Matthew Perry: Real-Life Kennedys Blast ‘Friends’ Star
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Matthew Perry received rave reviews as Ted Kennedy in the biopic "The Kennedys" — but he was panned by the real-life political dynasty! The troubled "Friends" star was quickly blasted by the Kennedy clan when word got out that he was playing the role. ”The Kennedys feel that the selection of Matthew couldn’t have been a worse choice,” an insider told The National ENQUIRER — because Matt wasn’t dignified enough to play the party-loving politician!
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“They’re looking at Teddy through rose-colored glasses,” added the source, ”seeing him as an unflawed distinguished elder statesman when in fact he was a wild party animal.” Ted, who died at age 77 after battling brain cancer in 2009, was a major boozer and womanizer. His political career barely survived the infamous 1969 Chappaquiddick bridge accident, where the car he was driving plunged into the water — and the married man swam away to leave pretty Mary Jo Kopechne to drown inside the car.
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Ted embarrassed the family again when his partying ways became public during nephew William Kennedy Smith’s 1991 rape trial, in which Smith was acquitted. The ENQUIRER caught Matt in 2016 putting on the pounds to play the hard-living politician, too — but that wasn't Matt's only vice on the set. Spies also told The ENQUIRER that Matt tried to mix business with pleasure by chasing after Katie Holmes on the set!
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Katie costarred in "The Kennedys" as Jackie Kennedy, but Matt didn't consider her off-limits in real life! “Matt flirted with Katie in front of everyone, and made no secret of his affection for her,” said an on-set source. That prompted Katie's secret love Jamie Foxx to stealthily visit the film’s Toronto set, where “he made it clear to Matt that Katie is a taken woman!”
Matthew Perry received rave reviews as Ted Kennedy in the biopic "The Kennedys" — but he was panned by the real-life political dynasty! The troubled "Friends" star was quickly blasted by the Kennedy clan when word got out that he was playing the role. ”The Kennedys feel that the selection of Matthew couldn’t have been a worse choice,” an insider told The National ENQUIRER — because Matt wasn’t dignified enough to play the party-loving politician!
Photo credit: Files/Getty
“They’re looking at Teddy through rose-colored glasses,” added the source, ”seeing him as an unflawed distinguished elder statesman when in fact he was a wild party animal.” Ted, who died at age 77 after battling brain cancer in 2009, was a major boozer and womanizer. His political career barely survived the infamous 1969 Chappaquiddick bridge accident, where the car he was driving plunged into the water — and the married man swam away to leave pretty Mary Jo Kopechne to drown inside the car.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ted embarrassed the family again when his partying ways became public during nephew William Kennedy Smith’s 1991 rape trial, in which Smith was acquitted. The ENQUIRER caught Matt in 2016 putting on the pounds to play the hard-living politician, too — but that wasn't Matt's only vice on the set. Spies also told The ENQUIRER that Matt tried to mix business with pleasure by chasing after Katie Holmes on the set!
Katie costarred in "The Kennedys" as Jackie Kennedy, but Matt didn't consider her off-limits in real life! “Matt flirted with Katie in front of everyone, and made no secret of his affection for her,” said an on-set source. That prompted Katie's secret love Jamie Foxx to stealthily visit the film’s Toronto set, where “he made it clear to Matt that Katie is a taken woman!”
