{"id":84423,"date":"2023-10-29T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T09:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=84423"},"modified":"2023-10-29T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T09:29:03","slug":"matthew-perrys-desperate-trip-to-australia-after-friends-wrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/celebrities\/matthew-perrys-desperate-trip-to-australia-after-friends-wrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry&apos;s &apos;desperate&apos; trip to Australia after Friends wrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Inside Matthew Perry&#8217;s &#8216;desperate&#8217; trip to Australia to pitch himself as a movie star after the final episode of Friends &#8211; as rumours swirled his drug problem was spiralling out of control<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Matthew Perry&#8217;s tragic final hours before death aged 54<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Matthew Perry was surprisingly spotted at Bondi just weeks after Friends wrapped, as he reportedly struggled with addiction issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends star, known for his iconic role as Chandler Bing in the NBC series, died in an apparent drowning accident at his Los Angeles home on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old was found unresponsive in a jacuzzi by an assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Perry made no secret of the fact he had long struggled with substance abuse problems, opening up in his 2022 memoir about a decades-long addiction to drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77134865-12684937-Actor_Matthew_Perry_at_Bondi_Icebergs_in_Sydney_-a-1_1698560677176.jpg\" height=\"847\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Perry was seen at Bondi Icebergs during a whirlwind trip to Sydney in 2004<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77134867-12684965-Actor_Matthew_Perry_at_Bondi_Icebergs_in_Sydney-a-1_1698562319810.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The actor was reportedly struggling with his addiction when he came to Australia in 2004 to pitch himself as a leading man in a\u00a0romantic comedy\u00a0that never eventuated<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77134861-12684937-David_Schwimmer_with_Perry_during_the_Friends_reunion_Picture_Te-a-3_1698560677242.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Perry is pictured with actor David Schwimmer (left) during the Friends reunion<\/p>\n<p>The actor was reportedly struggling with his addiction when he took a whirlwind trip to Australia in 2004 to pitch himself for a movie.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Perry was spotted at Bondi Icebergs for a meeting with director Chris Noonan, just weeks after the final episode of Friends was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian director behind the Oscar-nominated Babe film said Perry was &#8216;desperate&#8217; to have a role in a romantic comedy that never eventuated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He wants to be a film actor and he&#8217;s been in a few films but nothing that stood out. He really wants a good film role,&#8217; Mr Noonan said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a great guy. He read this script and just had to come and pitch himself for it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, Mr Perry spent the majority of his time in Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>He was spotted out on the town enjoying dinner with friends before picking up CDs by Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll and heading home just a few days later.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77134863-12684937-The_beloved_sitcom_Friends_turned_its_stars_into_household_names-a-2_1698560677181.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The beloved sitcom Friends turned its stars into household names<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77134869-12684937-Actor_Matthew_Perry_at_Bondi_Icebergs_in_Sydney_-a-5_1698560677571.jpg\" height=\"977\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, Mr Perry spent the majority of his time in Bondi while in Australia<\/p>\n<p>However, rumours were swirling back home that he was in the grips of his addiction, turning to drinking and smoking marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have all this money and fancy cars and beautiful girlfriends, but it wasn&#8217;t making me happy,&#8217; he was reported to have said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I used to go get coffee at the minimart and the gas station attendant seemed happier than me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought to myself, &#8220;How can this guy be happier? Doesn&#8217;t he know how big my house is?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Next thing you know, I had a margarita in my hand and I was buying some dope.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not believed that Mr Perry returned to Australia before his sudden death nearly 20 years later.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have poured in for the beloved actor, with Maggie Wheeler, who played his character&#8217;s much-loathed girlfriend Janice, posting a tribute on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What a loss. The world will miss you Matthew Perry,&#8217; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on. I feel so very blessed by every creative moment we shared.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Selma Blair also posted a tribute to her &#8216;oldest boy friend&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All of us loved Matthew Perry, and I did especially. Every day. I loved him unconditionally. And he me. And I&#8217;m broken. Broken hearted. Sweet dreams, Matty. Sweet dreams,&#8217; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Stars from Mr Perry&#8217;s most recent work, playing Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, also shared tributes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our #OddCouple family suffered a great loss today. The entire entertainment world has. I am too sad about the news to say more than this,&#8217; Yvette Nicole Brown tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12684965\/Matthew-Perry-Australia-Friends.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Matthew Perry&#8217;s &#8216;desperate&#8217; trip to Australia to pitch himself as a movie star after the final episode of Friends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3373],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matthew Perry&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;desperate&amp;apos; trip to Australia after Friends wrapped - My LifeStyle Max<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/celebrities\/matthew-perrys-desperate-trip-to-australia-after-friends-wrapped\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew Perry&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;desperate&amp;apos; 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