Whereas Matthew Perry‘s dying completely floored his followers and shut pals, his ex-girlfriend Maeve Quinlan isn’t in that group, as she says they’d all been shedding him to dependancy … little by little for years.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” actress dated the “Friends” star from 2002 till 2003 … telling Soap Opera Digest he was 100% sober your entire time they had been collectively, which she referred to as the best reward for her, and a few respite for Matthew from his private demons.
Maeve stated they had been inseparable throughout their yr collectively, and he appreciated being together with her as a result of she wasn’t utilizing medicine.
For a fast recap, Matthew says he acquired hooked on Vicodin in 1997 after a jet-ski accident, and sought assist in rehab the identical yr. He headed again to rehab — for ache meds, amphetamines and alcohol — the yr earlier than assembly Maeve.
His battles began up once more after they break up, and though they stayed good friends, Maeve admits she wasn’t conscious of how a lot Matthew was struggling as a result of he was at all times making others snort.
Nonetheless, they grew additional aside in the previous couple of years … and Maeve says she has plenty of remorse over not reaching out to him after the discharge of his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.”
Given the challenges Matthew confronted in life, his October 2023 death did not come as a shock to Maeve, however she was nonetheless devastated.
As we reported … Mathew’s autopsy famous he’d been clear for 19 months … however his dying was dominated an accident OD from the acute results of ketamine.
