Matthew Perry update: actor’s manager reportedly retired after his death
nme.comreport, Kate Lanier who is a client of Perry’s manager, Doug Chapin, says he was “devastated” following Perry’s death. Chapin managed Perry for 30 years; Lanier claimed after the Friends star died, he no longer wanted to work in Hollywood management and retired to Northern California.“He was done with Hollywood.
After Matty died, Doug said to me, ‘I’m done taking care of people in their careers.’ He and his husband went traveling to Portugal and Spain and got completely out of the Hollywood scene,’ Lanier explained.She continued: “I think that Matty’s death really impacted him.
When you are close to an addict, there’s a point when you go: ‘I’m done. I can’t help this person. They’re on the road to kill themselves.’ So I think his death was Doug’s final straw of not wanting to do this work anymore.”Meanwhile, Perry‘s assistant has admitted that he had discovered him unconscious multiple times in the weeks before his death.Kenneth Iwamasa is one of five people who was charged with Perry’s death last month, alongside Dr.
Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, Jasveen Sangha – known as the ‘Ketamine Queen’ – and film director Erik Fleming, a friend of Perry’s.
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