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Matthew Perry’s Mother Breaks Her Silence Following Actor’s Death
Matthew Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, is breaking her silence following the actor’s death in a Today interview. A preview of the interview with Perry’s mother and stepfather, Dateline host Keith Morrison, aired on Oct. 25 ahead of the interview’s full premiere on Oct. 28, the one-year anniversary of Perry’s death.
Suzanne recalled a conversation she had with her son shortly before his death after Perry brought her to look at “one of his new houses.” “He came up to me and said, ‘I love you so much and I’m so happy to be with you now,’ ” she said. “It was almost as though it was a premonition of something,” Suzanne said. “I didn’t think about it at the time but I thought, ‘How long has it been since we’ve had a conversation like that. It’s been years.’"
Suzanne continued: “I think there was something…there was an inevitability to what was going to happen next to him, and he felt it very strongly. But he said, ‘I’m not frightened anymore.’ And it worried me.”
The Today interview marks the first time Perry’s close family and friends have spoken at length about the actor’s demise. The Friends star died on Oct. 28, 2023, from “acute effects” of ketamine in addition to other factors which caused him to lose consciousness and drown in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home.
"Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend,” his family said in a statement at the time of his death. “You all meant so much to him and we appreciate the tremendous outpouring of love.”