What Friends star Matthew Perry really hated about the show

Friends star Matthew Perry reveals in his new book that there was one aspect of the show he “had to beg the producers” to get rid of.

Matthew Perry has revealed substantial personal and professional secrets he harboured throughout his time in the acting industry, including his alcohol and drug abuse.

However, it is also Perry’s behind-the-scenes insight to hit television show Friends, that has intrigued fans – as the 53-year-old revealed the certain schtick his character, Chandler Bing, became famous for – which he could not stand, Fox News reports.

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Matthew Perry (far right) says he begged producers to eliminate one aspect of his character.

In an excerpt of his new book Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing obtained by Variety, Perry explains, “That particular cadence – could it be more annoying? – had been so played out that if I had to put the emphasis in the wrong place one more time, I thought I’d explode.”

He revealed he ultimately “had to beg the producers” to eliminate the bit.

It was so pertinent to the character, that it was a running joke on Friends to spoof the Chandler way of talking. Show characters Joey, Monica and Phoebe all adopted his “could it be” phrase.

Could Chandler’s way of speaking BE any more annoying?

“I just went back to saying lines normally, for the most part in season six and then beyond,” he said.

In addition to disliking the catchphrase he created himself, he also implored producers to get rid of the sweater vests he so frequently wore in episodes.

Chandler’s wardrobe was heavily dependent on variations of a sweater vest or shirt.

Elsewhere in Perry’s tell-all memoir, the star reveals he had to undergo “emergency dental surgery” days before filming the Friends reunion last April, dishes on his disastrous past sexual encounters, details the start – and end – of his secret relationship with megastar Julia Roberts, and even picks a bizarre, one-sided feud with Hollywood nice guy Keanu Reeves.

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission

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