Jennifer Aniston made a rare comment about watching her Friends costar Matthew Perry battle his addiction for decades before his tragic death.

“We did everything we could when we could,” Aniston, 56, said in a lengthy Vanity Fair profile published on Monday, August 11. “But it almost felt like we’d been mourning Matthew for a long time because his battle with that disease was a really hard one for him to fight.”

Aniston elaborated on her complicated feelings surrounding his death.

“As hard as it was for all of us and for the fans, there’s a part of me that thinks this is better,” she said. “I’m glad he’s out of that pain.”

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