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Matthew Perry‘s stepfather, journalist Keith Morrison, is opening up in regards to the “Pals” star months after his death at the age of 54.
Morrison was a latest visitor on Hoda Kotb’s podcast “Making Space,” the place he talked about his stepson, whose loss of life was decided to have been the results of “acute effects of ketamine.”
The grief over dropping Perry “doesn’t go away,” Morrison stated.
“It’s with you daily,” he added. “It’s with you on a regular basis.”
Perry was “bigger than life” and in a very good place emotionally within the months previous to his tragic loss of life, his stepdad stated.
“He was joyful, and he stated so. And he hadn’t stated that for a very long time,” Morrison stated. “It’s a supply of consolation, but in addition he didn’t get to have his third act and that’s not honest.”
“And as he stated himself, ‘If I abruptly died, individuals can be shocked, however not too many individuals can be stunned.’ And he was proper.”
The actor had been very open about his struggles with substance abuse. Morrison stated, “He felt like he was beating it.”
“However you by no means beat it,” he added. “And he knew that, too.”
A reporter recognized for his work with crime tales, Morrison additionally spoke about his relationship with Perry, saying he “by no means tried to interchange his dad, however I used to be there for him and he knew it.”
Morrison’s feedback mirrored a few of these from “Pals” costar Jennifer Aniston, who stated she texted with a “happy and healthy” Perry simply hours earlier than his loss of life.