Friends actors Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer have issued a joint statement for their costar and actor Matthew Perry, who died this weekend.
Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, and Schwimmer issued a joint statement paying tribute to their Friends co-star Matthew Perry, who died at the age of 54. The five actors said that they were all utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. “We were more than just castmates. We are a family. There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss. In time we will say more, as and when we are able. For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.”
The Friends co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, along with the executive producer Kevin Bright, issued a joint statement using a play on the show’s episode titles to say, “This truly is The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken.”
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“It still seems impossible,” they wrote. “From the day we first heard him embody the role of Chandler Bing, there was no one else for us. We will always cherish the joy, the light, the blinding intelligence he brought to every moment – not just to his work, but in life as well. He was always the funniest person in the room. More than that, he was the sweetest, with a giving and selfless heart. We send all of our love to his family and friends,” they said in a statement.
Perry, who was best known for his performance as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom ‘Friend’, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home, law enforcement sources told media on Saturday night. An autopsy, pending a toxicology report, would determine the cause of death, the Los Angeles County medical examiner said. Foul play was not suspected, said Cap Scot Williams, who leads the city’s police robbery homicide division that is investigating Perry’s death.
Perry had been open about his struggles with addiction and sobriety, writing in his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing about becoming an alcoholic as a teenager and his addiction to pain medication after a jetskiing accident in 1997. He later admitted to being unable to rewatch Friends because the fluctuations in his health were so visible.
