Matthew Perry is well known around the world as Chandler Bing in the iconic sitcom FRIENDS. His comic timing and hilarious antics were praised and celebrated by audiences, becoming a huge part of pop culture and popular sitcom moments in history. He and the other members of the cast including David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc are extremely close in real life and have become lifelong friends.
LeBlanc and his father Paul LeBlanc have had an estranged relationship since he was young. The difference in their outlook towards life, family, and relationships has kept them apart. LeBlanc Sr. has talked about this estrangement in the past and also revealed many untold stories about his son and the cast of FRIENDS, including one that concerns his son’s relationship with Perry.
Matt LeBlanc Was Pissed With Matthew Perry, According to Paul LeBlanc
Paul LeBlanc has time and again talked about his estranged relationship with his son Matt LeBlanc. In addition, he revealed many untold stories about the cast of FRIENDS. Among his many shocking revelations, one is pretty interesting, and it concerns his son’s relationship with Matthew Perry. LeBlanc Sr claims that his son found Perry to be an a**hole. He told Radaronline.com
“He wanted to pound on Matthew a couple of times.”
LeBlanc Sr also revealed several other stories including an alleged relationship with his son and Jennifer Aniston, how his son abandoned him, and his son’s messy divorce from Melissa McKnight among others. While some of the claims remain unconfirmed, it shows the level of estrangement between the father-son duo.
Matthew Perry had a Big Crush on Jennifer Aniston Pre-FRIENDS
Last year, Matthew Perry published a memoir titled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. He talked to ABC News about the many details written in the book including his alcohol addiction and his experiences doing FRIENDS. He revealed the time when he had a big crush on FRIENDS co-star Jennifer Aniston, He said,
“Well, how can you not have a crush on Jenny? And Courteney [Cox]? And Lisa [Kudrow]? It made it kind of difficult to go to work because I had to pretend that I didn’t. I was like, ‘Is three seconds too long? How long is…?’. And then I write in the gratitude part [of the book] about her letting me do that.”
In an excerpt from the book, he wrote (via Entertainment Weekly),
“I was immediately taken by her (how could I not be?) and liked her, and I got the sense she was intrigued, too — maybe it was going to be something. Back then I got two jobs in one day — one was Haywire, an America’s Funniest Home Videos-type show, and the other was a sitcom. So I called Jennifer and I said, ‘You’re the first person I wanted to tell this to!’ Looking back, it was clear that this made her think I liked her too much or in the wrong kind of way… and I only compounded the error by then asking her out. She declined (which made it very difficult to actually go out with her), but said that she’d love to be friends with me, and I compounded the compound by blurting, ‘We can’t be friends!'”
Despite of the hard rejection, Perry and Aniston remained good friends and are still very close to this day. The cast even had a reunion in the 2021 documentary FRIENDS: The Reunion. New fans can experience the magic of FRIENDS on Netflix.
