Matthew Perry’s friends and family were “blindsided” and “saddened” by the arrest of his personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa amid a drug investigation surrounding the actor’s death. “Matthew kept secrets,” a source close to Matthew exclusively tells Us Weekly . “I wouldn’t be shocked if Kenny was the only one who knew how bad it really was.
” According to the insider, Iwamasa started working for the Friends actor around June 2022 after being his orbit for a while, working for Perry’s manager, producer Doug Chapin . “When they brought in Kenny they thought he would be a great fit because he worked for Doug for years,” explains the source. “When he was brought on it was already chaotic.
Matthew wasn’t actually sober. He had been going in and out of sobriety. And multiple people were helping to take care of him.
” “Kenny knew the situation and could deal with Matthew.” Per the source, Iwamasa was a trusted member of Perry’s team: “When Matthew’s [previous] assistant left they didn’t hire a new one for a while. Matthew wasn’t acting at the time so someone was needed only to handle his life and around the house.
” “Kenny presented himself to be a decent person.” In May, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that they had opened an investigation into Perry’s death, focusing specifically on how Perry obtained the ketamine found in his system when he died. (Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home in O.