‘There Was Blood Everywhere’- $120 Million Worth ‘Friends’ Star’s Heart-Rending Tale of Self-Destruction With a Gruesome Tennis Reference

American-Canadian actor Matthew Perry is among the most popular actors of the 21st century. He played the iconic role of Chandler Bing in the popular NBC sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S. While the show got him immense fame and love; the actor was struggling with drug abuse. The actor who made millions laugh across the world was in pain. Perry disclosed the horrific time he was going through in his autobiography. However, the actor made the surprising revelation using tennis terms for a specific reason.

His love for tennis is one of the main reasons he chose to convey his life story in a unique way.

Matthew Perry explains his drug abuse struggle via tennis jargon

Matthew Perry came up with a memoir about his past fame, success, and challenges with addiction. In his book, ‘Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing’, Perry explained the challenges he had to go through while in rehab for drug abuse. The actor described the painful experience with the help of tennis terms. As Perry used to be a tennis player earlier. Only the most ardent group of his fans know that Perry was a top-ranked junior tennis player in Canada.

Here’s how he explained his self-harming behavior in tennis terms.

“All of a sudden, I started slamming my head against the wall, as hard as humanly possible. Fifteen-love. SLAM! Thirty-love, SLAM! Forty-love. SLAM!. GAME, SET, AND MATCH, UNACCOMPANIED MINOR SIX LOVE, NEEDS LOVE, SIX LOVE, SCARED OF LOVE. There was blood everywhere.”

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Later, Perry revealed that someone stopped him from causing more harm to himself. It was a very dark phase in Perry’s career. However, the actor fought bravely and came out of that phase.

Matthew Perry almost enrolled in Nick Bollettieri’s academy

At one point in time, Perry was very serious about his tennis career. He mentioned the time he moved to the US and was almost sure to get into Nick Bollettieri’s academy. The veteran tennis coach has a long list of extremely successful students. The likes of Monica Seles, Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, and the Williams sisters are a few of the legendary tennis players who were students here.

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However, Perry’s plans didn’t materialize as he admitted in his book that the prime reason for dropping tennis was the heat. Coming from Canada, he was not accustomed to the hot weather.

If not for his health, could Perry have become another one of Bollettieri’s successful students on the ATP Tour?