Matthew Perry finally admitted why he broke up with Julia Roberts: the actor gave a new candid interview
Matthew Perry and Julia Roberts frequently appear on lists of strange couples you probably never even knew existed.
Even though it’s difficult to fathom now that Julia Roberts dated the Friends series’ leading actor, in the 1990s, many people thought the two were a match made in heaven.
Until Matthew gave an interview to The Times, people had no idea why superstars split up for a long time.
Matthew claimed that he was the one who started the breakup. It turns out that the lead actress from the 1995 movie Beautiful Woman received an invitation to appear in a Friends episode.
Roberts agreed, but only if her character was somehow connected to Perry’s.
«The only thing more exciting than the potential of you being on the program is the understanding that I will now be able to send you flowers,»
the actor wrote in a bouquet of scarlet roses that he gave to the aspiring star after the sitcom’s producers informed him of her needs.
Julia was filming in France at the time. The young people were nevertheless able to quickly communicate by using a common language despite their geographical separation.
As the actress returned to Los Angeles, the three-month-long fax romance came to an end. According to Matthew in his autobiographical book, they purportedly started dating before Roberts started filming the show.
Unfortunately, the couple’s romance barely lasted two months.
The actor, despite his affections, chose to end the relationship with his beloved due to his own fears.
Julia Roberts was too difficult to date. She was definitely going to leave me, I was sure of it. why not I believed that I wasn’t competent and appealing enough.
The lovely and intelligent Julia Roberts and I broke up so she wouldn’t leave me first,» he said.
