Matthew Perry reveals why he broke up with Julia Roberts

Matthew Perry revealed that he broke up with Julia Roberts in the 1990s because he felt that “it would never be enough for her.”

The 53-year-old actor in his new diary “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” honestly said how his own mental turmoil led to the end of their relationship after just two months.

The “Friends” star says he and the 54-year-old actress started dating before Roberts starred in an episode of the blockbuster sitcom – but things quickly took a turn for the worse.

“Dating Julia Roberts is too much for me. I was sure he would break up with me all the time, ”Perry wrote in the excerpt published by Times UKadding that he felt the star of “Pretty Woman” was “listening” by dating him.

– Why would she not? It wasn’t enough; I could never have been enough; I was broken, bent, unworthy of love. So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts, ”he confessed.

Whole Nine Yards actor says he can’t “begin to describe the confused look on her face” after he broke up.

A whirlwind romance blossomed after Roberts, who married Danny Moder, stated that “she would only put on a show if she became part of Perry’s storyline.

Then Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the blockbuster series, tried to “seduce” the Oscar-winning actress by sending her dozens of roses and sweet messages – including an article on quantum physics.

“Julia not only agreed to the show, but also sent me a gift: bagels – lots of bagels. … I let her in, both figuratively and literally, and the relationship began. “

However, at the same time Perry was starring in one of the biggest TV shows and dating the best of Hollywood, he was also struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

The actor, who starred in the 1994-2004 sitcom, had to go to rehab twice in the show’s 10 years – including filming the iconic moment where his character married Monica Geller, played by Courteney Cox.

Perry said the New York Times on Sunday that he filmed the season 7 finale and was then “driven back to the treatment center … in a pickup truck driven by a sober technician.”

“[I was] at the pinnacle of my highest point in “Friends”, the highest point in my career, an iconic moment on a cult show, “he said, adding that his” exhausting “opiate addiction had ruined his ability to accept being on an NBC sitcom.

Not only was his addiction reflected in his career, but also in his bank account.

“I probably spent $ 9 million trying to sober up,” he told the newspaper of his long struggle that started just 14 years.

At the peak of his addiction, the actor took “55 Vicodin a day”, in addition to “Methadone, Xanax” and “a full quart of vodka”.

Heavy drug use, the actor “almost died” a few years ago when his colon ruptured, and doctors told him he had a “2%” chance of survival.

Between his near-death experience and having to wear a colostomy bag for nine months, the actor finally sobered up – and has been for the past 18 months.

“My therapist said,” Next time you think about taking OxyContin, think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life. “ told People magazine Thursday. “And a little window opened and I crawled through it and I don’t want oxykontin anymore.”

Perry’s memoir appears on November 1.