Friends star Matthew Perry’s new memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing The book just came out and is already causing a lot of buzz. This book can be read to absolutely anyone. Not “sugarcoat”AnythingAbout his experience as a star on the hit sitcom Reflects on his battle with addictionas well as in past relationships. Keanu Reeves’ fans have already been offended by a section of the book. There are others who speak out against another part of the memoir.
Matthew Perry is open about his addiction and the health problems he experienced. He even attributed his medical emergency that saved him to being a cast member. Friends. According to PeoplePerry required a “hellish”After his 2019 colon burst, emergency ostomy surgery was performed. For those who don’t know, ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure where doctors create an opening in the abdomen for waste or urine to leave the body. Actor said that he spent two weeks in a state of shock after his colon burst from years of opioid abuse. Upon awakening, he had a colostomy pouch. “breaks all the time.”
His comments on his ostomy experience were a bit offensive to others who have had similar experiences. According to The Daily Beast, ostomy nurse Glenda Hamburg felt that People’s headline of Matthew Perry “recovering” from his colostomy was “exceedingly inaccurate” in that this surgery saved his life. Other people in the ostomy community were offended by the message that an ostomy is a worst-case scenario and the last resort, leading to negative stigmas about this life-saving procedure.
The President of the United Ostomy Associations of America, James Murray, wrote a statement (via ostomy.org) about his wish for more people to have a more positive mindset about this surgery and that the ostomy bags do not “break all the time”Perry stated. The bags can leak occasionally, but people with the right education will be able to adapt to them. All of this seems to be a matter of perspective. 17 actor’s opinion based on his own personal experience. Each person adapts to surgery in a different way.
Matthew Perry once riled up Keanu’s fans when he shared his thoughts in his book excerpt that he didn’t understand how River Phoenix and Chris Farley passed away, yet The Matrix actor still lives. The actor then apologized, acknowledging that he chose a random name and should have used his own. He acknowledged that there were many people who loved him and offered his condolences. Keanu Reeves is my favorite actor.He wasn’t the best actor to choose for that passage. Hopefully, his FriendsHis memoir will be read by his co-starsYou should not be offended. He was proud to have worked on one of the most watched television shows.
Although this comedian may have offended Keanu Reeves fans and the ostomy community, I am sure that the rest of the book will be a huge success. All episodes can be viewed on You Tube. FriendsYour HBO Max subscriptionRead as well Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing Get bookshelves today