“We’re together every day.”

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by Nika Shakhnazarova

Matthew Perry’s stepfather, veteran Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison, said he still feels the “echoes” of the late actor’s presence every day.

In a new interview with Today co-host Hoda Kotb on the Making Spaces podcast, Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened up about the sudden death of his son-in-law at the age of 54.

The popular actor, who rose to global stardom after appearing on “Friends,” passed away on October 28th at his home in California in an apparent drowning accident.

Morrison said Perry felt like he was overcoming a decades-long battle with addiction at the time of his tragic death.

Mr Morrison, who has been married to Mr Perry’s mother Suzanne since 1981, said: “He felt he could win, but he never did and he knew it.”

“It’s with you every day,” he said of the grief. “It’s always with you and there’s a new side that attacks your brain. It’s not easy.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison added that the Fool’s Rush In star “wasn’t able to perform a third time and that’s unfair.”

Elsewhere, a former correspondent said that when Ms Perry died, she was closer to her mother than ever before.

He said the two were “constantly texting” and “shared things with her that most middle-aged men wouldn’t share with their mothers.”

“He was goofy. He was funny. He was vitriolic,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison added. “But even though he didn’t say anything, he was the center of attention.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the two were “as the saying goes, chalk and cheese” when comparing himself to the late actor. He was loud, cheerful, funny, and aggressive. ”

“He had a very intense personality, which, as you can imagine, is not my personality,” he said. “But we got along great…I never tried to take his father’s place…but I was there for him, and he knew that too. .”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said elsewhere that he had tried to support Perry “in any way possible” over the years, no matter how difficult the situation became.

“It’s been a whirlwind of a life, participating in such a highly successful program and battling an addiction that was so toxic and drove him so hard,” he said.

He said the late actor would reach a “certain point” where he realized he needed treatment and would “accept help if needed.”

“But as he himself said, it just kept happening…and it was a big bear. It was a big deal… [a] Something big and scary. ”