While some might be surprised by such a tender moment between a current husband and an ex-husband, fans of Matthew Perry know better. Matthew never shied away from discussing the loving relationship he shared with his stepfather, Keith Morrison, and just how good he was to his mother, Suzanne Morrison. Matthew’s mother wed the true crime broadcaster in 1981 when Perry was only 12 years old. Perry later divulged in the confines of his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” that he had only one axe to grind with his stepdad. “He always takes my mother’s side,” he penned. “He is her protector. I can’t tell you how many times my mother has done something that I may have taken issue with, and I’ve been told by Keith that it never happened. Some would call this gaslighting, others would call it gaslighting — it’s gaslighting,” he joked. “But my family was held together by one man, and that was Keith Morrison,” he declared.
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Matthew’s biological father, John Bennett Perry, left his mother, Suzanne, when Perry was only nine months old to pursue an acting career in California. While Perry referred to the act as “abandonment” in his book, he carefully noted that John “became a wonderful father” later in his life. Eventually, at the age of 15, Matthew opted to move to California to live with his dad in an effort to forge a relationship with him.
