Matthew Perry’s Hollywood ‘Enablers’ Exposed in New Documentary

A Peacock documentary that dives into the tragic drowning of Friends actor Matthew Perry is scheduled to come to screens on Feb. 25, 2025.

The Peacock documentary, Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, tracks the actor’s final days and follows the investigation into the nature of his death as told by friends and experts.

Perry played the NBC television sitcom’s comic relief and one of its main characters, Chandler Bing, for all 10 Seasons, on 236 episodes from 1994 to 2004. He died in October 2023 at the age of 54 and was found in his hot tub. His seemingly mysterious drowning was later linked to a ketamine overdose.

The documentary begins with an audio of the dispatch call made to first responders after Perry drowned in his L.A. home, People reported. One insider’s voice launches the official trailer following the first responder’s comments and echos the shock that rippled across the globe upon learning of Perry’s death.

“This could not be true. How could this possibly be true?” the insider asks.

Friends was arguably one of the most popular television shows of its time, garnering an average of 25 million viewers each week during its heyday. It was also TV’s top-rated comedy show for six consecutive years, with 52.5 million people tuning into its final episode on May 6, 2004. It was the fifth most-watched finale in American history.

The documentary’s trailer shows footage of Perry and his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Courteney Cox and cuts to a fan saying Perry was her favorite “because he just made me laugh all the time.” The actor who played his character Bing’s mother, Morgan Fairchild, chimes in to say: “He really touched people’s lives.”

However, Perry’s life was “overtaken by addictions” because “Hollywood is full of enablers,” insiders reveal. “They really preyed on somebody vulnerable,” another person says. “He was doing so well. Everyone thought he was clean and sober. That’s when we knew that there’s way more to this story.”

One of the experts who appears in the documentary is U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Martin Estrada, whose office investigated Perry’s death.

“He had died as a result of ketamine,” Estrada says. “The defendants have all been charged. Three of them have pled guilty and will be cooperating. Two remain.” He continues: “The allegations show a trained doctor is injecting Mr. Perry in parking lots. We used to blame [the] victim. We don’t do that anymore.”