Matthew Perry talks about confronting Jennifer Aniston about his drug and alcohol problems: I had a 2% chance of survival

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Matthew Perry talks about confronting Jennifer Aniston about his drug and

Friends star Matthew Perry has revealed the moment co-star Jennifer Aniston confronted him about his drinking problem.

The actor, 53, made the admission in the trailer for his upcoming ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer.

But to promote the book, Matthew spoke to Diane Sawyer about some of the more painful details of his past, which saw him at one point drinking a pint of vodka a day

In the interview, which will air in the US next Friday (October 28), fans will see him discuss his relationship with Friends actress Jennifer during their time on the show.

"By the time I was supposed to be at every bar in town, I was in a dark room meeting nothing but drug dealers and completely alone," Matthew tells Diane.

I had a colostomy bag for 9 months when the drug blew up my colon, says Matthew Perry. Drug abuse left me with a 2% chance of survival, Friends star Matthew Perry reveals

He recalled how Jennifer approached him one day on the set of Friends, where she bluntly told the actor that she and the rest of the cast knew she was drinking. "Imagine how scary that was at one point," he told Sawyer. before talking more about Jennifer's continued support during his recovery.

Meanwhile, Matthew reveals in his new memoir how he started drinking heavily when he joined the cast of Friends in 1994, aged 24.

But when he was involved in a jet ski accident in 1997, he was given the painkiller Vicodin, and soon became dependent on it, even after his injuries healed.

This was the first time Matthew admitted himself to rehab, spending 20 days at the Hazelden Betty Ford Center in Minnesota.


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