Matthew Perry’s stepdad, Keith Morrison, an award-winning Dateline NBC correspondent, claimed his stepson “felt like he was beating” his addiction and that dealing with the bereavement is “not easy.” While chatting with NBC’s Today host Hoda Kotb on her Making Spaces podcast, he stated that Perry “didn’t get to have his third act, and that’s not fair.”
“He was goofy. He was funny. And he was acerbic. But even if he didn’t say a word, he was the center of attention,” Mr. Morrison added.
Morrison married Perry’s mother in 1981, and he claimed the actor was in a good place soon before his death after years of drug and alcohol abuse.
“He felt like he was beating it,” he said. “But you never beat it, and he knew that, too.
“That’s a whirlwind of a life – to get involved in a program that became as wildly successful as it was, to be fighting an addiction that was so virulent, that went after him so hard.”
Morrison stated that the sadness is still tough to bear after Perry died at the end of October last year at the age of 54.
“It’s with you every day,” he said.
“It’s with you all the time and there’s some new aspect of it that assaults your brain. And It’s not easy.”
Morrison added he and Perry was “chalk and cheese” but “we got along fine”.
“I was there for him, and he knew it,” he added.
Morrison reflects on the difficulty of coping with Perry’s passing at 54 years old
Morrison stated that the sadness is tough to bear after Perry died at the end of October at the age of 54. Matthew Perry, widely known for his role as ‘Chandler Bing’ on Friends, was sadly found dead in his Los Angeles home in October of last year. He was fifty-four. Mr Perry was found unconscious in a hot tub at his home by first responders, who were unable to revive him.
According to the study, Perry died as a result of “acute effects” from ketamine. He was believed to have been receiving infusion therapy for depression and anxiety, with his most recent treatment occurring more than a week before his death.