Could he BE any more single?
Just as fans found some solace in the fact that Matthew Perry is healthy and happy, the
news broke out.
The sitcom funny man and his fiancée, Molly Hurwitz , have called it quits.
Maybe they just want to be “Friends”, or perhaps there’s more to the story.
From a fleeting romance with Julia Roberts to a broken engagement, our brilliant actor
just can’t seem to find his happy ending.
Why do Matthew Perry’s fans think the actor has already found a rebound?
And how come he never dated his on-screen partners on Friends?
Matthew Perry may need his “Friends” by his side.
The actor and his fiancée Molly Hurwitz are sadly going their separate ways as Matthew
has called off his engagement to the literary manager.
However, Perry’s fans think the actor has already found a rebound following an unexpected
split from Hurwitz.
Recently, the Friends star shared a photo of his long-time assistant Briana Brancato
to promote his limited-edition line of merch.
It prompted his followers to question if the colleagues have embarked on a romantic relationship.
In the pic, Perry is seated on the couch in his “Could I BE more ME?”
hoodie next to Brancato, who sported a “Could I have had a longer day?”
crew neck from the star’s new collection.
‘Ready for the long weekend and an even longer bath!
After a week like this, I know my team is!
Shop the entire collection and let the relaxation begin,’ the Chandler Bing actor wrote in
the caption.
More than meets the eye?
One person commented on the photo, calling it a “coincidence” that the actor called
off his engagement recently and then promptly “posts with another girl ‘friend’.”
Suffice it to say, some fans were confused by the pair, asking whether Bianca was Matthew’s
girlfriend, with one person saying they made a “handsome couple”.
He also shared a separate photo with Bianca to his Instagram story, asking: ‘Could I
be any more grateful for my assistant?’
She shared a similar image to her own Instagram page with the caption: ‘My boss just released
a new limited-edition merchandise collection.
Get yours and gear up for the Reunion.
:)’ Perry himself commented with an innocuous quip: ‘hey!
That’s a good picture.’
There doesn’t seem to be any indication that things are anything but professional
between the sitcom star and his employee of five years.
And with Molly it seemed like he found the right person.
He and the talent manager privately dated for a year and a half before they were first
spotted together.
A few months later, she confirmed their relationship with a precious romantic Valentine’s Day
post.
“The second year being my Valentine, but his first as an Instagram influencer,” she
joked after the 17 Again star joined Instagram.
They did break up for a little while, but eventually the lovebirds worked through their
issues and were heading down the aisle.
“I decided to get engaged,” said Matty just half a year ago.
“Luckily, I happened to be dating the greatest woman on the face of the planet at this time.”
It looked like they were in it for the long haul, but life happened.
Or, rather, a certain young blonde happened?
News of the split comes just weeks after Perry was called out for using the dating app Raya,
where he allegedly flirted with a 19-year-old.
This is when Molly, reportedly, “put their wedding on hold”.
“They were on a break!” said Kate Haralson , who hasn’t even seen Friends.
Ha, plot twist!
The now 20-year-old exposed the Friends actor for flirting with her after they matched on
Raya.
She published the video footage of their conversation taken by a friend watching on from the background.
Not a day went by, and Kate took down the video as she felt “a little bit bad” that
people were hating, as she thought Perry was a “nice guy.”
Molly and Matthew seemed to have found their way back to each other, at least for a little
while.
In May, fans were already suspecting that they had broken up.
Perry’s social media posts have been dedicated solely to his line of merchandise, reminiscent
of the phrases uttered by Chandler.
Ironically, it used to be something they did together.
Hurwitz modelled some “Friends” merch back in December as part of a charity initiative
to benefit COVID-19 relief groups.
A love of “Friends” merch couldn’t save this couple.
Perry confirmed his breakup from Hurwitz, telling People: “Sometimes things just don’t
work out, and this is one of them.
I wish Molly the best.”
Shame, such a shame, but life happens.
Before he turned his attention to a woman behind the camera, Matthew Perry dated quite
a few famous women.
After Friends started gaining traction, he found himself in a series of high-profile
relationships — and the source of Hollywood gossip whenever he so much as hung out with
a female friend.
“If you have dinner with someone and the next day the country thinks you’re in a
relationship, it gets a little weird,” he joked back in 1997.
“I was confused about dating before Friends.
This all just makes it more confusing … [But], worst-case scenario, I still have the best
job anyone could ever ask for.”
When the TV star was first working on Friends, he described himself as “not an unattractive
man,” but “just awful with women” while talking to the series creators.
“I also am not comfortable with any silence at all,” he said back in 2004.
“I have to break any awkward moment or silence with a joke.”
Remind you of anyone?
That’s right, Chandler did get quite a few traits and multiple lines from the man himself.
He was so funny and witty that directors often used his suggestions on the show.
It may be hard to believe, but he shares a lot with our favourite smarty-pants, including
awkwardness around women.
It seemed like Perry made it work for himself when he started dating Julia Roberts after
their off-screen chemistry turned out to be just as electric in real life.
The Pretty Woman alum’s guest-starring in the show wasn’t an accident.
You might have heard something about writing a paper on quantum physics, right?
Series creators and producers were very excited about Roberts coming in, but she didn’t
agree to join the episode right away.
According to executive producer Kevin Bright, Perry asked her to be on the show, and she
told him that she’d join if he writes a paper on quantum physics.
Bright assumed that Matthew went away and did it and faxed it to her the next day.
Perry and Roberts had so much chemistry on set that they ended up dating in real life
shortly after filming.
The relationship was fairly private, and eventually, they went on to see other people.
Perry may have dated Julia Roberts after she appeared on Friends, but can you believe that
the six cast members never dated each other off-screen?
It turns out there was an unspoken rule on sets to not get romantically involved.
While speaking to Access, the three men — David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc
— addressed why they had never dated in real life.
“There was a rule that we had [that] was really important to the six of us that we
kept a friendship, that we were friends,” explained Perry.
“If we were hooking up, that might mess with things.”
Perry revealed that it was director James Burrow’s idea.
“We didn’t want to jeopardize any of the great relationships and friendships we were
forming and had established,” Schwimmer added.
“It was kind of an unspoken (rule).”
LeBlanc added that they were like siblings.
While the boys gave out details, the girls seemed to be clueless about this rule.
When the same question was asked to Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston, they
stated that they did not remember having any discussion about any such ‘act’.
Did the guys make it up because the ladies “didn’t want any part of them,” the
host joked.
“Quite possibly true,” said Aniston.
Julia Roberts wasn’t the only connection between Chandler and Matthew.
Remember the show Joey and Chandler watched every time it was on?
Yep, the one with beautiful ladies running around saving people from drowning.
That’s right.
Chandler had a years-long crush on Yasmine Bleeth on the show.
Well, unlucky Chandler, lucky Matthew.
Perry dated Baywatch babe Yasmine Bleeth for several months after he and Julia broke up.
Then came rumours of Matthew being quite the ladies man, allegedly romancing Neve Campbell,
Maeve Quinlan, Heather Graham and Lauren Graham.
In her memoir, Lauren Graham said that she met Perry at an event, and the two exchanged
flirtations but never took it beyond that.
She said that the actor turned into her “Friend Who I Almost But Never Exactly Dated.”
Graham claims that Perry is special to her, but she stopped short of explaining their
connection or how the media linked them as a couple.
Matthew and Rachel Dunn looked like they were heading for marriage during their two-year
romance.
Though he and the former fashion student had a 14-year age gap, they made their relationship
work from 2003 until 2005 before calling it quits.
Not long after things ended with Rachel, Matthew then started dating Mean Girls star, Lizzy
Caplan.
The couple were together for six years, blissfully trying to keep their relationship out of the
spotlight.
They quietly split in 2012, and sources claimed they broke up because Matthew didn’t want
to settle down.
He spent half a decade as a single man before meeting his now-former fiancée, Molly Hurwitz.
Maybe, it’s just how he prefers things to be now, after all the painful breakups in
the spotlight and out of the spotlight.