Matthew Perry died in 2023 at fifty-four, and despite his very public battle with addiction, the first line of his obituary made no mention of his disease. Michael Osborne and Alice Orr argue that Matthew Perry is a case study in fame and addiction, working through his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, where he admits he has no memory of filming three entire seasons of Friends. They get into his broken engagement to Julia Roberts, the sponsor turned business partner, and the question of what it takes to cultivate a quality of self-love when the disease of addiction is always working against you.
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Alice Florence Orr, Managing Editor of Podcast Review
NYT obituary, Matthew Perry
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry's memoir
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip trailer, the canceled Aaron Sorkin pilot
Matthew Perry puts Peter Hitchens to shame about addiction
Best moments from the Friends 2021 reunion
Interview with Tom Power about his memoir
Your Favorite Podcast Host is (Probably) in Recovery, Osborne article published in Podcast Review
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