Jennifer Aniston has released a statement about the death of her “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry. The actress opened up with a heartbreaking tribute to her late friend. She also admitted that the grief following the actor’s death has been immense for her.
Jennifer Aniston gets candid about Matthew Perry’s death
Jennifer Aniston took to social media to share her remembrance of Matthew Perry. She also posted several photos of them together. Of course, fans were heartbroken by Aniston’s words as she remembered Perry.
“Oh boy this one has cut deep… 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,” Aniston wrote via Instagram.
“We loved him deeply. 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 continued.
Jennifer Aniston’s message for Matthew Perry. They truly had such a special bond and I’ll forever be grateful to Jen for always checking up on him. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/yPmZaihla8
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Aniston shares a sweet text from Perry
Jennifer Aniston went on to tell her fans that in the days since Matthew Perry’s death, she’s been looking back on her text messages with the late star. Of course, this had sent her on a roller coaster of emotions. She also shared one of her last texts with Perry, which was a photo of her laughing at one of his jokes. “Making you laugh just made my day,” he told Aniston in the text.
“Matty, I love you so much, and I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain. 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,” she added.
Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox have also spoken out
Jennifer Aniston’s statement about Matthew Perry’s death comes after both Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox also took to social media to honor their late “Friends” co-star.
Perry was found dead at his home on October 28 from an apparent drowning. Hollywood was rocked by the news, and heartbroken to see his cast members gather together at his funeral.
Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston obviously had a very strong friendship. The heartbreaking sadness of his death continues to spill out in the days following his passing.