Julia Roberts reflects on the passing of her ex Matthew Perry

Julia Roberts (56 years old) breaks the silence more than a month after the tragic death of Matthew Perry, beloved interpreter of Chandler Bing (54).

“When someone so young suddenly disappears it’s heartbreaking. It should help us all appreciate what we have and move forward positively as best we can.” comments the actress who had a brief but intense love story with Perry in the Nineties.

She had appeared on the set of** Friends** when she was already a star but had put herself on the line with a cameo in the episode entitled «The One After the Super Bowl» who still remembers with pleasure today: «Everyone was so welcoming to me and it was a really fun moment».

However, the words spent on the sitcom and above all on Perry’s premature death do not convince the web which finds her rather apathetic and detached when she pronounces them. A behavior that, according to the comments of several users, is expected from an old colleague or an acquaintance and not from someone who had a relationship with the actor, even if for a brief moment and many years before.

A premise is necessary: everyone reacts to pain and mourning in a totally subjective way and then, even if she hasn’t shared a social tribute or a dispassionate public dismay in interviews, it doesn’t mean that the news hasn’t affected her.

There are those who argue that the way in which their relationship ended may have left a mark on Roberts, as did the detailed account of their love story contained in Perry’s autobiography: «Friends, Love and the Terrible Big Thing.”

The actor, at the beginning of the romantic courtship, wrote: «I had sent her three dozen red roses and the note said: ‘The only thing more exciting than the prospect of you doing the show is that I finally have an excuse to send you flowers.'”

The two then began communicating via fax, before texting took hold: «Three or four times a day I sat next to my fax machine and watched the piece of paper slowly reveal its words. I was so excited that some nights I would find myself at a party talking to an attractive woman and I would interrupt the conversation so I could run home and see if a new fax had arrived.”

And then the end: «Dating Julia Roberts had been too much for me. I was constantly certain that she would leave me. Why shouldn’t she? I wasn’t enough. I could never be enough. I was broken, bent, unlovable. Instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts. The TV guy was leaving her. I can’t describe the confused look on his face.”

Matthew had sabotaged himself because his demons, his insecurity and the fear of finally being happy, had sadly made him feel not enough to be alongside the most acclaimed actress in America. Julia Roberts, judging by his description, had been totally caught off guard by the closure.

Several years later, by a terrible twist of fate, he passed away on October 28, her birthday..

Beyond the virtual speculations and the torments of real life, we like to remember them together like this:

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