Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, and Lisa Kudrow are the latest stars to break their silence since the death of their close friend and co-star, Matthew Perry as they paid tributes to their late Friends co-star Matthew Perry, a day after did the same.
Jennifer Aniston was the third one after Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc who paid the tribute to her late friend on Instagram. “Oh boy this one has cut deep,” began Aniston’s Instagram caption, alongside a photo of the two young actors, a text between them, and a clip of the series finale farewell between their two beloved characters, Chandler Bing and Rachel Green. “Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before. We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep.”
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“And we loved him deeply,” she continued. “He was such a part of our DNA. We were always the 6 of us. This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be. For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn’t hear the ‘laugh’ he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard.” She concluded the post by saying, “Matty, I love you so much and I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain,” she wrote. “I talk to you every day … sometimes I can almost hear you saying ‘could you BE any crazier?’ Rest little brother. You always made my day.”
David Schwimmer, who played Chandler’s friend and former roommate Ross, also posted a picture of the two actors in character. “Matty, Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity,” he wrote. “I will never forget your impeccable comic timing and delivery. You could take a straight line of dialogue and bend it to your will, resulting in something so entirely original and unexpectedly funny it still astonishes. And you had heart. Which you were generous with, and shared with us, so we could create a family out of six strangers.”
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“The photo of the two characters, mugging in suit jackets, ‘is from one of my favorite moments with you. Now it makes me smile and grieve at the same time. “I imagine you up there, somewhere, in the same white suit, hands in your pockets, looking around – ‘Could there BE any more clouds?'” he concluded, referencing one of Perry’s classic line deliveries.
Last but not the least, Lisa Kudrow in her Instagram tribute said, “Shot the pilot, Friends Like Us, got picked up then immediately, we were at the NBC Upfronts. Then … You suggested we play poker AND made it so much fun while we initially bonded. Thank you for that.”
“Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said, that my muscles ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY,” continued Kudrow, who played Phoebe. “Thank you for your open heart in a six-way relationship that required compromise. And a lot of ‘talking.’”
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She also touched on Perry’s history with addiction, saying: “Thank you for showing up at work when you weren’t well and then, being completely brilliant. Thank you for the best 10 years a person gets to have. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for all I learned about GRACE and LOVE through knowing you,” she finished. “Thank you for the time I got to have with you, Matthew.”
Perry’s death last month shocked many of his friends, family and fans across the world. The late actor was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the show “Friends” and his advocacy for those struggling with drug addiction.
