(Los Angeles) After Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox the day before, the other stars of Friends, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow in turn delivered their own personal tribute on Wednesday to Matthew Perry, co-star of the series, who died late October in California.
“Oh dear, that’s a hard blow,” wrote on Instagram Jennifer Aniston, who played “Rachel” in this cult soap opera, which followed the daily life of a group of happy friends in New York. “We loved him dearly. It was part of our DNA. There have always been six of us. They were a chosen family that forever changed our identity and our journey. »
The actress accompanied her publication with a photo where she laughs with Matthew Perry, followed by a text where the interpreter of the hilarious “Chandler” told her: “Making you laugh made my day.”
This message “says it all,” she said. “Matty knew he loved making people laugh. […] If he didn’t hear this laughter, he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And that’s what he managed to do. He made us all laugh. And burst out laughing. »
Matthew Perry, 54, was found unconscious on October 28 by his assistant in a jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles.
David Schwimmer, who played “Ross”, the love interest of “Rachel” in the series, for his part posted on Instagram a photo of one of his “favorite moments” with his ex-colleague: we see his character and “Chandler”, in vintage blue and white costumes, in the style of the series Miami Vice.
This photo “makes me smile and saddens me at the same time,” explained the actor.
“Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity,” he added. “I will never forget your impeccable comedic sense. You could take banal dialogue and bend it to your will, making it into something so original, unexpected and funny that it still surprises you. »
On Wednesday morning, Lisa Kudrow, who played “Phoebe”, the crazy girl of the group, for her part published a photo of her and Matthew Perry taken shortly after filming the first episode of the series.
“Thank you for the best ten years anyone could have. […] Thank you for everything I have learned about grace and love from knowing you,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Thank you for coming to work when you weren’t feeling well and being totally brilliant,” added the actress, who prefaced the actor’s memoir, in which he reflected on his struggles with addiction and confessed to having undergone 65 detoxification treatments.
The entire cast of Friends released a joint statement where Cox, LeBlanc, Aniston, Schwimmer and Kudrow said they were “totally devastated”, two days after Matthew Perry’s death.
But until this week, none of them had spoken out personally.
The causes of Matthew Perry’s death are still not known. The actor struggled for years with his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
According to the specialized media TMZ, no drugs were found at the scene of the actor’s death and there is no indication that it could be a criminal act.