he battled the lowest points in his addiction when he was at the peak of his career.
“I should have been the toast of the town, but I was in a dark room with nothing but drug dealers and all alone,” he told Diane Sawyer in an hour-long interview that aired Friday.
It started when he was 14, when he said he drank a whole bottle of wine. By age 18, he was drinking every day, he said.
“I lay in the grass and I was in heaven,” said Perry, who is promoting his new memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which chronicles his struggle with addiction. “I thought to myself, ‘This is what normal people should always feel.’”
In the book, he reveals how Aniston was one of the most supportive of his Friends co-stars, telling Sawyer, “She was the one who reached out the most. You know, I’m really grateful to her for that.”
He also reveals in the book that he broke up with Julia Roberts because dating one of the world’s biggest stars “was way too much for him.”
He pretended to ask Jennifer Anniston on a date before they starred in Friends (she said no) and also claimed to have kissed Valerie Bertinelli while her husband passed out.
Perry says he’s been in rehab 15 times and estimates that he spent $9 million to be clean and sober all his life. Now he says he craves a wife and kids.
In his interview with Sawyer, he said Friends viewers could “track” which drug he was taking or drinking by monitoring his weight.
“If I carry weight, it’s alcohol. If I’m skinny, it’s pills.’
He estimates he attended some 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and detoxed 54 times, many during his run on Friends.
He appeared on the show for its 10-year run, but made a rule never to drink or do drugs on set.
“I made a rule that I would never drink or take anything at work,” Matthew said.
“So I would never do that, but I would show up blindly with a hangover. Like shaking. I loved Chandler, I loved the show. And I knew, “Remember this, because it’s going to be the best time of your life.”
“And I knew I’d never forgive myself if I messed this up,” he said.