Matthew Perry’s stepfather Keith Morrison opens up about ‘Friends’ star’s death: ‘It’s with you every day’

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“Making Spaces” podcast, Morrison opened up about his stepson’s sudden death at 54.The beloved actor, who was propelled to global stardom after landing a role on “Friends,” died on Oct.

28 of an apparent drowning incident at his California home.Perry felt he was overcoming his decades-long battle with addiction at the time of his tragic death, according to Morrison.“He felt like he was beating it,” said Morrison, who has been married to Perry’s mother Suzanne since 1981. “But you never beat it, and he knew that, too.”“It’s with you every day,” he said of the grief. “It’s with you all the time, and there’s some new aspect of it that assaults your brain.

It’s not easy.”Morrison added that the “Fools Rush In” star “didn’t get to have his third act, and that’s not fair.”Elsewhere, the former correspondent said Perry was closer than ever with his mother at the time of his death.They were “texting each other constantly,” he said of the pair, and shared “things with her that most middle-aged men don’t share with their mothers.”“He was goofy.

He was funny. He was acerbic,” Morrison added. “But even if he didn’t say a word, he was the center of attention.”When it comes to comparing the late actor to himself, Morrison said the pair were “as they say, chalk and cheese.