As most of you will recall, I went to high school with Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n

If you don’t know who he is, he was one of the stars of the hit 90’s sitcom Friends.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t be impressed by that. There were too many \u201cstars\u201d to count on that stupid show. Even a monkey was a star on that show. A monkey. Not Curious George. Not the Ikea Monkey. Just a regular, annoying monkey, so Matthew’s \u201cstar status\u201d is really no big deal at all. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Just like in high school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Matthew may have had famous parents and a cheap California tan, but I was the real star at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa. Not only was I president of the UFO club, but I was also a great athlete, and I used to crush Perry mercilessly at tennis. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Day.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Long.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It used to infuriate him! He would throw his expensive tennis racquets all over the place, complain that I was \u201cfoot faulting\u201d or not wearing proper whites. Bullshit stuff like that. Anyway, the bottom line is that I destroyed him and made the tennis team while he did not. This final humiliation seemed to break Matthew, and after that he was my subordinate, little yes-man.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew has been pretty unemployable since Friends, and thirsty for a little bit of publicity, he recently went on Jimmy Kimmel and announced that he and another kid, \u201cChris Murray,\u201d once beat up Canadian Prime Minister and sex symbol Justin Trudeau back in school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.womansday.co.nz\/celebrity\/matthew-perry-admits-he-once-beat-up-justin-trudeau-7383<\/a><\/p>\n

This is not true. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As Matthew still respects and fears me, he wouldn’t dare use my real name in public, but I was the \u201cChris Murray\u201d mentioned. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To make a long story short, I was giving a presentation– in the hopes of recruiting future members to my high school UFO club–to Justin’s fifth grade class. After my talk I opened the floor up for questions: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Justin: Je ne peux m’emp\u00eacher de remarquer que les filles semblent \u00eatre sous-repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es dans le club UFO. Pourriez-vous nous expliquer pourquoi?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Me: What?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Justin: Oh, I see you don’t speak French. What a shame. What I was asking was why aren’t there any girls in the UFO club. Are they not allowed?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Me: Girls??<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Justin: Yes, girls. They comprise over half the population. ( Class, including teacher, roar with laughter)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Me: No girl has ever tried to join the UFO club. Would any want to?? Do you think you could get us one!?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Justin: That’s not my job. Your job is to create a safe and inclusive environment so they’ll want to join. Girls, would you like to join this creepy, unilingual, UFO club for boys, or would you rather form your own right here?! ( Class, including teacher, roar with approval)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some other things happened, but in short, I delegated Matthew to beat up Justin after school, however Matthew failed, as I should have known he would fail, and I had to step in to do the job properly. At this time in my life I got nose bleeds very easily, and my bleed had nothing to do with Justin, who mistakenly thought the fight was over and was walking away like a coward. I tackled him and was just about to apply the finishing gotchy when some little girl kicked me in the back of the neck. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I had to wear a brace for six weeks after that.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And sadly, Matthew and I then drifted apart and the UFO Club just sort of faded away.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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