Matthew Perry’s interview with Diane Sawyer Friday night generated plenty of headlines, with the actor revealing the depths of his drug addiction that nearly cost him his life.
Titled Matthew Perry – the Diane Sawyer Interview, the hour-long special was one of Perry’s first in-depth interviews since he announced that he was releasing a memoir earlier this year. Among the revelations from the sit-down chat: he’s been to nearly 6000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, while his addiction to prescription pills got so bad that he would go to open houses to rummage through people’s medicine cabinets.