Matthew Perry’s mom believes the ‘Friends’ star had a ‘premonition’ shortly before his death

Matthew Perry’s mom, Suzanne Morrison, said connected nan “Today” show Friday that she believes nan precocious “Friends” prima had a “premonition” soon earlier his death. NBC / TODAY

Matthew Perry’s mom believes nan precocious “Friends” prima had a “premonition” soon earlier his death.

“He went done a period, interestingly enough, conscionable earlier he died erstwhile he was showing maine 1 of his caller houses,” Suzanne Morrison recalled to Savannah Guthrie connected nan “Today” show Friday.

“He came up to me, and he said, ‘I emotion you truthful much, and I’m truthful happy to beryllium pinch you now.’ … It was almost arsenic though it was a premonition aliases something.”

Morrison, who is joined to longtime “Dateline” analogous Keith Morrison, shared that she “didn’t think” thing of Perry’s saccharine remark astatine nan time, though it did onslaught her arsenic somewhat unusual.

“‘How agelong has it been since we’ve had a speech for illustration that? It’s been years,'” she remembered thinking.

“I deliberation location was something; location was an inevitability to what was going to hap adjacent to him, and he felt it very strongly. But he said, ‘I’m not frightened anymore,’ and it worried me.”

Guthrie’s afloat question and reply pinch Suzanne, Keith and different members of Perry’s family is scheduled to aerial connected “Today” adjacent Monday, which will people nan first day of nan sitcom star’s untimely death.

Perry died successful a basking tub astatine his Los Angeles location connected Oct. 28, 2023. He was 54.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office subsequently revealed that nan cause of death was acute effects of ketamine, pinch drowning and coronary artery illness being listed arsenic contributing factors.

Prior to his death, Perry had publically stated that he was sober aft battling addiction for decades.

However, LA prosecutors said successful August that nan Emmy nominee had relapsed and started “spiraling retired of control” pinch his unsupervised usage of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic.

Five group — including his individual assistant, doctors and a supplier dealer — were subsequently charged successful relationship pinch Perry’s death.