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Friday, August 23, 2002
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Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry had hundreds of friends last night at a Los Angeles radio promotion for his new movie, "Serving Sara." The slapstick comedy opens this weekend and Perry hopes it's the beginning of a big screen comedy streak when "Friends" ends.
Perry says, "What I love is just a world where you make people laugh and have a good time and try to be funny, and I got to do that."
Only hours earlier, the famous funnyman got serious on "Larry King Live," opening up about his battle with alcohol and prescription drugs. He said on the show, "It got to the point where I was wondering if I was going to survive."
Perry admits he actually started popping pills to cut down on booze. At the height of his addiction, he was taking 20 to 30 Vicodin a day. Perry says his work on "Friends" was affected, although he insists he never drank on the set. He told King, "Eventally, I did show up to work in states of just insane hangover."
After two stints in rehab, Perry says he's finally in control and hopes to fall in love and have a family. He says, "I think in the last six or seven months of my life, I’ve become a person that deserves somebody wonderful and isn't scared of that."
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