{"id":1828121,"date":"2023-01-29T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T22:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828121"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T22:41:13","slug":"he-showed-up-friends-star-says-matthew-perry-was-a-total-pro-even-when-he-was-struggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-showed-up-friends-star-says-matthew-perry-was-a-total-pro-even-when-he-was-struggling\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He Showed Up\u2019: \u2018Friends\u2019 Star Says Matthew Perry Was A Total Pro, \u2018Even When He Was Struggling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhe-showed-up-friends-star-says-matthew-perry-was-a-total-pro-even-when-he-was-struggling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>\u201cFriends\u201d series regular Maggie Wheeler opened up about reading actor Matthew Perry\u2019s recent memoir, saying that it was \u201csad\u201d Sometimes even at times \u201cdifficult\u201d For her to read.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler played Janice, the nasal and clingy on-again, off-again love interest to Perry\u2019s Chandler Bing \u2014 and entertainment site Page Six <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/28\/friends-star-maggie-wheeler-reacts-to-matthew-perrys-memoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication of her comments<\/a> About Saturday&#8217;s memoir<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler said that the difficult reading of the memoir was caused by the fact that there were no illustrations. \u201cso many startling revelations about the ways Matthew has suffered over the years trying to wrangle his addictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s done a tremendous job and he\u2019s really survived the unthinkable,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m so proud of him and I\u2019m so happy he\u2019s here and I think it\u2019s very brave that he\u2019s written a book and he\u2019s out talking about it, he\u2019s really helping a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can find the entire book here \u201cFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,\u201d Perry <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/i-had-a-2-chance-to-live-friends-actor-matthew-perry-reveals-details-of-addiction-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> He had nearly died years before from bowel perforation caused by opioid abuse. He had to wear a colostomy bag for months after that \u2014 and he later said that it was the thought of returning to a colostomy bag that helped him to stop wanting pills.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the actor\u2019s struggles \u2014 and the fact that his cast mates <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/we-know-youre-drinking-matthew-perry-spills-which-friends-costar-called-him-out-for-substance-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You were made aware<\/a> that his weight was fluctuating and he was drinking at times \u2014 Wheeler said that Perry never failed to give the show everything he had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed up for work even when he was in his darkest place, he showed up for work with all his humor and brilliance and talent,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cThere was never a day working on set with him where I felt insecure about how he was going to participate in the process, he was 100 percent, even when he was struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler said that being a part \u201cFriends\u201d Because of the joy that the series continues to bring to her, it continues to bring joy to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hear so many stories of people who watch \u2018Friends\u2019 as they go to sleep at night, so yeah, it\u2019s tremendous to be part of something that has so much resonance not only here but across the world now,\u201d She elaborated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFriends\u201d series regular Maggie Wheeler opened up about reading actor Matthew Perry\u2019s recent memoir, saying that it was \u201csad\u201d and at times \u201cdifficult\u201d for her to read. Wheeler played Janice, the nasal and clingy on-again, off-again love interest to Perry\u2019s Chandler Bing \u2014 and entertainment site Page Six published her comments about the memoir on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1828124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7878,5019,6071,7822,14815,10028,5229,5369,7479,7552],"class_list":["post-1828121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-he","tag-even","tag-friends","tag-matthew","tag-perry","tag-pro","tag-star","tag-struggling","tag-total","tag-up"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}