Friends actor Matthew Perry has been spotted out and about in Los Angeles for the first time in six months during the city’s coronavirus crisis lockdown.
The 50-year-old looked almost unrecognisable from his days starring as funnyman Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom, sporting face stubble and wild grey hair as he was photographed during his rare public outing.
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Matthew was spotted looking dishevelled in sweatpants, a baggy untucked tee and checked blue shirt when he briefly stepped outside.
It comes as Matthew’s planned reunion special with fellow Friends actors Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer was postponed due to the pandemic.
Filming of the show has been paused indefinitely. The unscripted special is set to see the six former cast members reunite to reminisce about their time on the sitcom.
The reboot of the wildly popular show appeared to be a bright spot in the former drug addict’s life, following a long stint in rehab recovering from his years of abusing substances.
Matthew has been open in the past about his struggle with addiction, admitting that he became hooked on Vicodin and was also drinking heavily in the mid-to-late ’90s.
He even confessed to not remembering a large chunk of filming the Friends series due to his substance abuse.
“I couldn’t stop. Eventually things got so bad that I couldn’t hide it, and then everybody knew,” Matthew revealed in a 2013 interview with People.
Matthew has also been worrying fans with his Instagram habits, after he posted a picture with the words: “Why is today especially hard??” and informed his followers he was not wearing any pants.
But like most of the world, the sitcom star is likely suffering the effects of being locked up thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to The Sun, Matthew is quarantining with sober friends and close team members and has not been spending isolation with his girlfriend, talent manager Molly Hurwitz.
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