Matthew perry died

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"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope one of the Friends can take in his dog. For some reason, that would bring me comfort. His poor dog must be so devastated.

Then Daily Mail/Fail link upthread indicated that Lisa Kudrow may have already offered to take him. I'm sure someone in his family, or one of his assistants, could also potentially take him. It does really make me sad to think about his dog grieving. Dogs are so loyal and such creatures of habit -- death is very hard on them sometimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Tributes have come but so far nothing from the cast of Friends, not one.

I hope they are comforting each other. They knew him. I don't need their tributes. They probably need each other right now.

Exactly this. This isn’t some news story tabloid drama for them. He is someone who meant a lot to them who they watched struggle for so long.

Do you think this? After watching the reunion, I felt like they were coworkers, they cared about him as a person, but he was probably a mess as a colleague,
and they didn’t keep in touch after. I’m sure they have strong feelings of sadness and even guilt, but I don’t know if they were like family, as someone above said.

I felt like he very much wanted to retain close ties with the case but they didn’t.

The girls always stayed in touch with each other. At the reunion they said Schwim was the one who kept everyone up to date on what the others were doing.

MP did make a comment that no one called him but I was never sure if he meant it sarcastically or not. The others didn’t really react. And Court has posted a few pics of the two of them having lunch. He did a skit on Ellen with Jen and Court. I think they stayed in touch just not as frequently as the girls did.

Schwimm? Jen? Court? Are they personal friends of yours?

This is how they (and PP, apparently) refer to each other.

If you’ve watched the interviews and reunions you know this is what they call each other. And the girls also have pet names for each other that they’ve used on IG posts.

It's really not important, but the gist is that they have nicknames within their own group, not for the fans to adopt. But whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

I disagree.

Yeah, pp is weirdly judgmental. They were known for their bond as a group, and have now lost their first member far too soon. It makes perfect sense they’d want to work on a statement together.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope one of the Friends can take in his dog. For some reason, that would bring me comfort. His poor dog must be so devastated.

Then Daily Mail/Fail link upthread indicated that Lisa Kudrow may have already offered to take him. I'm sure someone in his family, or one of his assistants, could also potentially take him. It does really make me sad to think about his dog grieving. Dogs are so loyal and such creatures of habit -- death is very hard on them sometimes.

There’s no way that article on Lisa is true. If it is then the source will no longer be her friend. Especially since the source indicated drugs were involved.

I would think the family would take the dog.

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Anonymous wrote:Tributes have come but so far nothing from the cast of Friends, not one.

I hope they are comforting each other. They knew him. I don't need their tributes. They probably need each other right now.

Exactly this. This isn’t some news story tabloid drama for them. He is someone who meant a lot to them who they watched struggle for so long.

Do you think this? After watching the reunion, I felt like they were coworkers, they cared about him as a person, but he was probably a mess as a colleague,
and they didn’t keep in touch after. I’m sure they have strong feelings of sadness and even guilt, but I don’t know if they were like family, as someone above said.

I felt like he very much wanted to retain close ties with the case but they didn’t.

The girls always stayed in touch with each other. At the reunion they said Schwim was the one who kept everyone up to date on what the others were doing.

MP did make a comment that no one called him but I was never sure if he meant it sarcastically or not. The others didn’t really react. And Court has posted a few pics of the two of them having lunch. He did a skit on Ellen with Jen and Court. I think they stayed in touch just not as frequently as the girls did.

Schwimm? Jen? Court? Are they personal friends of yours?

This is how they (and PP, apparently) refer to each other.

If you’ve watched the interviews and reunions you know this is what they call each other. And the girls also have pet names for each other that they’ve used on IG posts.

It's really not important, but the gist is that they have nicknames within their own group, not for the fans to adopt. But whatever.

Really? Are you going to spell out each of their names when talking about them? C…o…u…r….t…n….e…y or Court?

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

I don't find it strange at all.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

I don't find it strange at all.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

I disagree.

Yeah, pp is weirdly judgmental. They were known for their bond as a group, and have now lost their first member far too soon. It makes perfect sense they’d want to work on a statement together.

+1 totally agree

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

They will always be a group in that they are the only ones who went through that experience and they did so together. I think Perry's addiction issues made it much harder for him to stay close to the others over the years, and I think Matt LeBlanc maybe chose to be more distant due to personality or a desire to distance himself from that part of his career or both. But the three women have always been very tight and it's clear Schwimmer made an effort, in particular, to stay connected to all of them.

It would be like if a member of an extremely popular band from the 90s/early 00s died. Even if they all went on to have solo careers, you would expect the members of the band that made them famous and that was the central part of their lives for over a decade to say something about it, and it would not be at all weird for them to release a joint statement given their similar relationships to the deceased.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

Well, prepare to be disappointed they aren’t responding the way you’d prefer and get over it.

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I don't think I will be able to take the group statement from the rest of the cast. It's going to be so sad.
I didn't follow him on IG but I did go back and look at his last few IG posts and they were strange. A lot of batman, which people are saying was a call for help, and the video showing the three cranberries as all he had eaten that day--people are trying to connect that to the intentional bathtub drowning of the Cranberries lead singer, that this was his clue to everyone he was planning this. I don't know--I like to think that this was just his body giving out after a pickleball workout. I hope he did not intentionally do this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I will be able to take the group statement from the rest of the cast. It's going to be so sad.
I didn't follow him on IG but I did go back and look at his last few IG posts and they were strange. A lot of batman, which people are saying was a call for help, and the video showing the three cranberries as all he had eaten that day--people are trying to connect that to the intentional bathtub drowning of the Cranberries lead singer, that this was his clue to everyone he was planning this. I don't know--I like to think that this was just his body giving out after a pickleball workout. I hope he did not intentionally do this.

This is an aside to the sad news about Perry's death, but:

You're perpetuating a rumor that was proven false, regarding the death of Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries. An early article in one US paper repeated rumors from the UK that fentanyl was found in her hotel room and that London police believed she had killed herself; both those things were later found to be false. London police, the coroner and O'Riordan's family all said the death was accidental. She had only "therapeutic levels" of meds in her system but was drunk when she drowned. No indicators of suicide, according to her family and the official inquest. She spoke to her mother hours before she was found dead, and was in London to meet with record label execs to discuss a new record deal -- both reportedly positive things. To be clear, I am NOT saying suicide is something shameful but I also think it's important not to perpetuate old, dismissed rumors about someone's death.

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Anonymous wrote:From Page Six:
"Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow are preparing to release a joint statement after their former co-star was found dead in his Los Angeles home Saturday at age 54, we’re told.

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that’s what Matty was — their brother,” an industry source told us Sunday.

“It’s just devastating.”

Yeah, I assumed they'd be working together on a statement. Have always appreciated the way they stuck together.

Why? This is personal not business. They should be free to say what they want. I hope they each provide a tidbit about him that we didn’t know, like how many people he has helped, etc.

NP. You want a “tidbit” about a man who lived in the public eye since the age of 24 or so, who recently published a heartbreakingly complete, honest, and vulnerable memoir? You want a little “tidbit,” eh, you ghoul?

However THEY decide to handle it will be the right thing to do. Keep sniffing around for tidbits.

NP but what a bizarre and rage-filled take. I interpreted “tidbit” to mean a fond personal memory they had of him that is not widely known, not a piece of gossip.

What more can they say? What more can they give you? They’ve done interviews, reunion specials, behind-the-scenes footage, DVD commentary, on and on. And for someone to say oh well if they do it as a group that’s disappointing and they’d better do it like this…I mean, shut up. This is their friend, their longtime friend and colleague. However they choose to deal with it is right, and any criticism of how they choose to approach this is wrong.

Being this is a personal loss to each and everyone of them, each with their own emotions, etc. I find it strange that each of them wouldn’t publish their own condolences. The fact that they are making it as a group also makes it seem like they are more concerned about protecting the “image” of Friends than personal emotions. Sad.

Weird take. Just because they aren't each publishing a separate public statement doesn't mean they don't each have their own emotions. Why are you interested in what any of them has to say about Perry? Because they starred with him on that show. That's it. You aren't sitting around clamoring to find out what his parents, siblings, assistant, and non-famous friends are feeling right now, right? His family released a collective statement, not individual statements. The creators of Friends released a joint statement. SNL put up a memorial photo at the end of last night's episode without any comment from anyone on the show. And so on.

You are not entitled to the individual grief of anyone who knew him in this moment, and the idea that it's somehow disappointing that the cast of Friends would choose to release a joint statement says way more about you than it does about them. They know people want to hear from them, but that doesn't mean they are required to let everyone into the full experience of their grief on an individual level.

I find it strange that they are putting out a group statement. They haven’t been an “group” for almost 20 years and in all that time they all been together twice, not counting the reunion. And it seems the group statement should be pretty simple, something like…”he was our brother, we love him, we will miss him”.

DP. I think you vastly underestimate the power, in the public mind, of a hit TV show, even decades after its end. With reruns, and now streaming, keeping a show alive forever, the cast of that show becomes inextricably melded into a group for the average viewer. Sure, in reality they weren't a "group" as you note, but in many people's minds they are and always will be closely linked, even if that isn't their current real life.

It also was entirely appropriate for them, individually and as a group, to WAIT for Perry's family to issue a statement. Whatever statement the Friends cast issues will swamp all other statements and condolences and get a burst of big coverage, so it was right to step back and wait for his family to comment. There is no rush, just none whatsoever, for any of the cast to comment.