‘He’s stronger and better’
‘I talked to him. It was great seeing him again,” said the director. ‘And what people say is what people say. I don’t have any[thing] to say about that, except it was great to see him. And I think he’s very funny on the show.’Bright added: ‘But yes, I think he’s OK. He seems stronger and better since the last time I saw him, and excited about going forward.’
According to sources close to the Chandler Bing star, he required emergency dental work just hours before joining his cast mates to be interviewed for the reunion. ‘Matthew turned up to the reunion [in April] and members of his team said that he had an emergency tooth procedure that day,’ an insider told The Sun.
‘That was said to impact his wellbeing and also how he was feeling. [Matthew] had been in pain from what we understand, which caused the slurred speech. Obviously no one wants to film after a procedure, but it happened,’ they continued.