Matthew Perry’s Mom Says One of Their Last Conversations Before His Death ‘Worried’ Her: ‘There Was an Inevitability to What Was Going to Happen Next to Him’

Matthew Perry‘s mom Suzanne Morrison is opening up about the death of her son, one year after he died on Oct. 28, 2023.

Morrison sat down for an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie on the “Today” show, which will air in full on Monday morning. On Friday, Guthrie released a preview of their emotional conversation, which included other members of Perry’s family. Morrison said she got “worried” after one of her final conversations with her son.

“He went through a period, interestingly enough just before he died, when he was showing me one of his new houses,” Morrison told Guthrie. “He came up to me and he said, ‘I love you so much and I’m so happy to be with you now.’ It was almost as though it was a premonition or something. I didn’t think about it at the time but I thought, ‘How long has it been since we’ve had a conversation like that. It’s been years.'”

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She continued by saying, “I think there was something. There was an inevitability to what was going to happen next to him, and he felt it very strongly. But he said, ‘I’m not frightened anymore.’ And it worried me.”

Toxicology reports showed that Perry died from acute effects of ketamine at his Los Angeles home, and his death was ruled an accident. Other contributing factors in his death were drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, which is used to treat opioid use disorder.

In 2024, the DEA and LAPD opened an investigation into who supplied the drugs that led to Perry’s death. In August, five people were arrested, including Perry’s assistant, doctors and Jasveen Sangha, a major drug supplier known as the “Ketamine Queen.” A trial for Sangha and one of the doctors has been set for March 2025.

Watch the “Today” interview clip below.