Whereas Matthew Perry‘s dying completely floored his followers and shut mates, his ex-girlfriend Maeve Quinlan will not be in that group, as she says they’d all been shedding him to habit … little by little for years.
“The Daring and the Lovely” actress dated the “Buddies” star from 2002 till 2003 … telling Cleaning soap Opera Digest he was 100% sober all the time they had been collectively, which she referred to as the best present for her, and a few respite for Matthew from his private demons.
Maeve mentioned they had been inseparable throughout their yr collectively, and he appreciated being together with her as a result of she wasn’t utilizing medication.
For a fast recap, Matthew says he received 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 despite the fact that they stayed good buddies, Maeve admits she wasn’t conscious of how a lot Matthew was struggling as a result of he was all the time making others snort.
Nonetheless, they grew additional aside in the previous few years … and Maeve says she has quite a lot of remorse over not reaching out to him after the discharge of his 2022 memoir, “Buddies, Lovers and the Large Horrible Factor.”
Given the challenges Matthew confronted in life, his October 2023 dying did not come as a shock to Maeve, however she was nonetheless devastated.
As we reported … Mathew’s post-mortem famous he’d been clear for 19 months … however his dying was dominated an accident OD from the acute results of ketamine.
