Courteney Cox says Friends co-star Matthew Perry 'put a lot of pressure on himself'

Courteney Cox opened up about Matthew Perry's struggle while filming Friends in her recent interview.

Updated on Feb 22, 2022  |  01:01 AM IST |  1M
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Courteney Cox opened up about Matthew Perry's struggle during Friends.

Courteney Cox has been busy with the promotions of her upcoming series Shining Vale and during the same, the Friends star spoke about the much-celebrated reunion of the show. Cox particularly also spoke about Matthew Perry's revelation during the reunion special where he maintained that he felt like he would die if his jokes did not land during the shoot. 

Addressing Perry's comments, Courteney during her recent interview with The Sunday Times said, "That was a lot of pressure he put on himself. That's a lot to think how much he relied on that for his own self-worth. He's just struggled for a while. I think he's doing great now."

During the same interview, Courteney was also asked if she ever gets fed up with talking about friends and said, "No, that was such a huge part of my life. It was such a lucky situation that I fell into the show, and I went through so many things in those 10 years."

As for Matthew Perry, the actor recently announced his upcoming memoir. The actor dropped the first look of his book titled Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. The autobiography is set to be released this fall by Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan. It has been reported that in the upcoming book, Perry will explore a deeper look at his career, his struggle with addiction and more. The actor whilst describing the same, wrote, "I have lived to tell the tale, even though at times it looked like I wouldn’t."

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Credits: The Sunday Times,Getty Images

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