The “Friends” actor, 53, and Oscar-winning actress started dating in the ’90s when Roberts made a cameo on the hit NBC sitcom during it’s second season.
Perry opens up about his decades-long battle with addiction in his new memoir.on Sunday that he filmed the Season 7 finale and was then “driven back to the treatment center … in a pickup truck helmed by a sober technician.”
“[I was] at the height of my highest point in ‘Friends,’ the highest point in my career, the iconic moment on the iconic show,” he said, adding that his “exhausting” opiod addiction ruined his ability to embrace being on the NBC sitcom.also his bank account. “I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” he told the outlet about his decades-long struggle that started at just 14.
At the height of his addiction, the actor was taking “55 Vicodin a day,” in addition to “Methadone, Xanax” and “a full quart of vodka.”a few years ago when his colon burst and doctors told him he had a “2 percent” chance of survival.the actor finally got sober“My therapist said, ‘The next time you think about taking OxyContin, just think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life,’” he
on Thursday. “And a little window opened, and I crawled through it, and I no longer want OxyContin.”