Jennifer Aniston Says She Didn't Understand Level Of Anxiety Matthew Perry Faced While Filming Friends
Friends stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer have been close for decades, however, during their reunion they learned something new about each other.
Friends
stars
Jennifer
Aniston,
Courteney
Cox,
Lisa
Kudrow,
Matt
LeBlanc,
Matthew
Perry,
and
David
Schwimmer
have
been
close
for
decades,
however,
during
their
reunion
they
learned
something
new
about
each
other.
In
the
special
episode,
Matthew
Perry
who
portrayed
Chandler
Bing,
revealed
that
he
used
to
"go
into
convulsions"
if
the
studio
audience
didn't
laugh
at
his
jokes
when
they
taped
the
show.
He
said,
"To
me,
I
felt
like
I
was
going
to
die
if
they
didn't
laugh.
And
it's
not
healthy,
for
sure."
Jennifer
Aniston
recently
reacted
to
Matthew's
revelation
and
told
Today
magazine,
"I
didn't
understand
the
level
of
anxiety
and
self-torture
[that]
was
put
on
Matthew
Perry,
if
he
didn't
get
that
laugh,
and
the
devastation
that
he
felt." However,
she
added
that,
it
"makes
a
lot
of
sense."
While
Jennifer
opened
up
about
being
unaware
of
Matthew's
struggles
during
filming,
other
members
of
the
cast
were
also
shocked
to
hear
that.
Lisa
Kudrow
during
the
interaction
had
said,
"You
didn't
tell
us
that
then," after
Matthew
explained
how
he
felt
at
Friends:
The
Reunion.
Post
the
HBO
Max
special
being
aired,
many
viewers
expressed
their
concerns
and
questions
about
Perry's
health.
However,
Director
Ben
Winston
said
that
the
comments
about
the
actor
are
very
"unkind".
Calling
out
the
concerned
comments,
he
told
Hollywood
Reporter's
TV's
Top
5
podcast,
"He
was
great.
People
can
sometimes
just
be
unkind.
I
wish
they
weren't.
I
loved
working
with
him.
He's
a
brilliantly
funny
man
and
I
thought
he
had
some
great
one-liners
in
the
show.
I
felt
just
happy
and
lucky
to
be
in
his
presence
and
directing
him
on
something
like
this."
Perry
who
previously
battled
alcohol
and
Vicodin
addiction
in
2018,
had
spent
three
months
in
a
Los
Angeles
hospital
following
surgery
to
repair
a
gastrointestinal
perforation.
The
actor
recently
also
called
off
his
engagement
to
girlfriend
Molly
Hurwitz.