The father of the late actor Matthew Perry was seen arriving at the actor’s home.
John Bennett Perry, 82, was seen arriving at the home where first responders were called today.
Sources said he was found in the home’s hot tub, but no drugs were found at the scene – and there was no evidence of crime.
Perry became famous for his role as “Chandler Bing” on the hit 90s sitcom “Friends,” which ran for ten seasons.
His father John also appeared in the 1998 Friends episode “The One With Rachel’s New Dress” as Mr. Burgin – the father of Rachel’s boyfriend Joshua Burgin from Jennifer Aniston’s character, played by Tate Donovan.
Just last week, Perry delighted his fans by sharing a social media post of him and his father.
Sources said he was found in the home’s hot tub, but no drugs were found at the scene – and there was no evidence of crime
John Bennett Perry was seen arriving at the home where first responders were called today
Just last week, Perry delighted his fans by sharing a social media post of him and his father, seen here
In addition to his cameo appearance on Friends, John was known for his role as “The Sailor” in Old Spice commercials in the ’70s and ’80s.
Matthew spoke openly about his relationship with his father in his memoir Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing, published last year, describing how his father left him after he separated from his mother as Matthew was still a child.
Because of their long-distance relationship, Matthew mostly saw his father on TV, as he revealed: “When I was young, that’s mostly how I saw my father…”
“On TV shows, and you know, like getting shot through a door on Mannix or something like that. ‘That’s my dad.’
In his book, the Friends star revealed the climax of his horrific battle with drug and alcohol addiction that almost cost him his life. He revealed that his colon ruptured at the age of 49 as a result of his opioid addiction.
Doctors gave him only a two percent chance of survival and he was in a coma for two weeks, followed by months more in the hospital.
John starred in the 1998 Friends episode “The One with Rachel’s New Dress” as Mr. Burgin – the father of Rachel’s boyfriend Joshua Burgin from Jennifer Aniston’s character, played by Tate Donovan
From 1995 to 2004, Matthew played the role of Chandler Bing in “Friends” alongside David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt le Blanc (left-right).
Perry required 14 surgeries to repair all abdominal damage, and he admitted to going to rehab 15 times over the years in hopes of kicking his drug addiction.
At one point during his Friends career, he admitted he was taking 55 Vicodin a day and was down to 128 pounds, but still “didn’t know how to stop.”
He even revealed that he would go to real estate open houses – not because he was interested in buying a property, but to see if he could steal drugs from medicine cabinets.