The star actor of the series Friends Matthew Perry died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54. The man who played Chandler in the American sitcom was found unconscious in his jacuzzi. The autopsy report revealed that the American actor died of “acute effects” from taking ketamine. This announcement was a real shock for fans of the sitcom, but especially for his friends with whom he shared the poster for ten years.
Starting with Jennifer Aniston. In a recent interview given to Quinta Brunson for the series Actors on Actors from Variety, the actress had tears in her eyes while talking about the sitcom that made her success 30 years ago. After a commenter prompted the reporter to ask what it would feel like to watch Friends in 2024, Jennifer Aniston replied: “Oh my God, don’t make me cry”. “But you’re already crying. Do you want a minute? We don’t have to talk about…” retorted Quinta Brunson. “No, no. Sorry.”, replied Jennifer Aniston. Before continuing: “I just started thinking about… Yes, no. I’m fine. It’s a happy tear…”.
The 55-year-old celebrity then came to her senses and spoke about the first day the series aired on television. “Matthew Perry and I were having lunch somewhere, and we knew that Lisa Kudrow was going to get her hair colored. So we ran into the hair salon and I sneaked in (she was in the sink, in the bowl) and took the coat and started washing her hair instead of the guy who was supposed to do it. It was really out of control, and it was a failure. But the excitement we had…”.
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Jennifer Aniston: her touching message after the death of Matthew Perry
A fortnight after the death of Matthew Perry, it was Jennifer Aniston’s turn to speak out on her Instagram account. Over the years, the actor had not hidden that the actress was one of the people on whom he had been able to count the most in his fight against addictions. “Oh my God, it hurts… Having to say goodbye to our Matty was a crazy wave of emotions that I had never felt before (…) We loved him deeply. He was part of our DNA. There were always six of us.” she wrote in the caption of a series of photos. Before continuing: “It was a family we chose that forever changed who we were and the paths we took. Matty knew he loved to make people laugh. He said so himself, if he couldn’t hear the laughter, he felt like he was dying.”
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