Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman said Matthew Perry “was sober” and “in a really good place” when she last spoke to him two weeks before his death. In an interview on Today with co-creator David Crane, Kauffman recalled her final conversation with the actor, who died Oct. 28. “It was great,” …
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Matthew Perry entered his first rehab in 1997, back when the internet was a novelty and phones plugged into a wall. Friends was the king of prime time and Perry its court jester, a floppy-haired virtuoso of sarcasm and comic timing, but his 28-day stint in Hazelden for Vicodin, splashed …
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Matthew Perry’s former fiancé, Molly Hurwitz, expressed her “tremendous gratitude” for their loving but complicated relationship in a tribute shared on Instagram. Hurwitz and Perry started dating in 2018 and got engaged in 2020 but decided to call it off in 2021. In her note, Hurwitz said she “loved [Perry] …
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Nick at Nite will air Matthew Perry: Thanks for Being a Friend, tonight, Oct. 29 at 10 p.m. ET, Variety reports. The show will feature never-before-seen interviews with the late actor, who died on Saturday at the age of 54. Entertainment Tonight produced the special overnight in less than 24 …
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Long-timeFriendsfan Charlie Puth paid tribute to Matthew Perry during his concert in Melbourne on Sunday. Puth led the audience of more than seven thousand at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena into a piano version of the iconic theme song “I’ll Be There for You.” In fan-filmed footage from the show, Puth …
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Simpsons star Hank Azaria spoke about his long friendship with Matthew Perry and credited the late Friends actor with helping him get sober in a video shared on Instagram. “The night I went into AA, Matthew brought me in,” said Azaria, who had a guest role on Friends across multiple …
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The cast of Friends paid tribute to Matthew Perry, calling him “family” in a joint statement following the actor’s sudden death on Saturday at the age of 54. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” …
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There’s not a lot of Matthew Perry in the pilot episode of Friends, but he gets to deliver one of its funniest jokes. As the gang sits around Central Perk, a newly-divorced Ross admits that he just wants to be married again. A second later, Rachel wanders into the coffee …
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The co-creators and longtime executive producers of Friends paid tribute to Matthew Perry following news of the actor’s death at the age of 54. “We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew’s passing,” Marta Kauffman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright said in a joint statement to …
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The character of Emily was a major hurdle for Ross and Rachel’s relationship on Friends, but she was also apparently a challenge for the producers. James Burrows, who directed numerous episodes of the hit series, wrote in his new memoir that actress Helen Baxendale and cast member David Schwimmer struggled …
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