famous for his role as Chandler Bing on reportedly had romantic feelings for his on-screen wife who played The duo's characters found love within the , but sources claim Matthew Perry had an off-screen crush on Courteney. Rumor has it that during their time on Friends, Matthew had quite the soft spot for Courteney, although she was then in a relationship with Scream actor David Arquette, whom she eventually married in 1999 and later split from in 2010. Moving on, Courteney was romantically linked to Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid, an introduction made by none other than singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in 2013.
The on-again-off-again saga of Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid hit a break in 2015. During this hiatus, whispers suggest Courteney sought solace with her past co-star. Perez Hilton's source at that time dished out, "It's no surprise that Matthew was one of the first people Courteney called after Johnny left her.
They've leaned on each other before. There isn't any pressure to put a label on it just yet, but they're excited to see where this might go." Despite such rumors flying, Courteney got back together with Johnny, and Matthew went on to have a two-year liaison with Molly Hurwitz.
Still, word on the street is that never quite shook off his feelings for Courteney with a close source telling US Weekly last year, "Matthew's always been in love with her. Matthew has never fully been able to get over her." Matthew Perry, who would have turned 55 today (August 19), tragically passed away last October due to the "acute effects of ketamine".
Following his death, Courteney Cox, his co-star and close friend, shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram. She penned: "I am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty and I miss you every day." "When you work with someone as closely as I did with Matthew, there are thousands of moments I wish I could share.
For now, here's one of my favorites.To give a little backstory, Chandler and Monica were supposed to have a one night fling in London. But because of the audience's reaction, it became the beginning of their love story.
" She concluded: "In this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say. He often did things like that. He was funny and he was kind.
" Alongside her touching words, she posted a clip of the iconic moment when Chandler and Monica's one-night stand is revealed to the audience. In recent news, five individuals, including 's live-in assistant, two doctors, and a woman known as "the ketamine queen", have been charged following an investigation into his death. The probe uncovered a "broad underground criminal network" of people who allegedly "took advantage" of the star after he relapsed into addiction last autumn.
US attorney Martin Estrada revealed in a Los Angeles press briefing that had been seeking treatment for depression and anxiety when he developed an addiction to intravenous ketamine, falling prey to "unscrupulous doctors who saw Perry as a way to make quick money". The indictment claims that Salvador Plasencia conspired with another doctor, Mark Chavez, to provide the actor with substantial quantities of ketamine. One message read: "I wonder how much this moron will pay" and another said, "let's find out".
It is alleged that Plasencia used Perry's live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa to deliver around 20 vials of ketamine to the actor over two months from September to October 2023 "in exchange for 55,000 dollars".
