Poor Matthew Perry.
The Friends star died so younger at simply 54 years previous, robbing the world of any extra sensible performances. The largest tragedy, although, was that the lovelorn comedian genius by no means discovered his one real love.
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But he definitely tried! Perry dated a number of the most lovely and gifted girls on the earth — so many you might even have missed some!
Get the total listing of his difficult courting historical past beneath…
Gwyneth Paltrow
This was one that basically caught us off guard!
Matthew Perry wrote about having a bit of summer time fling with Gwyneth Paltrow in his tell-all, again earlier than they had been each big stars! She revealed extra about it in her tribute to him, writing:
“I met Matthew Perry in 1993 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. We were both there for most of the summer doing plays. He was so funny and so sweet and so much fun to be with. We drove out to swim in creeks, had beers in the local college bar, kissed in a field of long grass. It was a magical summer.”
Just over a 12 months later he could be a family title on Friends — and so would she quickly sufficient, due to roles in movies like Seven.
Julia Roberts
Julia was already one of many largest film stars on the earth when Matthew reached out to her. They had a before-its-time romance, utilizing fax machines backwards and forwards all day to basically textual content each other in 1995! After talking on the cellphone for the primary time — for 5 hours straight — they knew it was the true deal.
As large a deal because it was within the media, the connection sadly solely lasted about six months. Perry blames himself solely; he wrote in his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing:
“Dating Julia Roberts had been too much for me. I had been constantly certain that she was going to break up with me. I was not enough; I could never be enough; I was broken, bent, unloveable… So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts.”
Tragically, Perry’s loss of life fell on a day which will hang-out Julia — her birthday, October 28.
Yasmine Bleeth
Remember on Friends when Chandler drools over Baywatch babe Yasmine Bleeth? Well, that is how large a cultural influence Friends had instantly — he truly dated her IRL in 1996. Guess she was a fan of the present… and appreciated what she noticed!
It was only a transient fling for Matthew — not like Chandler, who continued to crush on her for years afterward!
Neve Campbell
Matthew made a fairly underrated gem of a rom com with Neve Campbell in 1998 referred to as Three To Tango. The chemistry apparently prolonged past the display screen, with the pair reportedly having an on-set romance. But it didn’t final — by the point the film got here out in 1999, that they had already moved on.
It’s additionally potential she was his “one that got away”…
In his memoir, Matthew refers to a misplaced love he “never got over.” He doesn’t title her however says she was an actress he met on the set of a film in 1999. Unfortunately it didn’t work out when she made it clear his “drinking was a problem” and “picked another guy.” He wrote that the breakup “still hurts” — that was over twenty years later.
Fans suspect it was Neve as a result of it was the one film he made that got here out that 12 months. It would have filmed in 1998, but it surely’s assumed he simply received the dates a bit of off. Then once more…
René Ashton
For most of 1999, Matthew Perry dated actress René Ashton. They had been mainly inseparable that entire 12 months!
René appears to be the one different possibility for that breakup that “still hurts”. He didn’t make a film together with her, but it surely’s potential he was referring to assembly an actress who wasn’t engaged on the film? They had been collectively a very long time — and it was whereas earlier than his subsequent romance…
Maeve Quinlan
Matthew dated cleaning soap star Maeve Quinlan from 2002 to 2003. It’s unknown why he and the Bold and the Beautiful actress break up, however they appeared to have an amicable breakup as they had been seen collectively years later getting alongside.
Heather Graham
In 2003, Matthew was rumored to have a quick fling with Heather Graham. Neither he nor the Austin Powers: The Star Who Shagged Me star ever confirmed this, however they had been seen collectively A LOT for a pair weeks. Then she moved on to Edward Burns, and he moved on to…
Lauren Graham
Two Grahams in a row? Well, not precisely. This appeared to be a romantic near-miss for each events.
Matthew and Lauren Graham met in 2003 and had been linked within the media. But had been they ever actually a pair? The apparently flirted up a storm however simply couldn’t get issues collectively! In her personal memoir, Talking As Fast As I Can, the Gilmore Girl explains Matthew was her “Friend Who I Almost But Never Exactly Dated” or her “FWIABNED.”
They saved an excellent friendship, although, even when it by no means fairly materialized into one thing actual. They went on to star in a number of TV and movie tasks collectively via the years.
Rachel Dunn
Matthew’s subsequent large relationship was with a younger Brit named Rachel Dunn. It was severe sufficient that, not like most of his relationships, which he saved very near the chest, he truly spoke about it publicly! In a 2004 piece within the Evening Standard, he gushed:
“With Rachel in my life, I know that I can be very committed and not some selfish guy who just wants to hang out with friends. I want to spend time with my girlfriend and explore what it means to have a much closer relationship than I’ve previously had time for.”
Perhaps it was the very fact she was in his life proper on the finish of Friends, and he abruptly had sufficient time to actually dedicate to a private life? There was even discuss of marriage, but it surely didn’t final. They referred to as it quits in 2005.
Cameron Diaz
We wouldn’t a lot say Matthew Perry “dated” Cameron Diaz as he went on A DATE together with her. And it didn’t go nicely!
In Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Matty revealed he was arrange with the Holiday star in 2007, apparently proper after her breakup with Justin Timberlake. He received the sense she “wasn’t interested” within the setup in any respect and that she received “immediately stoned.” Even worse, she hit him!
As he remembers it, he mentioned “something witty” to her throughout a sport of Pictionary, and she or he went to punch him within the shoulder playfully — and nailed him within the face as a substitute! If you’ve seen the Charlie’s Angels movies, you must think about that punch HURT! He recollects responding:
“Are you f**king kidding me?”
Like we mentioned, there wasn’t a second date! Hey, generally two individuals is perhaps superb individually — simply not a lot collectively, and so they simply don’t join! The subsequent one although…
Lizzy Caplan
This was a giant one. THE large one, because it seems.
Matty was with Lizzy Caplan for about SIX WHOLE YEARS, from round 2007 to 2012! This time Matthew went again to preserving it non-public — neither gave an interview about it the whole time they had been courting OR even after!
But in his e-book, the Whole Nine Yards star reveals simply how shut it received. He says he was planning to suggest however simply by no means received to it — and she or he ended up marrying some British man. (Lizzy married Tom Riley in 2017.) The subsequent time it was that severe, Matthew WOULD suggest.
Molly Hurwitz
The final large relationship Perry would ever get the possibility for was with a expertise supervisor named Molly Hurwitz. They dated for a pair years beginning in 2018, and the sitcom star DID pop the query. The two had been engaged a few 12 months earlier than they ended issues in 2021.
Neither mentioned a lot in regards to the relationship of the breakup, with Perry merely saying:
“Sometimes things just don’t work out and this is one of them. I wish Molly the best.”
However, in her social media tribute to her ex after his passing, Molly wrote about how she admired his “brilliance” and had a “magical” time with him. She additionally mentioned he was “complicated” and brought about her a variety of ache. Ultimately we received the thought this was a troublesome relationship with a troubled artist.
There appears to be some disagreement although, as a few of Perry’s pals have come out since to name Hurwitz a “con artist” and to say Matty hated her ultimately! Whoa! Maybe not so amicable…
Sadly, although Matthew was mentioned to nonetheless be searching for the one proper up till his passing, he by no means did cool down.
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