Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow in 2015
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesLisa Kudrow Discover hidden note from Matthew Perry About a year after the actor He died.
Kudrow (61 years old) said: Drew Barrymore In the Tuesday, January 7 episode of The Drew Barrymore Showthat she “recently found” a note Perry wrote to her while the pair were working on the final episode of the series. friends In 2004.
Perry, who died in October 2023 at the age of 54 after suffering severe effects from ketamine, had placed the message inside a cookie jar he had taken from the famous TV show. Comedy series' hiring. “Matthew gave me that at the end of the last episode,” Kudrow told Barrymore, 49. I recently found the note he had for me. I did not open it or look inside. But yes, he did. “He had a note there and I forgot it.”
Kudrow did not share what was written inside the memo, but added that “timing is everything.”
Lisa Kudrow keeps Matthew Perry's memory close by rewatching old episodes of Friends. “Honestly, I couldn't watch it because it's so embarrassing to watch yourself. But if you talk about Matthew, that's OK,” Kudrow, 60, told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, June 26. “And it's just a celebration of how happy he is ( …)
The cookie jar was a familiar prop in friends It is designed to resemble a watch with the words “Cookie Time” written on it. Kudrow, who portrayed the eccentric character Phoebe Buffet on the show, which began in September 1994 and spent a decade on television, recalled a poignant memory about the jar during a 2020 appearance on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
“We were shooting a scene years before we finished,” Lisa told Kimmel, 57, on the talk show in May 2020. My line was: Oh, I'm late. I'd better go,' and it was too late when I realized I didn't have a clock. As the words were coming out, I went, 'Well, there's a clock,' and I pointed to it (the cookie jar) and said, 'Oh, look at the time.' I'd better go. Go.”
Kudrow added that Perry, who played the hilarious Chandler Bing, approached her after her comment and said, “Did you point to the cookie jar and say, 'Look at the time?'” Which both Kudrow and Perry laughed about.
Lisa Kudrow has joined her Friends castmates in mourning the death of their star Matthew Perry. “The pilot was shot, friends like us, picked it up and right away, we were at NBC Upfronts. After that… I suggested we play poker and she made it so much fun while we were bonding at the beginning. Thank you for that,” Kudrow, (… )
It was Perry's death Judgment of an accident Two months after he was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home. The actor's death was announced on October 28, 2023.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office issued a toxicology report concluding that Perry died from the effects of ketamine, with drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use) listed as contributing factors.
in regards In a message to Perry via Instagram on November 15 of that year, Kudrow wrote: “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said that my muscles ached and tears ran down my face every day. Thank you for your open heart in a six-way relationship that requires Compromising and a lot of “talking.” Thank you for showing up at work when you weren’t feeling well and after that, you absolutely shined.
