How 'FRIENDS' Salaries Helped Matthew Perry Deal With His Battle With Addiction
Drug addiction: Matthew Perry vs Peter Hitchens – BBC NEWS
After ruling our hearts as Chandler Bing for years, Matthew Perry died last year at his home in Los Angeles. The news came as nothing short of a shock to people who grew up watching him on FRIENDS and related to his character over the ten seasons. While Chandler may have been "hopeless, awkward and desperate for love," we love him to no end, and we love the actor behind him even more.
In his life, Matthew Perry struggled a lot with drug and alcohol addiction which nearly cost him his life when he was only forty-nine years old. This struggle occupied a large part of his life, even when he was working on FRIENDS. However, Matthew Perry was able to keep the addiction at bay thanks to his million-dollar-per-episode paycheck.
Playing Chandler Bing was a life changer for Matthew Perry. As he said in his memoir, "And Chandler was born. This was my lot now and there was no stopping it."
