‘Friends’ cast shares statement on Matthew Perry’s death: ‘We are a family’ – National | 24CA News
The surviving solid of the hit sitcom Friends say they’re mourning the “unfathomable” demise of their co-star Matthew Perry over the weekend.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer launched a joint assertion to People, CNN and the BBC late Monday that marked their first feedback since Perry was discovered lifeless in his Los Angeles dwelling on Saturday at age 54.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” the assertion signed by the 5 actors stated. “We were more than just cast mates. We are a family.”
The co-stars stated they might have extra to say about Perry and his demise “as and when we are able,” including they have been sending their ideas and like to Perry’s household, pals and followers.
“There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss,” the assertion stated.
Global News has not independently obtained the assertion.
The trigger and method of Perry’s demise are nonetheless being decided by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, following completion of an post-mortem with toxicology checks.
Perry’s demise got here one 12 months after publication of his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which chronicled his decades-long wrestle with addition to prescription painkillers and alcohol. At the time, Perry stated he had been sober for about 18 months.
Perry, Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc and Schwimmer have been catapulted to worldwide fame shortly after Friends debuted in 1994. The sitcom remained a highly-watched hit all through its 10 seasons and stays standard on streaming.
The solid reunited for a reunion particular in 2021 on HBO Max the place Perry talked about their continued bond, which lasted effectively past the top of the present.
“The best way that I can describe it is after the show was over, at a party or any kind of social gathering, if one of us bumped into each other, that was it. That was the end of the night. You just sat with the person all night long and that was it,” Perry stated.
“You apologized to the people you were with, but they had to understand you had met somebody special to you and you were going to talk to that person for the rest of the night,” he continued. “And that’s the way it worked.”
The co-creators of Friends, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, in addition to government producer Kevin Bright, wrote in an announcement that they “are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew’s passing.”
Several actors who co-starred on Friends have shared tributes to Perry since his demise on Saturday together with Paul Rudd, Paget Brewster and Aisha Tyler.
Morgan Fairchild, who performed mom to Perry’s Chandler Bing on the present, and Maggie Wheeler, who performed Chandler’s someday girlfriend Janice, additionally expressed their heartbreak.
“The world will miss you Matthew Perry,” Wheeler wrote in a message on Instagram.
“The joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on,” she added. “What a loss.”
—with recordsdata from Global’s Kathryn Mannie, the Associated Press and Reuters
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