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Jennifer Aniston<\/a> got candid about her friendship with \u201cFriends\u201d co-star Matthew Perry and his 2023 death, telling Vanity Fair that she\u2019s happy he\u2019s no longer fighting addiction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe did everything we could when we could,\u201d Aniston told Vanity Fair<\/a> about trying to help Perry. \u201cBut it almost felt like we\u2019d been mourning Matthew for a long time because his battle with that disease was a really hard one for him to fight. As hard as it was for all of us and for the fans, there\u2019s a part of me that thinks this is better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She added, \u201cI\u2019m glad he\u2019s out of that pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Perry was found dead in 2023 in his hot tub. The medical examiner said<\/a> ketamine was the main cause of Perry\u2019s death. Perry was using ketamine to treat his depression, but he began seeking more ketamine outside of therapy. Salvador Plasencia, the doctor who supplied Perry with a large amount of ketamine starting about a month before his death, was one of five charged in connection with Perry\u2019s passing. Plasencia pleaded guilty last month<\/a> to four counts of distribution of ketamine. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n During a 2021 reunion for \u201cFriends,\u201d<\/a> Perry admitted he didn\u2019t remember filming Seasons 3 through 6 because of his substance abuse. Perry told Diane Sawyer in a 2022 interview<\/a> that he would go to open houses in Los Angeles and steal pills. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd I think they thought, \u2018Well, there\u2019s no way that Chandler came in and stole from us,\u2019\u201d Perry said, referencing the name of his character on \u201cFriends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He also told Sawyer that he would show up to film \u201cFriends\u201d \u201cshaking and crazy hungover,\u201d with Aniston once telling him that the cast could smell alcohol on him. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n