Matthew Perry’s manager Doug Chapin leaves Hollywood after actor’s death: ‘Done taking care of people’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Doug Chapin, Matthew Perry's manager for nearly three decades, was extremely "devastated" after the actor's death and decided to leave Hollywood permanently.
The 'Friends' star died on October 28, 2023, reportedly due to ketamine overdose.
Matthew Perry’s death ‘really impacted’ Doug Chapin
Doug Chapin's screenwriter client Kate Lanier told Daily Mail, “He was done with Hollywood. After Matty died, Doug said to me, ‘I'm done taking care of people in their careers.’”
She continued, "He and his husband went traveling to Portugal and Spain and got completely out of the Hollywood scene. I think that Matty's death really impacted him. When you are close to an addict, there's a point when you go, ‘I’m done. I can't help this person. They’re on the road to kill themselves.’"
“So I think his death was Doug’s final straw of not wanting to do this work anymore,” Lanier added.
Kate Lanier calls Doug Chapin a 'very ethical guy’
Kate Lanier also described Doug Chapin as “the most ethical, conscientious manager.”
“If he had known this was going down, he would have stepped in and done something. He is a very ethical guy. I don't think anyone knew,” she added.
Kenny Iwamasa pled guilty to playing a role in Matthew Perry’s death
Four people, including Matthew Perry's live-in assistant, Kenny Iwamasa, were charged in the ‘Friends’ star's death.
In August, Iwamasa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death.
A press release from the US Attorney's Office Central District of California said that he “admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including performing multiple injections on Perry on October 28, 2023 – the day Perry died.”
Kate Lanier calls Kenny Iwamasa ‘helpful’
However, Lanier has backed Kenny Iwamasa. “It's tricky, I'm of two minds. There's so much new information that's been coming out about ketamine, LSD, and mushrooms, that it's helpful or not helpful. I can see how easy it would be to get confused about whether are you being helpful or are you harming someone,” the 60-year-old Santa Barbara native shared.
She explained, “I can see how he got that confused in the whole situation of getting ketamine and thinking ‘I’m helping him, maybe this is a healing thing.’ I don't see him intentionally doing anything harmful.”
Lanier also asserted that she’s “shocked. Kenny has always been someone who has gone the extra mile to be helpful. Like if you want a hotdog from this place, I'll go get it for you.”
