LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry’s death has sent a ripple of shock waves all across the world as the internet mourns his death. As reported by TMZ, the actor was found dead in his own home, after he drowned in the jacuzzi.
At 54, Perry had never been married before and did not have any children, however, the thought of fatherhood has played on his mind before. Interviews and stories about him wanting to be married and have children have resurfaced after the news broke out.
Mathew Perry on ‘wanting kids’
10 months ago, actor and ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry appeared on the ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’ where he spoke about whether or not he still wants children. First, Perry shed some light on how it was sometimes “painful” to rewatch ‘Friends’ because of “tough situations” and “difficult times” but he does watch it sometimes, and is “definitely funny.”
Perry also briefly spoke about his relationship and “courtship” with Julia Roberts, before Jennifer Hudson asked him about, “wanting kids” which he had mentioned in his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir.”
Perry responded, “I wouldn’t mind, you know,” when it came to the topic of children before he looked at Hudson and said, “You busy?”
Matthew Perry admitted he was ‘afraid’
In an interview with People magazine that took place in 2022, Matthew Perry spoke more about “being a husband,” and that he “looks forward to it.”
Perry admitted, he "had a tremendous amount of fear" when it came to love.
He also added, “The thing that's changed about me is I have no interest in hanging out with somebody that I don't know or somebody that I'm not that into. The next person I really take seriously is somebody that I'm going to be in love with and not be scared by the things that used to scare me.”
On being a father someday, Perry had said, “I think I'd be great. I really do, I grew up with a lot of little kids around me, and that's probably why, but I can't wait.”
