Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry shared his struggle with drug and alcohol addiction while filming the hit TV show 'Friends,' and explains why he hasn't re-watched the series.

Matthew Perry reveals why he cannot re-watch the famous NBC comedy sitcom 'Friends'

It’s not fair that I had to go through this disease while the other five didn’t,” the actor noted. “I had a rule that I would never drink or do drugs while working,” Matthew said. That’s why I don’t wanna watch it, because that’s what I see,” he added.

Actor Matthew Perry opens up about why he can't bring himself to rewatch old episodes of the beloved and hugely successful series, Friends.

The show became an overnight sensation, spawning 236 episodes across 10 seasons, as well as the spinoff series, Joey, which ran for 2 seasons from 2004 to 2006. "I just chose a random name, my mistake. I should have used my own name instead." As the actor explained, he "can't watch the show cause I was brutally thin." That's why I don't want to watch it because that's what I see." "Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?

Since Friends came to an end in 2004, Matthew Perry has opened up about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction throughout his time on the show.

He said: "You know, the thing that always makes me cry - and I hope I don't cry here - is that it's not fair. "It's not fair that I had to go through this disease while the other five didn't. Alternatively you can find information about addiction support on the [NHS website](https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/). Alongside his five co-stars, he became one of the most famous faces on the planet as millions tuned in every week for the show. That’s why I don’t wanna watch it, because that’s what I see." "It got that bad.”

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The actor says he doesn't re-watch the beloved NBC sitcom because it brings up painful reminders of his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.

“I could tell season by season by how I looked,” he continued. “When I have a goatee, it’s lots of pills.” "I think I’m going to start to watch it because it really has been an incredible — first of all, it was an incredible ride — but it’s been an incredible thing to watch it touch the hearts of different generations,” he said. “I don’t think anybody else can, but I certainly could, and that’s why I don’t want to watch it, because that’s what I see, that’s what I notice when I watch it.” “I didn’t watch the show and haven’t watched the show, because I could go, ‘Drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine,’” he said, gesturing as if to point to himself in different episodes over the years. [interview last month](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrZsyBhmMro&t=1754s) with radio host Tom Power in Toronto, Perry explained that it’s difficult for him to watch old “Friends” episodes because they remind him of his [struggles with drug and alcohol addiction](https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/matthew-perry-talks-addiction-how-friends-saved-him-rcna52914).

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