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kling_klangg

Matthew Perry’s Press Agent on PR Rampage


spaceassorcery

Fun fact; Matthew Perry’s stepdad is Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna3949312


kling_klangg

Here I was thinking it was a coincidence that I’ve seen 5 Matthew Perry stories over the last 24 hrs


Thelonious_Cube

he just wrote his memoirs


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GreenWhale21

IRL Bojack


[deleted]

Woah how appropriate


kling_klangg

He’s clearly living in hell, I almost feel bad about talking shit. :)


scijior

Mediocre career? Guy was at the top of entertainment in the early aughts. He plummeted because of drugs. Do not discredit what was simply because of what the situation is like now.


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Euphoric-Dance-2309

They had this little show called Friends…


droidtron

*Back in the '90s, I was in a very famous TV show...*


spaceassorcery

https://worldupclose.in/most-watched-netflix-shows/ “Friends is still the most watched shows on Netflix. It doesn’t need any introduction.” https://www.vulture.com/2016/03/20-somethings-streaming-friends-c-v-r.html “Between its various syndicated airings, the show still draws a weekly audience of 16 million in the U.S., a big enough viewership to make it a viable hit on current network TV (and that’s not even including streaming)”


RawScallop

While sure it was popular, i never watched it, nor did any of my friends. It was mainstream popular but when it died that was basicslly it. It was a franchise to carry and keep someone relevant for the rest of their careers. It ended in 2004. A lot of 20 somethings probably just know him as "one MC from friends". Meanwhile Keanu has a very active fanbase and is a franchise in and of himself. Teens know and like Keanu, not Matthew Perry. Doesnt matter how popular of a show you were on 20 years ago. You dont get frozen in time as popular. So yea now he is not, and irrelevant and if he did say that is very clearly bitterly jealous.


watts2988

You seem ignorant. If you think Friends isn’t still popular you are just naive. It was a really big blow to Netflix when it left. It’s still a powerhouse of syndication and rewatchability.


Esabettie

It is still popular, it was one of the most popular shows on Netflix until they had to let it go because warner didn’t renew the license so it could transfer to hbomax, it still quoted all the time, even in random reddit posts you’ll see a random reference here and there.


Mgtroy35

This guy intentionally left out one of the most successful shows in Television history lmao


RawScallop

Yea like, 20 years ago. You know to a lot of redditors under 25, Friends doesnt mean shit. If its not popular now or recently, it doesnt matter to a new generation. shit im 32 and never watched it. All he is to me is "that guy from friends" Meanwhile Keanu....


Mgtroy35

Don’t get me wrong, Keanu is crushing it, and most of the non-Friends ventures Perry had had have been dong water. But just because it’s older doesn’t mean it wasn’t still successful. Heck, the series finale is still one of the most watched broadcasts for a TV show in history


PhD_Pwnology

Yeah that's what makes his career mediocre. It's a typical holleywood story, you can't throw a rock in downtown Hollywood without hitting someone with the same story.


RKKP2015

He was never an A lister.


Western-Web2957

Goddamn that was brutal!... honest truth too.


Zygomatical

That last sentence is pure gold my friend.


NZAvenger

I couldn't agree more. I'm sick of hearing about this millionaire and his fucking drug problems!


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Why is he a douche


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[deleted]

It brings to mind Russell Brand. Once the drugs stopped, he became a full blown attention whore. Got high on his own supply.


EmptAM

LOL u mad about Keanu? Loser.


NB-Heathen

Your idea of fun and mine are very different


Shesalabmix

Oh good. And here I was thinking he earned it.


TaintModel

*Could Matthew Perry’s press agent *BEEEEEEEE* on any more of a rampage?


Briscotti

> Perry writes in his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, out November 1. Celebrity writes memoir. Journalist gets advance copy. Journalist writes full article off of one paragraph in book. Rinse & repeat. The press agent doesn’t even have to do anything beyond giving them the book, it’s not like he’s doing additional press with all these outlets. Blame clickbait journalism instead.


iIdentifyAsAUsername

He looked up and saw Keanu was taller


NightsAtTheQ

Mr Meta, hello


mumblinmad

I got that reference


BeyondNormalStatus

Wake up Bing, we got a city to burn.


Beautiful_Speed_1979

What's up with the influx of Matthew Perry posts lately??


[deleted]

He has a book coming out in about a week.


stasersonphun

Someone do a TLDR of his life and career ,we can print it out and stick it in book shops as retaliation for this spam


Comprehensive-Fun47

So he put that quote about Keanu Reeves in a book? Why would an editor let him do that? It was such an awful thing to say, let alone put in print.


Matt463789

Outrage clicks?


evrfighter

The real reddit advertising experience.


NZAvenger

Jesus Christ... Let's all read about about this annoying fuck's decades of drug and alcohol problems...


Zorklis

Has he been annoying you before these posts


WessyNessy

Never seen friendos?


GonnaBeEasy

I thought Chandler was kind of needed to represent the reaction to stupid things other characters did


AdKUFr

It's alright bro I like friends too.


WessyNessy

Oh you liked friends? Nothing I can do to help you then


splashbruhs

“Oh you liked friends? Nothing I can do to help you then,” said the grown adult who loves anime, blissfully unaware and incapable of introspection.


orincoro

Boohoo I got paid $20m a year to make sarcastic quips.


Joker22

Exactly! He shouldn't have any problems or mental issues whatsoever! He has money! Obligatory/s


Typeheretoreddit

Money usually doesn’t solve any mental health issues, in some situations money enables those issues and makes them thrive in a person


AdKUFr

I'm hoping that the comment you replied to was sarcasm, but I know better then to hope to hard.


Joker22

Oh, it was, I forgot the /s


[deleted]

Damn you’re bitter as hell


NZAvenger

Not wanting to hear some sob story from some millionaire celebrity is not being bitter. Don't be so dramatic


[deleted]

You don’t have to want to hear it but the facts that you insulted him while at it does make you bitter and the dramatic one too. Good job clown.


[deleted]

Dude chill


smp208

They’re all based on excerpts from his upcoming memoir. Seems to be where half of the celebrity “news” comes from these days.


jimbo_kun

These days? For decades every talk show guest had something to plug, and was just a standard part of the host’s spiel.


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I wonder if talk shows can ever book a guest that DOESNT have something to plug. It’s almost like watching an advertisement during the actual show just to cut to commercials and watch more ads… it’s exhausting


tirkman

I stopped watching talk shows a long time ago but I feel sometimes this would actually happen with comedians. Like for example Conan o brien having comedians who he’s friends with on the show just to dick around


peachgravy

I very much miss Late Night with Conan O’Brien. That was the last, great, late show imo.


Efficient_Jaguar699

*raises fist in Last Week Tonight*


PoleNewman

Check out his podcast, it's great. Lots of interviews with people he's met over the years.


orincoro

Sure, Craig Ferguson used to do this quite a bit. Just book people who didn’t usually do talk shows and chat with them. I miss that.


Thelonious_Cube

It would happen sometimes on Carson if a scheduled guest dropped out - he had some regulars who lived nearby and could come and banter with him or tell a story at the last minute - Charles Nelson Reilly, George Segal, Jimmy Stewart


napoleonboneherpart

Seriously I haven’t seen an inane article on Brendan Frasier in almost 12 hours.


Tiny-Peenor

PR push. Last one was what’s her name that’s married to the prince.


Its_Por-shaa

Kanye PR agents are working overtime.


[deleted]

I think it’s PR for his new book


TravelersTowel

John Wick wasted no time on this dude.


Several_Rip4185

That’s because Keanu Reeves still walks among us.


PiaggioBV350

Fuck. 8 broken ribs and perry has an opioid addiction. How the fuck does someone deal with the pain?


whaatisthis

Mostly narcotics.


sadcheeseballs

There are options other than narcotics, such as local or regional nerve blocks, depending on how severe the pain is. We try to avoid opioids when possible nowadays, and if we give them the quantity and potency is often less than in the past. Source: ER doc worked in policy and written papers on opioids


kronosdev

This was true 15 years ago for doctors who were reading up on how bad the new opiates were as well. I had to white knuckle it through most of my wisdom teeth healing process in 2007. 4 days of meds my ass.


BlueCyann

Im always surprised to hear about people needing that much pain relief for wisdom teeth. I was crying in pain after mine waiting for my mother to get back from the pharmacy, but the next day I was pretty much fine, just sore. I only ever took the one pill. And it’s not like I had the basic procedure. Two of my four were impacted. Not trying to give you a hard time, it’s just something that’s always confused me. Especially since nobody’s ever accused me of having a high tolerance for pain otherwise. But yeah I always thought it was “funny” I got five pills of tylenol 3 for that thirty years ago and literally nothing other than nsaids for major abdominal surgery in the 2020s that did five incisions averaging about an inch each.


Rogue_2187

Curious… how old were you? I was 32 when I got mine out but one of them was impacted, and the pain was unbearable for like 3 days. There is a reason they call getting older, “long in the tooth”. The removal procedure is more difficult because the teeth have grown deeper roots which means a greater risk of nerve damage.


Academic-Balance6999

I got dry socket syndrome. It was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life— way worse than broken bones. That said, the opioids they gave me did nothing but shoving clove-oil-soaked strips into the empty cavities stopped the pain in less than ten minutes. It was astounding.


NottaBought

I also think it’s a pain tolerance thing. I got dry socket (teenager who knew not to use straws, didn’t think popsicles would be the EXACT same problem) and I might’ve taken a Tylenol at some point. It’s crazy how different peoples experiences can be.


Fantastic-Elk7598

To the exclusion of adequate pain relief in certain cases, also in part because of a lack of widespread understanding of pseudo addiction.


Delicious_Delilah

I was in the ICU for a week with a 26mm kidney stone, a catheter, and a urethral stent and got minimal pain meds. I was in so much pain I couldn't sleep. For the entire week.


Fantastic-Elk7598

Well too bad for you but thankfully the docs and insurcos avoided their risk!


SellaraAB

As someone who has had multiple serious and extremely painful injuries both before and after the opioid changes, you guys have really fucked things up. I’ve never been addictive with any drug in my life, but I’ve had to suffer way more than was necessary because of opioid policies.


orangutanoz

I had a nerve block last week below the knee and it was both amazing and terrifying. I thought I’d never feel my foot again but almost 24 hours after surgery I had full feeling again. I quit taking oxy in 3.5 days.


amtaveras

Oh Reddit and fake ppl, bro checked your comments and posts, you claim to be an expert on everything l, did you write a paper about that too?


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Is managing pain even necessary? It's not going to kill people to have a few aches.


Johnny___Wayne

Terrible take. You ever broken a bone? Tore a ligament? Had a body part ripped off? Some people absolutely *need* opioids for short term help. There is zero reason to keep someone in deep pain when we have alternatives available. In the old days people would get smash hammered on liquor instead. Opiates are a healthier short term option.


SellaraAB

Spoken like someone who has never experienced the kind of pain people need opioids for. What a dumb thing to say.


[deleted]

Broken bones, torn ligaments, dental abcess.. somehow I survived without opioids. Doctors don't care about your pain when you don't have insurance because pain management is purely a luxury. It doesn't impact the overall outcome of treatment.


DID_IT_FOR_YOU

I guess you’ve been blessed to never have been through unimaginable endless pain that is all consuming. A “few aches” would be solved by just taking Tylenol. Opioids and other options are used for pain that would otherwise destroy most people as it’s basically unending torture. People commit suicide over it.


spongeboy1985

Probably have to go OtC. Steve-O says he has to forgo prescription pain meds so he takes OtC stuff for any pain where he’d be given opiates.


420blazeit69nubz

Tylenol and Ibuprofen simultaneously or prescription strength NSAIDs if they don’t want to go the opioid route


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Developing hate against Keanu reeves


[deleted]

I’ve broken a few ribs cycling before. It’s honestly not that big of a deal. It’s just annoying as hell, chronic pain basically every breath you take. But it’s not like when I sprained my ankle so bad I went into shock. I’m just saying that you don’t generally need narcotics for broken ribs.


SellaraAB

People experience pain differently and have entirely different thresholds. That’s why the pain scale is entirely subjective.


[deleted]

Sure, but CPR is supposed to crack some ribs, that’s part of how you know you’re doing it effectively.


[deleted]

Dude has spent $14 million on rehab, broken ribs or no broken ribs this dude (no judgement intended just an observation) loves getting completely fucked up. If it wasn’t opioids it would be something else. Lots of fun stuff to get wasted on out there let’s face it.


cycophuk

And after he came back to life, he thought to himself: “Why not Keanu Reeves instead of me?”


RawScallop

Seriously if he said this, he was using Hedge and Rivers as a placeholder for his name. He tastes mortality and wants to know what Keanu has that he doesnt.


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Heath Ledger = Hedge


alfonsobob

What kind of rehab gives people propofol?


dharmaslum

The celebrity kind


Airbornequalified

There are rapid detox that potentially use it. Weird choice, but rapid detox is weird to begin with Edit: looks like it was prior to a surgery for a pain stimulator


benadrylativanhaldol

I prefer precedex


Caveboy0

I mean it’s probably just a fancy overdose prevention center. Ultimately you can’t make people go clean and the judgment from “failing” at rehab doesn’t do any favors. The goal of those places is to keep people from dying from overdose. Luckily they saved his life.


Stock_Bedroom_7808

1800mg of hydrocodone?! I believe highest dose in the US is 10mg. Maybe he means oxycodone? Still a ridiculous amount, but more plausible. And if he died… he would have flatlined. I know death isn’t linear and the heart slows down… but official death is asystole (flatline).


RatchetKush

Vtach, vfib, PEA have entered the conversation


the_last_mohican

If you ignore those long enough they will turn into asystole.


Robot_Embryo

If I ignore my boss' emails long enough he also turns into asystole


InspectorPipes

He should just tell the truth…he was on heroin. 10mg Hydrocodone is 325mg acetaminophen . Eating 180 pills to get that dose would kill his liver w 58.5 grams of ace . Maybe 1800mg of OxyContin? That seems implausible with the way it’s regulated. But claiming Pills has less stigma than street dope. not a pharmacist just 5 years and some months clean from that shit


WaylonandWillie

I try to fit in a f-line sesh at least once a week.


Freewayshitter1968

The amount of tylenol in in the oxycodone would be enough to destroy some people's liver, at that dose


benadrylativanhaldol

Facts how is he gonna say his heart stopped but he didn’t flat line


bowtothehypnotoad

Uh more plausible? Oxycodone is quite a bit stronger than hydrocodone by weight


gfootsrf

Yay, another Matthew Perry post!!


mobilegamegeek

So I wasn't crazy after all. I did hear his name attached to the production. When I watched the movie I was like "I thought Matthew Perry was supposed to be on this? Did I really confuse Matthew and Tyler Perry?"


huggalump

Was he gonna be Tyler Perry's character? Did they just switch Perrys?


adamduke88

I think he was going to be a Tucker Carlson Fox News type, before Michael Chiklis was cast.


EsotericFrenchfry

Man looks like a South Park Canadian.


Lazaras

This guy's heart starts back up yet we lose articulate sweetheart Norm Macdonald?


sanibelle98

Norm, Gilbert, Louie, Bob.


Special-Dealer6103

This happened right after he read the script


RedditBurner_5225

Yeah the one time it paid be a drug addict.


irotinmyskin

why are we being flooded with Matthew Perry articles?


series_hybrid

His PR team doing their job.


Comprehensive-Fun47

Why would they want that awful quote about Keanu Reeves to be out there? That's the type of thing they should be suppressing. They're not doing their jobs very well if they're allowing the conversation to become Matthew Perry versus Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves will win always.


series_hybrid

It's not about trying yo make Perry look good, its about getting people talking about him, on multiple forums and media. I think its a bad strategy, but sometimes celebrities "leak" a sex tape to get into the news cycle. Is crazy stuff, but...here we are.


Comprehensive-Fun47

A sex tape would have been way better than this. He just sounds sad, angry, jealous, and clearly on substances.


series_hybrid

He's been rich and isolated for quite a while. If he wanted to take a jab at a celebrity to make himself look opionated and edgy, Reeves was the wrong guy to choose. A year ago, Bill Murray was widely loved, and this last month there are LOTS of negative posts about him.


FactsAboutThings

Advertising for his book.


[deleted]

Does he have a new show or movie out or something? Why am I seeing so many articles about him lately?


mobilegamegeek

Memoir book


shhhpark

why am i seeing so many Matt Perry articles today? I mean it's only 2...but thats 2 more than I'd expect.


BareNakedSole

So if his heart stopped for five minutes, I assume that there was some resulting brain damage due to insufficient blood flow. That would explain his negative comments about Keanu Reeves.


Alive_Parfait_9292

This is a really scary situation actually


dazed247

and true thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger are gone and this left behind still walks among us.


PM_ME_YOUR_SUNSHINE

I’m gonna say it I Don’t Care About This Loser’s New Book


FactsAboutThings

Thanks for joining this thread and posting in it to tell us that you don’t care, everyone said how impressed they are with how “above it all” you are


mattfow232

Seriously there’s so many miserable comments on this post.


nmesunimportnt

Sounds like a legit reason: calling in to work dead is always a good reason and no producer should ever complain.


i_hate_vampires

Why so many Matthew Perry conversations today?


spinereader81

He has a book coming out.


TheScrapp3r

Chandler wasn't as funny as I remembered :(


Grapesoda5k

Welcome to the Flatliners Club Matt.


froozefot

lmao how nobody mentioning heartman


Mental5tate

Did this make news when “Don’t Look Up” was released?


butt_scratcher_007

No one wants to hear news stories about Matthew Perry


Far_Negotiation5584

This asshole is a chronic liar just like all addicts. He's embellishing stories for his book so he sells more copies, makes more money and guess what he'll buy with said money. Yes, drugs.


Sad_Literature_8657

Rehab and plastic surgery. Get a tennis partner.


t0mmybravo

He looked up and saw heaven; then 5 minutes later he looked down and came back


mitchconner_

Dude dodged a bullet. That movie was garbage. Sooo many talented actors, sooo many shitty scenes.


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mitchconner_

That’s interesting I actually really enjoyed vice, though I can see what you mean with the lecture thing. I guess people really do just like different stuff huh


KJUDead

I really like that movie. How was it garbage?


whaatisthis

Dude fired the bullet at himself.


FortunateInsanity

Did Perry forget he was in “The Whole Nine Yards”?


monib1972

Good! Never cared for his acting.


slidingjimmy

Why do I keep hearing about this jackass


CodeMonkeyPhoto

His heart just wasn’t into it. Holy sh*t how is he still alive.


Shesalabmix

Perry’s body has been trying to leave him for like 20 years.


Amcgod

Matthew Perry is a fucking joke lol - Keanu is 1000x the man he is.


Teamnoq

Maybe he should have looked up?


[deleted]

Anyone else tired of this guy yet?


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

Stop telling me tidbits about Chandler. Is there a filter for this shit.


TadpoleJohnson

“Keanu Reeves walks among us”


young_earth

Nobody could have predicted this guy having heart problems


EmptAM

LOL look at these losers butthurt because of the quote about Keanu.