George Clooney says Matthew Perry dreamed of doing a sitcom, but ‘Friends’ didn’t make him happy
LA TimesGeorge Clooney says Matthew Perry dreamed of starring on a sitcom, but portraying Chandler Bing on “Friends” wasn’t enough to bring him happiness. George Clooney is offering insight into the reality of Matthew Perry’s time on “Friends.” The two worked in close proximity while each starred on television’s mega-hits of the era: “Friends” and “ER.” Their shows were side by side on the Warner Bros. lot and Clooney even guest starred on “Friends” as, naturally, a handsome emergency room doctor. “I married Monica and got driven back to the treatment center — at the height of my highest point in ‘Friends,’ the highest point in my career, the iconic moment on the iconic show — in a pickup truck helmed by a sober technician,” Perry wrote in his memoir. According to a Dec. 15 toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, Perry died of “acute effects of ketamine.” Perry appeared on the “Q With Tom Power” podcast while promoting his memoir last year and said he hoped he’d be remembered for offering a helping hand to struggling addicts rather than for starring on “Friends.” “The best thing about me, bar none, is that if somebody comes up to me and says, ‘I can’t stop drinking.