creators asked if he wanted to leave the sitcom after becoming aware of his addictions. The beloved actor was known for his infamous role as Chandler Bing in the long-running show in the 1990s. When the show came to an end after a decade in 2004, the actor went on secure several other major roles in films such as 17 Again, The Ron Clark Story and The End of Steve.
But his success didn’t come without it’s struggles. The late actor openly shared his struggles with drink and drug addiction throughout his acting career. Perry sadly died in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023, from the “acute effects of ketamine.
” His battle with addiction first started just three years into filming Friends when he got hooked on painkillers following a jet ski accident in 1997. The actor became addicted to Vicodin and continued taking the pills even after his injuries has healed. Now, Friends creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane have opened about the star and learning about his addiction during the show.
In an interview with , Crane, 67, explained that they offered the star to take a break from filming to get clean during the show. They told the publication: “By the time we became aware of it, we were already a family on a lot of levels. "There was a point where we said to him, ‘Do you want to stop [being in the show]?’ And he was adamantly like, ‘No, this is really important to me’.
” In 2002, the actor told People magazine how he got addicted to prescrip.