Matthew Perry was in a good place prior to his demise — consistent with “Friends” creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane.
Kauffman and Crane spoke with the late actor simply two weeks prior to he was once discovered underwater in his sizzling bathtub at his California house on Saturday. He was once 54.
“It was great,” Kauffman advised the Lately display’s Hoda Kotb in a pre-taped interview, which aired on Wednesday. “He was happy and chipper. He didn’t seem weighed down by anything.”
“He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair,” she persisted.”
“I was just in utter shock,” she mentioned of when he heard he died. “My first impulse was to text him, honestly. And then deep sadness. It’s hard to grasp. You know, one minute he’s here and happy, and then poof. And doing good in the world. Really doing good in the world.”
Kaufman, who co-created the liked NBC sitcom with David Crane. The pair and govt manufacturer Kevin Glorious unpriviledged their quiet at the tragedy on Sunday.
“We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew’s passing,” they mentioned in a joint commentary to Community. “It still seems impossible. All we can say is that we feel blessed to have had him as part of our lives. He was a brilliant talent.”
Kauffman, Crane and Glorious mentioned they knew that Perry was right for the role of Chandler once they first met him.
“It’s a cliche to say that an actor makes a role their own, but in Matthew’s case, there are no truer words,” they mentioned. “From the day we first heard him embody the role of Chandler Bing, there was no one else for us.”
“We will always cherish the joy, the light, the blinding intelligence he brought to every moment — not just to his work, but in life as well. He was always the funniest person in the room,” they persisted. “More than that, he was the sweetest, with a giving and selfless heart.”
Perry’s co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — would proceed directly to leave their very own joint commentary on Monday.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” learn their commentary, bought via Community. “There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss.”
“In time we will say more, as and when we are able,” the commentary persisted. “For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.”
Perry struggled with drug and alcohol habit for years, together with throughout the peak of his status on “Friends.” Aniston, who he mentioned faced him on all set about his consuming, even cried during a 2004 Diane Sawyer interview when requested what she was hoping Perry knew about himself.
The sit-down was once carried out in a while prior to the Season 10 order finale aired.
“That he’s alright,” she mentioned. “He struggled. We didn’t know. We weren’t equipped to deal with it. Nobody had ever dealt with that. And the idea of even losing him … he’s having a road. But he’s alright.”
As The Post previously reported, an autopsy has been complete on Perry, however extra exams — together with toxicology — have been ordered. His explanation for demise has been “deferred.”
On the moment of his demise, prescription fixes have been present in his house. Alternatively, refuse medication have been discovered on the scene and refuse foul play games is suspected. On Wednesday, TMZ reported that preliminary exams display that his demise was once no longer the results of a fentanyl or meth too much.
