Jennifer Aniston Thinks It’s ‘Better’ Matthew Perry Passed Away: ‘He’s Out of That Pain’

Jennifer Aniston reflected on Matthew Perry’s struggle with addiction nearly two years after his death.

“We did everything we could when we could,” she told Vanity Fair in a new interview while speaking of herself and Friends costars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc’s efforts to help Perry through his substance abuse issues.

Perry was found unresponsive at his Pacific Palisades home in California on the night of October 28, 2023. Medical examiners ruled his cause of death as acute effects of ketamine and drowning. He was only 54.

By the time of the 17 Again actor’s passing, Aniston, 56, said it’d almost been like they’d been “mourning” him for a “long time” amid his rollercoaster relationship with drugs and alcohol.

“His battle with that disease was a really hard one for him to fight,” she added.

“As hard as it was for all of us and for the fans, there’s a part of me that thinks this is better,” she continued. “I’m glad he’s out of that pain.”

One month after he died, Aniston opened up on the “insane wave of emotions” she felt as she processed the tragedy.

“We all experience loss at some point in our lives,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply.”