George Clooney Says Matthew Perry Wasn’t Happy On ‘Friends’: ‘It Didn’t Bring Him Joy’

Actor Matthew Perry passed away over a month ago.

Among the friends of the ‘Friends’ star was George Clooney.

Who now reveals that Perry wasn’t exactly happy while doing his popular 1990s sitcom.

‘We just knew that he wasn’t happy’

ENews reports:

“I knew Matt when he was 16 years old,” he told Deadline in an interview published Dec. 19. “We used to play paddle tennis together… And he was a great, funny, funny, funny kid.”

While hanging out withactors Richard Kind and Grant Heslov, Perry would tell them, “‘I just want to get on a sitcom, man. I just want to get on a regular sitcom and I would be the happiest man on earth,'” according to Clooney.

However, even after Perry landed the role of Chandler Bing on Friends—playing the funny pal from 1994 to 2004—he still didn’t feel fulfilled.

“He got on probably one of the best ever,” the ER star noted of the show. “He wasn’t happy. It didn’t bring him joy or happiness or peace. And watching that go on on the lot—we were at Warner Brothers, we were there right next to each other—it was hard to watch because we didn’t know what was going through him. We just knew that he wasn’t happy.”

Clooney Said He Didn’t Know What Kind Of Trouble Perry Might Have Been In

Clooney added, “I had no idea he was doing what, 12 Vicodin a day and all the stuff he talked about, all that heartbreaking stuff.”

“It also just tells you that success and money and all those things, it doesn’t just automatically bring you happiness,” Clooney said.

“You have to be happy with yourself and your life,” he finished.