Friends star Matthew Perry has shared what ended his romance with Julia Roberts in his new memoir
(Picture: Getty Images)Matthew Perry has revealed what caused the downfall of his romance with Julia Roberts in his upcoming memoir.
Perry, 53, and Roberts, 54, famously dated after the actress signed up to guest star on the sitcom Friends in the mid-1990s.
According to Perry, Roberts had only agreed to participate in the hit show if she was part of Perry’s character Chandler Bing’s storyline, and by the start of production, the pair were already together.
Perry shares in memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, released on November 1, that he and Roberts were “already a couple by the time we started filming the Friends Super Bowl episode”, and he had even met the actress’ family.
The celebrity couple had rung in 1996 together Perry states in his book, as he came over and met Roberts’ close relatives, and the pair went on to date for a few months.
"I did let her in, both figuratively and literally, and a relationship began,” Perry recalls in the memoir, before explaining what ended the romance.
"Two months later, I was single. Dating Julia Roberts had been too much for me. I had been constantly certain that she was going to break up with me. Why would she not? I was not enough; I could never be enough; I was broken, bent, unlovable."
The actor continues: "So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts.
“She might have considered herself slumming it with a TV guy, and TV guy was now breaking up with her. I can’t begin to describe the look of confusion on her face."
Earlier this month, Perry opened up about his lifelong problems with his drugs and alcohol as he promoted his upcoming memoir.
The Friends star asserted that “everything starts with sobriety” as he told People: "Because if you don’t have sobriety, you’re going to lose everything that you put in front of it, so my sobriety is right up there.
“I’m an extremely grateful guy. I’m grateful to be alive, that’s for sure. And that gives me the possibility to do anything."
Perry shared that, at the height of his Friends fame and addictions, he was taking 55 Vicodin per day. He gave thanks to his five famous co-stars on the sitcom for being there for him during those times, when he was “sick”.
He said: "They were understanding, and they were patient. It’s like penguins. In nature, when one is sick or very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up and walk around until that penguin can walk on its own
“And that’s kind of what the cast did for me.”
