Brooke Mueller and Matthew Perry had an intertwined connection before the actor’s death late last year. “They met at rehab a couple times, and when they reconnected the last time at treatment they were back on each other’s radars,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly . But according to the source, their relationship extended outside of treatment.
“Matthew was a friend who would ask her for favors. And Matthew was relentless. That’s what an addict is,” the source says.
“She was a pawn to Matthew. They didn’t go to dinner or hang out. He was isolated even from friends and family.
” The insider believed at the time that the favors between Charlie Sheen ’s ex and Perry included exchanging names of physicians – doctors who were not necessarily on the up and up. “On and off for years Matthew and Brooke had been trading information on doctors. And it was implied they were more liberal than others when it came to meds,” the source says.
The insider believed that Brooke “would give him names to potentially questionable doctors.” And their connection was often initiated by one side. “Typically, Matthew was the one to reach out to her, not the other way around.
It was a random text and Facetime,” the source says. In fact, their back and forth became such a concern, measures were taken to end their communication. “People in his life tried to prevent him from reaching out to her,” adds the source.
Before Perry died on October 28, 2023, the Friends s.