Matthew Perry, aka Chandler from Friends, believes he got famous after making a deal with God… but I’m not so sure

As tributes pour in for Matthew Perry AKA Chandler in 'Friends', Lauren Windle takes a look at the words in his autobiography, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, published a year before his death.

'Friends' was the TV show that defined my childhood. That’s probably a bit of a sad admission but it’s true. I remember being in agony at the end of season five knowing that I would have to wait a whole eight months to find out what Emily would do after Ross said Rachel’s name at the alter. I learned all I know about sex and dating from the show (not ideal, I know) and, even to this day, I still shout: “Pivot” whenever someone’s moving furniture.

Despite this, I decided not to read Matthew Perry, aka Chandler’s autobiography. It’s been well documented that Perry was in recovery from addiction and that he struggled with drinking and prescription medication in the ten years when he was filming the show. As a recovering drug addict myself, I avoid these memoirs. It is neither entertaining nor interesting to hear about someone else’s rock bottom when you have lived your own parallel version.