Chandler and Monica’s wedding is one of the most rewatched episodes in TV history, but for Matthew Perry’s family, it carried a weight fans never saw. His sister Mia Perry Bowick told People that watching the 2001 season seven finale was bittersweet, because the family knew Perry wanted a partner and children of his own, and they also knew how serious his addiction was.“We all knew how serious his disorder was, so there was this sense of,‘Who knows what’s going to happen?'”she said.
Perry later wrote that he returned to treatment immediately after filming the wedding scene, a detail that makes the episode land differently now. Bowick’s first public comments come in the new three-part Netflix documentary The One About Matthew Perry, which premieres October 27th, just before the third anniversary of his death at age 54 from the acute effects of ketamine. Five people were arrested in 2024 in connection with his fatal overdose, including Jasveen Sangha, sentenced to 15 years, and his former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, sentenced to three years and five months.
For fans, the story is a reminder that the people who make us laugh the hardest can be carrying the most. It’s also a reminder to check on the people we love. Will you be watching the documentary when it drops? Let us know.
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