Adele pauses show to honor Matthew Perry: ‘He was so open with his struggles’

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pay tribute to Matthew Perry shortly after his death Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reports.The British singer-songwriter, 35, shared that she had “never met [Perry] in my life,” but said she’ll remember his “Friends” character “for the rest of my life.”“He’s probably the best comedic character of all time,” Adele told the audience at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, which hosts her Vegas residency.Perry, 54, played lovable goofball Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom from 1994 to 2004.

Early reports say Perry died of accidental drowning in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home.“The Whole Nine Yards” star had long battled drug and alcohol addiction, which Adele noted at Saturday’s show.“He was so open with his struggles with addiction and sobriety, which I think is incredibly, incredibly brave,” said Adele, who recently revealed she had quit drinking.Adele paused her Las Vegas show to pay tribute to Matthew Perry, who was found dead Saturday in L.A.“I’ll remember that character for the rest of my life,” she said of his role as Chandler Bing. “He’s probably the best comedic character of all time.” https://t.co/SWupBzn9MB pic.twitter.com/vvSurghocdPerry addressed his addiction in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.” He admitted that at one point during the 10 seasons of “Friends,” he was consuming 55 Vicodin a day.“I didn’t know how to stop,” he wrote. “If the police came over to my house and said, ‘If you drink tonight, we’re going to take you to jail,’ I’d start packing.

I couldn’t stop because the disease and the addiction is progressive. So it gets worse and worse as you grow older.”TMZ reported drugs weren’t found at the scene of Perry’s death Saturday.He reportedly played 2 hours of pickleball.