John Mulaney Says He ‘Really Identified’ with Matthew Perry’s Story amid His Own Journey with Addiction

John Mulaney shares how Matthew Perry’s honesty about his addiction had a big impact on his own struggles with drugs.

The Baby J star, 41, reflection on Friends alum’s death and explained that his memoirs Friends, lovers and the big scary thing was very close during his own journey with addiction.

“Addiction is just a disaster,” Mulaney, 41, explained to Diversity. “Life is like a wobbly table in a restaurant and you pile all this s— on it and it gets wobblier and wobblier and more unstable. Then the drug just kicks its fucking legs under the table.”

“I really identified with his story. I think about him a lot,” he added.

John Mulaney. Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock Everything John Mulaney had to say about addiction and his initial journey to sobriety

On October 28, Perry was found dead after apparently drowning in a hot tub in the backyard of his Los Angeles home.

According to TMJ, who first reported the death, law enforcement sources said no drugs were found at the scene. There were also no signs of foul play.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that an autopsy has been completed and the results are pending a toxicology report. However, the online record has the status of the actor’s cause of death currently listed as “delayed” as “further investigation is pending.”

Matthew Perry.

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Before his death, Matthew Perry planned to start a foundation to help others struggling with substance abuse

Perry published his memoirs Friends, lovers and the big scary thing in November 2022 He has always been honest about his struggle with addiction in hopes of helping others. With 15 rehabs under his belt, he insisted he had been mostly sober since 2001 “with about 60 or 70 little accidents over the years,” as he put it. people in October 2022.

“I wanted to share when I was safe from going to the dark side again,” he said of his intentions behind his memoir. “I had to wait until I was fairly sober—and far from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction—to write it all down. I was pretty sure it would help people if I did.”

As for Mulaney, Big mouth The star has channeled her own experiences with addiction into her comedy. His third Netflix standup special, Baby Jwas released in April and explored his return, his star-studded intervention and his return to rehab in December 2020.

John Mulaney in his third Netflix special ‘Baby J’. Marcus Russell Price/Netflix Matthew Perry’s Lasting Legacy: How He Won Our Hearts and Found a Mission to Help Others With Addiction

“Going to rehab and a lot of other things became public knowledge and I felt there was no way I could start doing stand-up again without going through this,” he told Diversity. “I had a lot to say about that, too. It was an extremely eventful time, and the goal from the beginning was to make this as funny as I could—not as impressive as I could make it, not to pause for dramatic effect.

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“I just wanted it to be a little wild and put you in my very self-confident, demented brain during the time of addiction,” he said.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the SAMHSA Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

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