In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Julia Roberts opened up about the tragic passing of her one-time boyfriend Matthew Perry.
The two dated for roughly three months following the 1996 Super Bowl episode of Friends—literally titled "The One after the Super Bowl"—in which Roberts guest-starred as Susie "Underpants."
While chatting with ET, Roberts was asked her thoughts about the loss of Perry and what it was like working alongside him.
Roberts responded that she had only "good thoughts and feelings."
"They were all so welcoming to me as just kind of a one-off character, and it was a really fun time."
She continued, addressing Perry's death:
"A sudden passing of anybody so young is heartbreaking, and I think that it just helps all of us just appreciate what we have and to keep going in a positive way as best we can.”
You can watch the interview below.
Julia Roberts Remembers Matthew Perry and Her Time on Friends (Exclusive)youtu.be
People on social media thanked Roberts for her kind words, sending their condolences and expressing their continued heartbreak over the loss of a "friend."
In Perry's 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, the late actor detailed the course of his relationship with Roberts, revealing he ultimately ended it because he felt he "was not enough."
He wrote:
“I had been constantly certain that she was going to break up with me."
“Why would she not? I was not enough; I could never be enough; I was broken, bent, unloveable."
"So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts.”
Roberts was recently accused of avoiding speaking on Perry's death, according to Deadline, during an appearance on The View.
Co-host Sara Haines asked Roberts:
"As you know, Matthew Perry has recently passed."
"Do you have a favorite memory of your time with 'Friends?'"
Roberts didn't speak on Perry but instead shared that as a "football fanatic," being on the Super Bowl episode was very special to her.
"The Super Bowl episode made me feel that much closer to the Super Bowl, which I’ve never been to."
Speaking about a former lover's tragic passing can't be easy, and we send our love to Roberts as she and the entire world continue to grieve Perry's death.
