'Crafted and manipulated': Matthew Perry 'lied' about sobriety before death to boost sales of his memoir
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Recent revelations surrounding the late actor Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on 'Friends,' suggest that his public statements about being clean and sober for 19 months leading up to his death might not have been accurate.
Sources claim that Perry's talk about sobriety, particularly during the promotion of his 2022 memoir, was allegedly a crafted narrative aimed at boosting book sales rather than an accurate reflection of his state, New York Post reported.
Matthew Perry accused of fabricating sobriety claims for book sales
Perry, who openly discussed his lifelong struggles with addiction, passed away at the age of 54 after being found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023. While some friends, including former co-star Jennifer Aniston, asserted that Perry seemed sober and in a good place, anonymous sources now challenge this narrative.
According to insiders, Perry's supposed sobriety was a 'lie', with one source claiming, "He wanted to sell books.”
“Everything was crafted and manipulated; the truth wasn’t important.”
The sources also allege that Perry had reportedly crashed his Aston Martin multiple times while high, incidents that contradicted his claims of sobriety during that period.
“Apparently, he crashed his Aston Martin many times while high. He just damaged the car and no one was hurt, (but) he did not consider (that) he could have killed someone.”
The revelations further suggest that Perry may have used the celebrity dating app Raya to connect with young women who would bring him drugs.
Describing his tactics, a source mentioned, "He would do the FaceTime thing and get to know them. Then it would be like, ‘Let’s hang out,’ and he would say (to come to his house). He wasn’t out in public anymore. That’s how he snuck things past people. Addicts are smart, and Matthew was brilliant."
Matthew Perry died from 'acute effects of ketamine'
Perry died in October 2023. The autopsy report indicated that he died from the acute effects of ketamine, listing contributing factors as drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine effects.
Perry had been undergoing frequent ketamine infusions to address depression and drug addiction, but the autopsy findings raised eyebrows.
The amount of ketamine in his system at the time of death exceeded what would be expected from his final infusion treatment a week and a half earlier. Ketamine's short half-life suggests that the levels found were more consistent with general anesthesia used in surgeries.
Sources described an incident in March 2022 in which Perry allegedly assaulted his longtime friend Morgan Moses during a confrontation about his substance abuse. While acknowledging that Perry was struggling with addiction, they contended that he was "warped" in his behavior during this period.
