Friends favorite Adam Goldberg has spoken out about Matthew Perry's "disturbing" book following the late actor's death.
Goldberg appeared in three episodes of the hit sitcom in 1996. Chandler Bing, played by Perry, was in need of a roommate following a rift with Joey Tribbiani (played by Matt LeBlanc), and Eddie (Goldberg) briefly stepped in.
In an interview with The Independent published on Sunday, the Dazed and Confused star reacted to Perry's memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, released in November 2022.
"It was disturbing to read what he was going through," Goldberg said. "There are so many people with drug and alcohol and psychological issues who are in this business. It's surprising the extent to which I wouldn't necessarily have pegged him for one of them, but it's certainly not surprising that someone in that environment gets ensconced in that. I do remember wondering where he was and what he was up to afterwards."
Newsweek reached out to Goldberg's publicist via email for additional comment.
Perry was found unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his home in Pacific Palisades on October 28. He was 54 years old. An autopsy report concluded he died from the acute effects of ketamine.
The Emmy Award nominee wrote about his use of ketamine therapy to treat his depression in his book.
"Ketamine felt like a giant exhale," he shared. "They'd bring me into a room, sit me down, put headphones on me so I would listen to music, blindfold me, and put an IV in."
Perry wrote, "I often thought that I was dying during that hour. 'Oh,' I thought, 'This is what happens when you die.' Yet I would continually sign up for this s*** because it was something different, and anything different is good."
Five people have since been charged for their alleged roles in the Ally McBeal star's death, including Perry's assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and Jasveen Sangha, dubbed the "Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles."
Speaking about Friends, Goldberg said he doesn't go back to watch his episodes on the show—at least not on purpose.
"It's always been by accident—if I happen to see it, I'll click on it. It's weird right? I mean, it's like a home movie in a way, it's a snapshot in time," he said. "Contemporaneously, I would always watch stuff that I was in—it was really important to see what I did and how I could be better. But since there's not a thing you can do about it, you know, 30 years later, it's generally just hard to look at. Sometimes I'm pleased, like, I really nailed that. Other times it's just so cringy I can barely watch it."
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