Washington DC, Aug. 12 -- Actress Jennifer Aniston has opened up on her 'Friends' late co-star Matthew Perry's years-long struggles with addiction, saying that they started "mourning" Perry long before his demise, reported Variety.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, as quoted by Variety, Aniston discussed Perry's years-long struggles with addiction, calling it one of the hardest fights for the actor, his fans and co-stars.

"We did everything we could when we could," Aniston said of her and her colleagues' efforts, which Perry also expressed in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, as per Variety.

"But it almost felt like we'd been mourning Matthew for a long time because his battle with that disease was a really ...