Jennifer Aniston admitted in a new Vanity Fair cover story that the cast of “ Friends ” had been “mourning” Matthew Perry long before his death at 54 years old in October 2023. Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” opposite Aniston as Rachel Green, died from the “acute effects” of ketamine. He had long been outspoken about battling substance abuse in Hollywood as “Friends” turned him and the cast into global stars.

“We did everything we could when we could,” Aniston told Vanity Fair about trying to help Perry during his long struggle with addiction both during “Friends'” run and after. “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. As hard as it was for all of us and f

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