'Friends' Co-Star Breaks Silence On Matthew Perry's Passing

'Friends' star Matthew Perry tragically passed away at the age of 54, and one of his co-stars is breaking her silence on the death.

As we reported, Perry was found in a Los Angeles area home, where he drowned.

Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the famous sitcom, 'Friends,' where he appeared alongside Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green), Courteney Cox (Monica Geller/Bing), David Schwimmer (Ross Geller), Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani), and Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay).

Paget Brewster, who portrayed Kathy on "Friends", released a heartfelt statement to her on-screen love interest, Chandler, played by Perry, after finding out about his passing.

I’m so very sad to hear about Matthew Perry," she wrote, adding, "He was lovely to me on 'Friends' and every time I saw him in the decades after."

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The "Friends" actress then asked fans to "please read his book" as "it was his legacy to help". She is referring to Perry's 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing”, in which he opened up about his life, his struggle with alcohol and drugs, and even the one time doctors told him he had a "2% chance to live".

"He won’t rest in peace though.. He’s already too busy making everyone laugh up there," she concluded.

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Brewster's character, Kathy, originally dated Joey (Matt LeBlanc), but Chandler (Matthew Perry) quickly developed feelings for her. The two ultimately dated, but then broke it off a few episodes later.

In his 2022 memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing”, he revealed that he had 14 surgeries on his stomach after he was told he had a “2% chance to live”.

“The doctors told my family that I had a two percent chance to live,” he told People at the time. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.”

But one of the most striking things the actor said during his book tour, was that he would like to be remembered “as a guy who lived life, loved well, lived well, and helped people. That running into me was a good thing and not something bad.”

During his time on the hit sitcom, the actor struggled with addiction, which he hid from a lot of people, including his costars.

“[I was] at the height of my highest point in ‘Friends’, the highest point in my career, the iconic moment on the iconic show,” the actor explained in an interview when promoting his memoir last year. “When you’re a drug addict, it’s all math. I wasn’t doing it to feel high or to feel good. I certainly wasn’t a partyer; I just wanted to sit on my couch, take five Vicodin, and watch a movie. That was heaven for me. It no longer is.”

Perry said he had been clean for 18 months at the time. “I've probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” he estimated.

Matthew Perry opened up about his life, career, and his struggles with addiction in his recent 2022 memoir, titled, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing."