Matthew Perry reveals Jennifer Aniston confrontation during Friends

Matthew Perry has lifted the lid on the uncomfortable conversation he was forced to have with his Friends co-star at the height of their fame.

Matthew Perry praised Jennifer Aniston for being a good friend amid his sobriety struggles.

The actor, who recently revealed he “nearly” died from heavy drug use, said his Friends co-star confronted him about his scary drug and alcohol use at the height of his career, reports the New York Post.

In a trailer for his interview with Diane Sawyer — which airs on October 28 — Aniston apparently told Perry, “We know you’re drinking.”

“Imagine how scary a moment that was,” the 53-year-old told Sawyer, adding that “she was the one that reached out the most. I’m really grateful to her for that.”

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Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry in 1995. Picture: Ron Davis/Getty Images

In the same interview, the Fools Rush In star confirmed that he was taking “55 Vicodin a day,” in addition to “Methadone, Xanax” and “a full quart of vodka.”

The rampant drug abuse almost killed the actor at the age of 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse.

At the time, Perry claimed he suffered a “gastrointestinal perforation,” but in reality, he spent five months in the hospital — including two weeks in a coma — and had to use a colostomy bag for nine months after doctors told him he had “a 2 per cent chance to live.”

“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that,” he told People in a separate interview.

Friends stars Courteney Cox, Aniston and Perry. Picture: Warner Bros. Television/Getty Images

After having to wear the colostomy bag — an external bag for faeces to be stored — for nearly a year, the actor decided to get sober and find a therapist.

“It was pretty hellish having one because they break all the time,” he added to the outlet.

“My therapist said, ‘The next time you think about taking OxyContin, just think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life,’” Perry continued. “And a little window opened, and I crawled through it, and I no longer want OxyContin.”

Perry, who is now sober, candidly describes his long-fought battle with addiction in his new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which is out November 1.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.