‘Cruel’ and manipulative Matthew Perry lied about his sobriety before his death, pals say: report

nypost.com:

found unresponsive in a hot tub in his Los Angeles home on Oct. 28. He was 54. Pals who saw the actor near the end of his life insist that Perry, who spoke openly about his lifelong struggles with addiction, was sober and “in a good place” before his death — including former co-star Jennifer Aniston.

However, three sources tell Us Weekly that’s not true.Perry’s talk about being sober while promoting his 2022 memoir “was a lie,” they said in a report published Wednesday. “He wanted to sell books,” one source said. “Everything was crafted and manipulated; the truth wasn’t important.”The source also told the outlet, “Apparently, he crashed his Aston Martin many times while high,” noting that the alleged accidents happened during a time that Perry claimed to be sober. “He just damaged the car and no one was hurt, [but] he did not consider [that] he could have killed someone.”The source alleged that Perry would use the celeb dating app Raya to meet young women who would bring him drugs. “He would do the FaceTime thing and get to know them.

Then it would be like, ‘Let’s hang out,’ and he would say [to come to his house],” the source said. “He wasn’t out in public anymore.