Watch the Trailer for Peacock Documentary Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
The doc special begins streaming Feb 25.
Peacock has released the official trailer for the new Original documentary special, Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy. The one-hour special, which begins streaming Tuesday, Feb 25 on Peacock, tracks Matthew Perry’s tragic October 2023 death and the fight for justice in his name.
The documentary special features an interview with actress Morgan Fairchild, who played Perry’s mother on Friends. It also includes interviews with law enforcement experts, Hollywood insiders, and Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, whose office charged five defendants, including two doctors and a woman known as Hollywood’s “Ketamine Queen,” in connection with Perry’s death.
The special explores the case as two of the defendants, who have pleaded not guilty, await trial.
Below is the official synopsis for Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy:
On Oct 28, 2023, the news that actor Matthew Perry was found dead at home in Los Angeles shocked the world. In his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing, he had told his story of battling addiction, and when ketamine was found in his system, it was thought by many that he had died from an overdose. Nearly a year later, a bombshell announcement from prosecutors: five people, including Perry's live-in personal assistant, two medical doctors, and an alleged Hollywood drug dealer known as "the Ketamine Queen" were charged with conspiracy to illegally provide Perry with ketamine. The special explores the case as two of the defendants, who have pleaded not guilty, await trial.
In Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, the story of Perry's rise to fame is interwoven with the harrowing story of his final days, as his assistant allegedly sought ketamine from sources the U.S. Attorney claims "should have known better." We hear from some of Perry’s collaborators, Hollywood insiders, and law enforcement in telling this tragic Hollywood story.
Stream Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy on Feb 25 only on Peacock.
