Matthew Perry was 'heartbroken' post breakup with Molly Hurwitz: He was never the same

Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on Friends, died on October 28. Recently, sources close to the actor opened up about his life to US Weekly.

Matthew Perry was 'lonely'

Matthew Perry's final serious relationship with talent manager Molly Hurwitz ended in June 2021 after six months of engagement. According to the sources, the breakup deeply affected him, altering his outlook on life and leaving him unable to establish meaningful connections in subsequent attempts at dating.

The actor, who never married and had no children, expressed a desire for family, revealed a source. The absence of a settled family life added another layer of sadness to Perry's narrative. They said, “It was like a tale of loneliness and how having all the money and fame can’t really save anyone. Fame was a distraction from his depression and addiction but when that went away he no longer had that distraction. He was living an isolated life. He was never the same after that. He tried dating after that but he just didn’t have a connection.”

Matthew Perry died of 'acute effects of ketamine'

The Friends star had been receiving ketamine infusions regularly before his death, but the report noted that the ketamine found in his body came from elsewhere. His last infusion occurred a week and a half before he died, and its half-life is only three to four hours.

“It is more likely this was recreational ketamine use,” Dr. Bankole Johnson, neuroscientists and physicians told Page Six exclusively. “It would be questionable medicine to provide ketamine to someone also using buprenorphine — a true recipe for disaster.”

Perry had previously written about his dislike of ketamine in his 2022 memoir 'Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir', saying he often felt like he was “dying” during the treatments he received while staying at a Swiss rehab during the pandemic.

“Taking K is like being hit in the head with a giant happy shovel. But the hangover was rough and outweighed the shovel,” he penned.

“Ketamine was not for me.”

In fact, Perry was supposed to be off his infusions before he died, as his anesthesiologist Dr Ataoin (whose name was partially redacted in the autopsy report)‚ said he no longer needed the treatments because “his depression was fine.”

(Inputs from IANS)