“ANDhappy lady. She was fine.” As Jennifer Aniston remembers Matthew Perry, the actor, colleague on the set of Friends and friend who passed away in October. In an interview given to Variety, the actress says she exchanged messages with him on the morning of his death. And she confirms: «He wasn’t in pain».
The death of Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry died on October 28. His lifeless body was found in his home in Los Angeles: He was in the jacuzzi of the house where no drugs were found. The actor was 54 years old.
Jennifer Aniston: «She was happy, she was healthy»
«He was happy. He was healthy. He had stopped smoking. He was getting back into shape. He was happy, that’s all I know» said, through tears, Jennifer Aniston to Variety. Revealing: «I was texting with him that morning, funny Matty. She wasn’t in pain. He wasn’t struggling. He was happy». It is no coincidence that in the post shared on Instagram after the loss of her friend, the actress also published some messages exchanged between the two. «I want people to know that he was really healthy and getting healthier. He was on the right path. He worked so hard. I miss him very much. Guys, she made us laugh out loud,” she added.
The farewell post
After all, Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry were really very close. Their friendship went beyond the set of Friends and, over the years, the two have never missed an opportunity to reiterate the feeling that united them. «Having to say goodbye to our Matty hurt me deeply, it was a crazy wave of emotions that I had never felt before» the star wrote on social media. “We all have to suffer some loss at some point in our lives. Loss of a life or loss of a love. In these types of pain there is also joy and gratitude for having loved someone so deeply. AND we Matthews loved him deeply. He was part of our DNA. It was always the 6 of us: it was a chosen family that changed the course of our lives and ours forever I’m walking” he added, next to a black and white photo in which the two friends are laughing happily.
Aniston then talked about how much her colleague loved making people laugh. «As he himself said, if he didn’t hear the laughter, he thought he was dying. His life literally depended on it. But he succeeded, and how, he made us all laugh. And laugh out loud » he said.
He then added: «Over the last two weeks, I have reread our messages. Laugh and cry and then laugh again. I will keep them forever. Matty, I love you so much and I know you are now completely at peace and pain free. I talk to you every day… sometimes I can almost hear you say “could you be crazier?”. Rest in peace little brother. You always made my day…».
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