‘IT WORRIED ME’

Matthew Perry Had a ‘Premonition’ Before He Died, His Mother Says

The “Friends” star told his mom how much he loved her shortly before he died from abusing ketamine.

Matthew Perry and his mother shared a tender conversation right before the star’s death that in retrospect seemed like a “premonition,” his mother said in an interview with Today. Suzanne Morrison described how, when her son was showing her a new house, “He came up to me and he said, ‘I love you so much, and I’m so happy to be with you now.’ It was almost as though it was a premonition or something. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I thought, ‘How long has it been since we’ve had a conversation like this?’ It’s been years.” The Friends star was found dead in his hot tub at age 54 in October of last year. An autopsy report found he had likely passed out from ketamine use—the effects of which were exacerbated by a pre-existing heart disease—and drowned. Perry had openly battled addition and depression throughout his career. He had reportedly been clean for 19 months before he began abusing ketamine. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged five people in connection with his death: two doctors, two drug dealers, and Perry’s longtime personal assistant. Morrison told Today that her son seemed to think it was inevitable something tragic would happen to him. “He said, ‘I’m not frightened anymore,’ and it worried me,” she said.