Tuesday 1 November 2022 05:55 PM Matthew Perry details botched attempt to lose his virginity to Tricia Fisher trends now
Matthew Perry has detailed his failed attempt to lose his virginity to ex-girlfriend Tricia Fisher and how alcoholism impacted his sex life in another excerpt from his new memoir.
The actor, 53, who has been spilling candid memories in Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing, revealed he suffered from impotence-induced anxiety after alcohol left him unable to perform when he first tried to have sex as a teen in his native Canada.
In a passage obtained by the New York Post, the star said he was left 'soft and sad' after attempting to have sex with Tricia, now 53, who he began dating aged 18 in the 1980s.
Oh my: Matthew Perry has detailed his failed attempts to lose his virginity to ex girlfriend Tricia Fisher and how alcoholism impacted his sex life in another excerpt from his new memoir (pictured together in 1987)
The star detailed how before leaving Ottawa for LA aged 15, he tried to have sex, drinking 'six beers' for courage but couldn't perform, writing: 'By then I’d been drinking for a few years. I failed to make the correlation between the booze and my private parts not working.'
Perry said he spent years 'walking around the planet thinking sex was something for other people' and hiding his 'great ugly secret' of impotence.
He began dating Tricia, the half-sister of Carrie Fisher and the daughter of Eddie Fisher, and described the couple's valiant attempts to have sex - all to no avail.
He wrote: 'Nothing worked; nothing. Horrified yet again, I forsook the loving arms of Tricia Fisher and padded my slim, naked body over to a chair in the apartment.
Candid again: The actor , 53, who has been spilling candid memories in Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing, revealed he suffered from impotence-induced anxiety after alcohol left him unable to perform when he tried to have sex as a teen
'I sat there, soft, and sad, my two hands cupped over my lap like a nun’s during Vespers, doing my best to cover my embarrassment and maybe a tear or two.'
He revealed that Tricia helped him conquer his problem, writing: 'She walked over to me, took my hand, led me back to bed, laid me down, and sure enough … sheer glory, for two whole minutes!
'That night, by the dint of a miraculous universe and the ministrations of a beautiful young woman who deserved better, I finally first misplaced my virginity then lost it altogether, and impotence has not been part of my vocabulary since, just as she promised it wouldn’t be. Everything about me — at least physically — works just fine.'
The pair dated on-off for several years before Perry dumped Tricia due to his 'old fears creeping up'.
Perry has spoken openly about his battle with addiction to alcohol and pills which nearly killed him.
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