Earlier than the cameras ever began rolling on “Buddies,” Matthew Perry already had a crush on Jennifer Aniston. In his new interview with Diane Sawyer for “ABC Information,” Perry mentioned his memoir “Buddies, Lovers and the Huge Horrible Factor,” and opened up in regards to the time he requested Aniston out on a date. Based on the actor, he met his future costar earlier than they have been each forged in “Buddies,” however when he requested her out, she stated no, suggesting they be associates as a substitute.
Regardless of Aniston turning him down, Perry revealed he nonetheless had a crush on her when the present started filming — in addition to on Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox. This revelation prompted Sawyer to name the star a “serial crusher.” Perry replied, “Properly, how are you going to not have a crush on Jenny? And Courteney [Cox]? And Lisa [Kudrow]? So I made it type of tough to go to work, as a result of I needed to faux that I did not have these crushes.”
In his memoir, the 53-year-old wrote about questioning how lengthy was too lengthy to stare at Aniston throughout a take. “I used to be like, ‘Is three seconds too lengthy?'” he stated to Sawyer. “After which I write within the gratitude half about her letting me try this.”
Whereas his memoir focuses on heavy matters like his habit and winding street to sobriety, Perry can also be open about his romantic relationships. Along with revealing his crushes on his feminine “Buddies” costars, he additionally opened up about briefly courting Julia Roberts and convincing her to make a cameo look on the hit NBC sitcom.
Per an excerpt from his memoir shared by Leisure Weekly, Perry in the end broke up with Roberts as a result of he was afraid she was going to interrupt up with him. “Relationship Julia Roberts had been an excessive amount of for me,” he wrote. “I had been continually sure that she was going to interrupt up with me. Why would she not? I used to be not sufficient; I might by no means be sufficient; I used to be damaged, bent, unlovable. So as a substitute of dealing with the inevitable agony of dropping her, I broke up with the attractive and sensible Julia Roberts.”
“Buddies, Lovers and the Huge Horrible Factor” will probably be launched on Nov. 1.
