Matthew Perry has reportedly signed a new deal to tell his life and career story, including his addiction battle and Friends fame in a new autobiography.
According to Deadline, the 52-year-old has secured a seven-figure deal to give the exclusive worldwide rights to Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan.
The publication says: “It is set to be a candid and self-aware book told with his trademark humor, with Perry vividly detailing his lifelong battle with the disease [of addiction] and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.”
The yet-to-be-titled book is planned to be released in the autumn of 2022.
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Megan Lynch, publisher of Flatiron Books, will edit and spoke about the project, telling Deadline: “We need humor, we need catharsis, and we need to agree on something–and Matthew’s extraordinary story, told in his inimitable voice, is that thing.”
The actor rose to fame as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, but has repeatedly struggled with substance abuse and addiction.
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It will be the first memoir written by any of the cast members, who include Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, and Lisa Kudrow.
From 2002 to 2003, the star earned an eye-popping $24m (£17m) to portray Chandler, and the show ran for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004.
Matthew has battled addictions to Vicodin, methadone, amphetamines, and alcohol through the years, and also had two stints in rehab.
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Most recently, he caused concern after appearing to be slurring his words during his appearance on the Friends reunion special for HBO Max back in May, making headlines for bringing a “palpable unease” to the long-hyped special.
Matthew admitted he doesn’t hear “from anyone” in the cast and used to feel “like I was going to die if the [audience] didn’t laugh” while acting on the NBC sitcom.
“’It’s not healthy, for sure, but I would sometimes say a line and they wouldn’t laugh and I would sweat and just go into convulsions if I didn’t get the laugh I was supposed to get. I would freak out,” he confessed.
Matthew has been single since ending his engagement to literary manager Molly Hurwitz back in June.
His previous romances include dalliances with Julia Roberts, Neve Campbell, Lauren Graham, and Lizzy Caplan.
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