Matthew Perry - Was he well - or did he continue to suffer from his addictions? What is known about the star's last days
Jennifer Aniston was still texting back and forth with Matthew Perry on the morning of his death. Aniston, who was good friends with Perry, said in an interview with "Variety" magazine after his death: "He was happy. He was healthy. He had quit smoking. He was in shape". But the autopsy report, which was published last Friday, speaks a different language: Perry died "from the acute effects of ketamine", it says. The amount: so large that it would have been enough for a general anesthetic. The actor was found drowned in his hot tub at the end of October.
The death is classified as an accident. The doctors assume that Perry fell unconscious due to the anaesthetic and then drowned. But how did this chain of unfortunate circumstances come about?
The British newspaper"Daily Mail" reports that various painkillers, some empty, some half-full, were found in his assistant's bedroom; the prescription was written out in the actor's name. In addition to the prescription drugs, several drugs without a prescription were discovered. Various products to aid digestion, loose pills and Viagra were also found.
Matthew Perry received hormone injections
The report also shows that Matthew Perry had been prescribed the drug "Mounjaro" to lose weight. He also received injections of the hormone testosterone, which, according to an unnamed employee, made him "angry" in the final weeks before his death. There were also several nicotine vapor products in Perry's living room and nicotine lollipops in his fridge.
A close confidant also confirmed to the British newspaper that the actor did not appear to be as balanced as Aniston remembered him before his death. Perry is said to have not been honest about his abstinence from drugs and alcohol. The actor, who published his memoirs at the end of 2022, had claimed to have been clean and sober. The confidant, who according to the Daily Mail does not want to be named, claimed: "He lied to everyone about his sobriety. He never was. It's very sad. You know, the biggest lie he told, he probably believed himself."
When he called himself "Mattman", he was usually high
A picture taken a few days before his passing and uploaded to Instagram by the actor was captioned: "Oh, so warm water swirling around makes you feel better? I'm Mattman" - while the picture shows him sitting in the hot tub.
Perry is said to have only called himself "Mattman" when he wasn't sober. At least that's what people who knew him say. "Mattman", a made-up name from his name Matthew and Batman. His former girlfriend Kayti Edwards explained why no drugs were probably found in the house when it was searched: "He was paranoid and wanted to take them all at once, so there was no evidence. (...) Also, he didn't say that 'Mattman' thing when he was sober."
His last public appearance was at the French Open, four months before he died. Perry loved tennis and found a second passion in pickleball, a ball sport that combines badminton, tennis and table tennis. His coach Matt Manasse said after his passing that Perry had developed "a new, healthy addiction" to the sport. He was still playing pickleball at 11am on the day of his death, and was pronounced dead at around 4pm.
In the last few days before his death, he often went out to eat with friends. On October 21, he was seen coming out of the popular "Apple Pan" restaurant with a male friend. In September, Perry was seen with an unidentified brunette woman at the Nobu Malibu restaurant. A good 24 hours before the 54-year-old died, he was out to lunch with model Athenna Crosby at the "Bel-Air" hotel, the American portal TMZ published the pictures. She also had the impression that the actor was "happy and healthy".
Daily Mail (confidant), Daily Mail (home), Entertainment Tonight, Biography, Parade, TMZ, delish, US Magazine, Variety
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Source: www.stern.de
