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Originally appeared on E! Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Jennifer Aniston<\/a> will always be there for <\/span>Matthew Perry<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Over a year after her “Friends” costar <\/span>died at 54<\/span><\/a> in his California home, the actor reflected on how she and the other core cast members \u2014 including <\/span>Lisa Kudrow<\/a>, <\/span>Courteney Cox<\/a>, <\/span>Matt Leblanc<\/a>, and <\/span>David Schwimmer<\/a> \u2014 tried to help him fight his battle with addiction. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe did everything we could when we could,\u201d Aniston, 56, told <\/span>Vanity Fair<\/span><\/a> in an interview published on August 11. \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.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, Perry \u2014 <\/span>who starred as <\/span>Chandler Bing<\/span><\/a> in the NBC sitcom \u2014 <\/span>detailed his decades-long struggle with drugs and alcohol in his 2022 memoir “<\/span>Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing<\/span><\/a>.” Most notably, he revealed that Aniston <\/span>\u201cwas the one who reached out the most\u201d<\/span><\/a> amid his <\/span>road to sobriety<\/span><\/a>, and that she confronted him about his pattern with drinking. <\/span><\/p>\n PHOTOS<\/b> The Best Matthew Perry Episodes of Friends<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Though he was 18 months sober at the time of the book\u2019s release, the “17 Again” star died in October 2023 due to acute effects of ketamine. And as Aniston continues to mourn the late actor, she\u2019s approaching his death in a new comforting way. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs hard as it was for all of us and for the fans, there\u2019s a part of me that thinks this is better,\u201d the “Marley & Me” star continued to Vanity Fair. \u201cI\u2019m glad he\u2019s out of that pain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Aniston\u2019s heartfelt words come months after she <\/span>remembered Perry on the first anniversary of his passing<\/span><\/a>. In her Instagram post, she shared several photos of them bonding on the set of “Friends,” further honoring him with a dove and healed heart emoji. <\/span><\/p>\n