Perry and Roberts began dating after the episode aired. Unfortunately, Matthew Perry ended their relationship after only two months. The late actor stated in his memoir that he was “constantly worried” that Julia Roberts would be the one to call marriage quits. As a result, he opted to do it himself.

“Dating Julia Roberts had been too much for me,” Perry admitted in his autobiography. “I was convinced that she would end her relationship with me – why wouldn’t she? I was insufficient; I could never be sufficient; I was broken, bent, and unlovable.”

“So instead of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beautiful and brilliant Julia Roberts,” he went on to say. “She may have thought she was slumming it with a TV guy, and TV guy was now breaking up with her.” “I can’t even begin to describe the look of bewilderment on her face.”