Actress Ione Skye details an odd fleeting romance with Mathew Perry in her newly released memoir, “Say Everything.”
The two had met on the set of the 1986 teen comedy, “A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon” and were both newcomers. It was Perry’s first film and Skye’s second.
The “Say Anything” star, 54, wasn’t interested in Perry but rather the film’s star River Phoenix — with whom she shared a kissing scene.
“River was still dating Martha Plimpton, so we never kissed off camera, as much as I’d have liked to,” she writes.
Almost twenty years later, Skye was single when she received a call “out of the blue” from Perry inviting her over for a “sober drink.”
“I only had to think about it for approximately fifteen seconds…I normally didn’t accept booty calls…which I assumed this was…but it was Matthew Perry!”
They shared a bubbly water and cigarette before quickly pretending to watch a movie in his bedroom and hopping into bed.
Skye called the sex “perfectly pleasant” but found that the “Friends” star “seemed faraway. Neither of us gave it our all.”
When they finished the actress says Perry said it had been “fun” and added they “should do it again sometime.”
Skye suggested she return the following week in the hopes that it could develop into a “great romance.”
She did come back and “it went exactly the same: a single cigarette in the kitchen; banter and bubbly water; ‘Watch a movie?’; emotionally distant sex; another cigarette.”
When the “River’s Edge” star proposed that this become a weekly occurrence she says that Perry just looked at her “quizzically.”
That was the last time they ever saw each other, although over the years Perry would occasionally text to say hi.
The last time Skye ever heard from the “Fools Rush In” star was about a week before his death on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54 from a ketamine overdose.
“Hi! I hope all is well,” he wrote. “I was meditating (I meditate now) and ‘In Your Eyes’ start playing. And I instantly thought of you and how beautiful you are…I hope you are healthy and happy.”
Skye, who became famous for the movie “Say Anything” which featured the song “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel didn’t write back but regrets not doing so.