MOST CONTROVERSIAL CONFESSIONS
Perry dishes on his lowest moments, his Friends costars and high-profile romances
During his nearly 40-year career, Perry has seen it all — and lived to tell about it...
COSTAR CRUSH
The actor met Jennifer Aniston roughly three years before Friends began. Though Perry notes that she seemed “intrigued,” she declined when he asked her out on a date.
CLOSE CALL
Perry says his off-set antics took a toll: He once fell asleep on the couch at Central Perk while cameras rolled, noting, “Matt LeBlanc nudged me awake.”
SOBER LIVING
He was staying in a rehab facility while filming the season 7 finale featuring Chandler and Monica’s long-awaited wedding.
FIANCÉ FAIL
He admits he was under the influence in 2020 when he asked a woman to marry him, presumed to be ex-fiancée Molly Hurwitz.
CASTING NEAR-CRISIS
Perry almost missed out on playing Chandler Bing because he’d signed on to a show called L.A.X. 2194. Luckily, he still managed to score a Friends audition: “I nailed it.”
A-LIST HOOKUP
A preFriendsfame Perry and Gwyneth Paltrow met briefly at a party in Massachusetts. Writes Perry: “We slipped off into a broom cupboard and made out.”
JEN ENDED FRIENDS
According to Perry, Aniston wanted to concentrate on movies instead of the show, explaining that since they made decisions as a group, “that meant we all had to stop.”
DATE GONE WRONG
He writes that Cameron Diaz “punched me smack in the side of my face” during a friendly game of Pictionary while they were on a group date shortly after her split from Justin Timberlake.
BOMBSHELL BREAKUP
Perry claims he ditched Roberts before she could dump him. “Instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with [her],” he says, noting that the A-lister “had a look of confusion” on her face.
THROWING SHADE
Perry wasn’t particularly appreciative of costar Salma Hayek’s input on set of Fools Rush In. He explains that the actress “always had a very elaborate and lengthy idea about how to do a scene” but that her “long-winded ideas weren’t always helpful.”