Jennifer Aniston mourns the death of Matthew Perry
After the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, his colleagues need some time to collect themselves. Now Jennifer Aniston has spoken out in an emotional post. She explains what made Perry's character special and shares positive messages they wrote to each other.
Matthew Perry (1969-2023) passed away at the end of October at the age of 54. Now his "Friends" co-star Jennifer Aniston has also spoken out in detail for the first time. After the bad news was announced, his colleagues had initially stated in a joint statement that they would get in touch at a later date.
"Oh man, this has hit deep," Aniston wrote on Instagram with a joint picture showing them behind the scenes of the cult series. Having to say goodbye to "our Matty" has brought her "an insane wave of emotions that I've never experienced before".
Everyone has to go through loss in their lives, whether it's because of love or a death. "The ability to really dwell in that grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone so much. And we loved him deeply. [...] It was always the six of us". The 54-year-old is referring to the main cast of "Friends" - which includes David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc alongside her and Perry. Cox, LeBlanc and Schwimmer also recently said goodbye on Instagram. Aniston describes the couple as a "chosen family".
Her "Matty" loved to make people laugh. "As he said himself, he thought he would die if he didn't hear the 'laughter'. His life literally depended on it. And boy, did he succeed in doing just that. He made us all laugh." She also had to "laugh, cry and then laugh again" about the text messages between the two of them. She never wanted to delete the messages and published one of them as an example. "Making you laugh made my day. It made my day," Perry wrote. Aniston replied at the time: "Och, the first of thousands of times ..."
The actress concluded with the fitting words: "Matty, I love you so much and I know you are completely at peace now and in no more pain. I talk to you every day. [...] Rest easy, little brother. You always made my day ..."
Source: www.ntv.de
