CHRISTINA GARIBALDI: Matthew Perry
got candid about his decades-long battle
with drug addiction and dropped some major bombshells
in his new book, "Friends, Lovers,
and the Big Terrible Thing."
So how do they feel about it?
Well, we've got all the details in today's "US Daily."
In his book, the actor admitted to falling madly
in love with Valerie Bertinelli and kissing her
in front of a passed out Eddie Van Halen, whom
she was married to at the time.
He also divulged about his whirlwind romance
with Julia Roberts and his issue with Keanu Reeves.
A source tells us, he deliberately
kept a lid on a lot of the more shocking
passages ahead of time.
The likes of Valerie Bertinelli, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz,
and Keanu Reeves are all finding out
what he's got to say at the same time as everyone else.
Now, several times in the book he calls out Keanu Reeves
for still walking among us, as he
wrote about the deaths of his friends
River Phoenix and Chris Farley.
He later issued an apology saying,
he just chose a random name.
The actor also wrote about his close bond
with his "Friends" cast, who a source tells us are all
very supportive and proud of him for coming
clean and giving himself closure in so many areas.
But there was a wariness in the build up to the release,
for sure, that he may have spilled a lot more embarrassing
secrets than he did.
But the book seems to be a hit.
And Matthew is proud of his story
and that it is helping others.
A source tells us, "He's buzzing off all the publicity.
And early indications is that he's
got a huge hit on his hands."
He was under pressure to deliver a million copies in sales,
a hugely ambitious target.
And he feels confident that's something he can achieve.
Despite his upbeat attitude, there's
still a sense of underlying nervousness,
though, since he's thrown his heart
and soul into this project and desperately
wants it to be a success.
Going into so much detail about his darkest days
and sharing those secrets he held on to for all these years,
has been no easy process.
But he's very happy with how it's all turning
out and saying so far so good.