{"id":68224,"date":"2023-10-29T23:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T23:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=68224"},"modified":"2023-10-29T23:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T23:35:44","slug":"heartbreaking-reason-matthew-perry-broke-up-with-julia-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/celebrities\/heartbreaking-reason-matthew-perry-broke-up-with-julia-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking reason Matthew Perry broke up with Julia Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54<\/h3>\n

Matthew Perry\u00a0revealed the heartbreaking reason why he broke up with\u00a0Julia Roberts\u00a0in his tell-all memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Friends\u00a0star, who portrayed\u00a0Chandler Bing\u00a0in the hit sitcom, was\u00a0found dead at his Los Angeles home\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0\u2013 which eerily happens to be his ex Julia’s birthday.<\/p>\n

In his memoir, which was released last year, the 17 Again star wrote about his relationship with A-lister Julia \u2013 and the saddening reason why he called off their romance.<\/p>\n

Julia, 56, guest-starred as Chandler’s childhood friend Susie Moss in 1996, an episode that aired after the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Matthew claims the pair dated off-screen around the time of filming, but broke up with Julia because he felt “insecure” about himself and the relationship with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Matthew Perry 911 dispatch call gives clue into Friends star’s cause of death<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the book, he claims Julia only agreed to appear in the second season of Friends if he would be part of her character’s storyline in the episode.<\/p>\n

He added that he tried to charm Julia by sending over “three dozen roses” with a note that read: “The only thing more exciting than the prospect of you doing the show is that I finally have an excuse to send you flowers.”<\/p>\n

The actor said he struck up a friendship over fax with Julia, who had already starred in Pretty Woman by then.<\/p>\n

The faxes, which “veered romantic”, then turned into “five-hour” phone calls between the pair. The Oscar winner then showed up at his door.<\/p>\n

Matthew revealed they were a couple by the time they filmed together for the episode of Friends, and added that they even celebrated New Year’s Eve together that year.<\/p>\n

He, however, said that he dumped Julia two months later, saying that dating her had been “too much” for him.<\/p>\n

Discussing being plagued by his own insecurity, he said: “I could never be enough; I was broken, bent, unlovable. So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts.”<\/p>\n

A 911 call made from Matthew’s home on Saturday references “drowning” just moments before first responders found him unresponsive in a jacuzzi.<\/p>\n

In a heartbreaking statement, the late actor’s family members wrote: “We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of our beloved son and brother.<\/p>\n

“Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend. You all meant so much to him and we appreciate the tremendous outpouring of love.”<\/p>\n