I grew up in the same city as Mathew in Ottawa, Canada. Mathew used to play competitive tennis with my best friends brother in the 80’s, his name would often be in the sports page of our local newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen. I was 21 when I moved across the country from Ottawa to Vancouver in 1994, the year friends started. That show saved me in so many ways, living alone in a new city was lonely, but having the show Friends every week brought me so much joy and comfort, it was like a warm hug, especially having Mathew, a familiar face , there, on my screen, every Thursday was such a gift. Xo

“There’s a record of him. He will live forever on the screen” - this one made me cry

I feel like Matthew’s real work and purpose had just begun. Helping people with addiction. He seemed to take such pride in that work. My heart and prayers go out to his entire family and friends. RIP Matthew. I’m sure you have them all in stitches laughing up there 🙏❤️

@ristaphilander958

9 ай бұрын

Yes🥲😢😢❤❤❤

@tet2mor282

9 ай бұрын

Well said

@yulimoonshine

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. And it is deeply touching that a foundation for addiction was put in his name, his legacy will continue on. I think he would have loved that

Matthew is an angel now, sitting beside the same people he tried to help on earth, telling them, "you can do this. You can get better. I will help you." ❤

@lizzlebizzle5003

9 ай бұрын

The only worthy comment here.

Ive been listening to his book on Audible. It breaks my heart to hear his voice now but man is his book helping me fight thru this moment that im struggling with my sobriety. Thank-you matthew!!

@PhoebeFayRuthLouise

9 ай бұрын

Sending you support and encouragement!

@peachespavalko1980

9 ай бұрын

Best wishes to you, dear one. 💜

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

I'd thought about doing Audible but I decided I'd rather have the actual book so I can hang on to it as I'm reading it. I'm so glad that Matthew Perry is still able to help you and others, even after his passing. God bless you and NEVER give up the fight. Love Always Wins ❤

@Mimichele78

9 ай бұрын

@@kathi7502 thank you. It definitely helped me fight off the urge to break my sobriety. I've managed to stay sober. Hearing his voice read the words is just something I felt I needed. I'm like you though, I normally prefer the book

@boyandcatmum

9 ай бұрын

Stay strong just remember it is one day at a time and it is so worth that day at a time ❤

The directors eyes! You can see the pain just radiating. It looks like he hasn’t slept well in weeks. We’ll always have Friends ❤

One can easily see how heartbroken Jim Burrows is.....can only imagine what the other 5 are going through.

I've never been this sad over a celebrity..but this one hit very hard 😪

@carrieknoth4346

9 ай бұрын

This one hit me hard.

@elizabethfc1983

9 ай бұрын

Nunca pensei sentir assim por alguém que não conheci pessoalmente. Choro todos os dias olhando a série. Lendo seu livro, assistindo vídeos dele no KZread. Não sei porque. Sinto pena por ele ter sofrido e passar por tudo isso com garra e perseverança. I love you matthew. Espero onde estiveres saibas o quanto as pessoas sofrem por ti e te amam ❤😢

@jenniferyoung9079

9 ай бұрын

Same, sounds very silly because I only ever watched him through a tv screen, but I’m still struggling to accept that he’s gone..it really is like we’ve all lost a family member. I feel like I’m just expecting him to come back with a ‘gotcha!! Wah-pah!!!’…Never has a celebrity death hit me as hard as this one 💔

@TheSublimePotter

9 ай бұрын

I agree, wholeheartedly 💕

@joshuaa1605

9 ай бұрын

I could be wrong when I say this so I apologize if I am but I feel like it's because friends was more than just a TV show for us. It's hard to explain but friends is so special. More than any sitcom could make us feel. The characters are so special. Friends is comfort. Friends is home.

I just listened to the audiobook Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. Such a huge loss of an amazingly beautiful person.

@Colt8722

9 ай бұрын

Once i started listening to it I couldn’t stop

@brandonrhymez2961

9 ай бұрын

I thought it was terrible. RIP Mathew Perry

RIP Matthew, Friends would never be the same without Chandler's wit and humor. Thanks for defining the timeless nostalgia of our lives Mr Perry, rest in peace and rest in power😢❤!!

I think friends popularity was that you felt they were your friends no matter what kind of day you had.Also,it was a lifestyle many people wanted.Hanging out with besties,going through drama and staying loyal. Mathew was my favourite and i loved the scene where he stepped out of the shower with a towel around his head after listening to a wrong tape encouraging you to be a better more empowered woman. Miss him.

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

😂

Never got into the show but appreciate Jim and Matthews authenticity and caring. Condolences

I find comfort in thinking that Matthew was put on this Earth as much as everyone of us was for a purpose and he finally did it. HE made generations laugh and suffered alone, then he tried to help others, told his story and spoke up. Then he left. I know he is in peace. I love you Matty.

@ristaphilander958

9 ай бұрын

Yes😢Love you Matti❤️❤️❤️

@thevirtualmarky

9 ай бұрын

well said ❤

Chandler was my favorite character on Friends. After he passed and I looked it up, I learned he wanted to be known for more than just Chandler Bing. He wanted to be known as a good friend who do would do anything to help their friend, even go through H3ll and back… We lost a good man. RIP.

This so sad 😭 I love Matthew Perry I cried so bad since his passing I pray for him ❤I hope he knew he was loved by so many people ❤

@LifeOfNancyB

9 ай бұрын

Me too ❤❤when Joey runs in and hugs him I cry ,every time i see it ❤❤❤yes,I really hope he knew❤❤

Watching "Friends" won't be the same again. 💔

My heartfelt condolences & prayers to his Mom, Suzanne & stepdad Keith Morrison (yes! That Keith Morrison) Dad, family, friends & all who loved, admired & adored Matthew Perry 🙏🏼❤️

If we feel devastated, imagine how the people who worked with him 12-16 hours a day for ten years feel? Matthew's heart gave out before his love for his fellow man ever could. He is in a better place but his love and legacy will live on for generations...like a never-ending blessing.

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

I can't even imagine how grief stricken the remaining five Friends must feel. It'll be a very long time before they can fully process their feelings of loss. My heart goes out to everyone who worked with MP on the show. As well as his family, friends and cast members that worked with him in his films. May you find peace during this difficult time.😔🙏🌹

I will miss Matthew Perry immensely …… after I watched the first episode I was hooked!! Lots of laughs and tears but I loved that show.

@wildturkey2578

9 ай бұрын

How long did you two know each other?

We all miss him. Watch Friends again and again 🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽😱❣️

Watching this made me cry...again.

I'm gonna watch Friends again for the nth time when I'm ready... 😔💐

It feels like losing a family member. Absolutely heartbreaking

@jayng153

9 ай бұрын

I was so deviated I cried for a while night and day. My mom said I was being dramatic and stupid but I'm soft and it's OKAY to cry over a person I have watched on TV

May His soul rest in Peace. Sending his family and friends love from Ghana ❤p

R.I.P. Matthew Perry, Thank you for the laughs and the love you gave everyone! ❤️

Rest In Everlasting Peace Matthew Perry never forgotten 💙🙏💙🇺🇸 forever remembered #BeThere4You

Shortly before Matthew's death I'd started rewatching Friends. What a sad, sad loss but I think his greatest legacy, ironically, will be created now 🌹

Cheers to Matthew Perry, Canada's Friend.

🕯❤Matthew Langford Perry💫

R.i.P. Mattew. Im sure Gunther has a nice cup of coffee waiting for you.

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

💔❤🥲

Love ❤ u Matthew/Chandler. Nice piece of journalism, VERY respectful for to Matty'memory.❤ ❤❤❤

I love Mathew Perry as Chandler in Friends. Some of the best ones were of him trying to quit smoking. He was so funny. Even though he ended up beating his demons the damage he did to his body got him in the end. So sad.

Loved your clip with Jim burrows Very sincere and soft about mathews death

We all feel it cuz he’s been in everyone home and everyone’s funny Friend who made us feel better every single day for the past nearly 30 years. Reruns never seem to get old.

Very sincere interview

Love you Matthew perry so much

RIP Matthew Perry, The funniest friend Chandler Bing. 😥😥😥😥

You will be greatly missed 🙏❤️

Burrows looks devastated. Sending light and strength to him & the cast.

What a beautiful tribute

I myself does not even know when I can be used of not having Matthew Perry around anymore 😥 May God keep his soul in peace 🙏💜

Could I BE any sadder😔

Yes! Chandler is Matthew. No one can be better. He introduced me to American sarcasm and Friends show helped me alot. Truly a golden individual and I wish we got to tell him he love him more before he passed.

Mad respect for Jim Burrows. That is all….

I hope whatever he's doing away from this Earth, he knows how much ppl love him

@simplyfrancois

9 ай бұрын

He's dead

@ellie698

9 ай бұрын

Read his autobiography. With the split of his parents and being ferried on his own as a very young child, traveling on airlines alone to visit his parents.... He never got over that. His autobiography is heartbreaking

@juliejules7780

9 ай бұрын

​@@ellie698alot of parents get divorced. He's just a weak person.

@ellie698

9 ай бұрын

@@juliejules7780 It's not about the divorce. One of his parents lived in Canada, the other in the US. At the age of five, he flew between them unaccompanied with a sign around his neck saying unaccompanied minor. Would *you* regularly do that to a five year old? Would you have felt ok at five being surrounded by people you don't know, feeling abandoned by both of your parents? You don't think that would have an effect on a small child? Learn the facts about his life and have some empathy.

@juliejules7780

9 ай бұрын

@@ellie698 boohoo. I have no pity for drugged out celebrities

*RIP, sweetheart.* 😢 Thanks for the laughs. You were special.

Rest in peace Matthew Perry 🙏

He'll live forever in the screen and in my heart.

💔Matthew is an amazing person.. i am lost for words with tears in my eyes. Im heartbroken.

I did not enjoy Friends but I did enjoy some of the other movies and shows Matthew acted in. RIP Matthew..thanks for sharing your talent with the World.

Jim looks incredibly sad and heart broken. Rest in peace Matty.

I didn't know him. I know people who know people that knew Matt. In Hollywood, they say you're only two calls away from someone. I have found that to be true most of the time. But I do wish that I had known him. And the world, somehow, just seems a little darker now that he's gone.

I've started watching again from the pilot episode. It's great to watch them all again. The hair, clothes and technology (no mobile phones and those huge landline cordless!!!) have dated. But the humour.... still laugh out loud funny. So painful to see Matthew Perry (he WAS chandler bing) and the emotional, intimacy, addiction issues played out in front of our eyes through the character. It's all there.

@CLUB-th7pp

9 ай бұрын

That’s good medicine!

R.I.H Matthew Perry The show and your character will never be forgotten. You was the light of the show and as hard as this may be for everyone from the show and your fans you will be forever Chandler Bing in our eyes. You never let us down short of a great laugh.

Yeah he's right I'm watching a lot of friends nowadays just to keep him able to see I don't think I can ever "be" out of this sadness

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

It's a Catch 22. I want to keep watching the show as much as before because it never stops being funny. But now every show is a reminder that Mattman is no longer here, and the sadness creeps in. It's a never-ending grieving process for F•R•I•E•N•D•S fans. ❤😢

My heart is still hurting and seeing this makes it hurt more💔 You can feel Jim’s pain😢 They were his kids. I raised my kids on the show-we own the DVD box set of all the seasons , which is now a priceless treasure of mine. I’m So blessed it’s one of my favorite things besides my home & car. Friends will always be the kind of show that you can watch over & over & still laugh hysterically no matter how many times you’ve seen that episode. Comedic Platinum! God speed Chanandler Bong, thank you for a lifetime of laughter.💙💙💙 Could this be any sadder? 😢😭💔

Heartbreaking to hear from james burrow.❤

Excellent interview

Rest in peace ❤

RIP Dear Matt ❤❤❤

"Hey Matt, you good?" lol

We love you Mathew

Still sobbing and devastated… missing Chandler Bing so much ♥️♥️♥️💔💔💔🕊️🕊️🥹🥹

I was in shock when Matthew Perry died. Still am & can remember exactly where I was when I heard it. It was traumatic & hit hard

The kids, bless him ❤️ thoughts and prayers are with him love from N.Ireland 💚

I literally gasped when I heard the news! I felt like I’d lost a family member. Matthew was everyone’s friend. RIP Matthew🙏🏻

We all miss Matthew so much..😢

Thank you ❤

This was nice.

Yes we've lost many of my favorites but most of my favorites already died before i was around..for example John Ritter..loved him but i was only 4 years old when that happened

@Mariee-jjms

9 ай бұрын

When he died

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

I started watching him many, many years ago on Three's Company. Great actor and comedian as well. Also a tragic death😢

@Mariee-jjms

9 ай бұрын

Both died the same age as well

Could I BE more sad. I hope you find peace. We love you and miss you more than you will ever know.

Matthew showed me sarcastic humour for the 1st time and the hability to laugh at toyrself and living with depression humour is what keeps me going. 😢❤

I’m actually crying my eyes out.

Helping others is wonderful, but sometimes when someone is lost, they do it because they have given up on helping themselves.

Fun fact: James burrows also directed the amazing Breaking Bad episode “crawl space”

A star of FRIENDS who just needed one really good FRIEND!! I’m an addict myself in recovery (23) yrs sobriety. I always thought I had good friends. I found out when the going got really tough. I had 1. The one who said “ HEY U STUPID MOTHER FUKR!! Get ur shit together what the hells wrong with u this isn’t u! Not a 12 step program nottA damn counselor, just the 1 friend. Jusmyopinion, my own experience! To each his own

@yajt6651

9 ай бұрын

For some, the physiology of addiction can eclipse the power of even 100 friends. I’m glad for your having found friendship and the road that is recovery. I wish you continued strength.

@thenightporter

9 ай бұрын

I don't know you, but I am so proud of you. ❤

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

That's tough love. It only takes one person to make a difference in someone's life. You were fortunate to have that one friend who was willing to say the tough stuff to save you. You are Blessed. Love Always Wins ❤ Stay Strong

@LillyMarz777

7 ай бұрын

Not everyone has a friend.

@CLUB-th7pp

7 ай бұрын

@@LillyMarz777 are you an addict?

Love both 60 minutes Australia interviews. James Burrows is such a iconic legendary sitcom creator, equal but very different to Matthew Perry’s larger than life calibre, timing and genius in comedy. His passing shocked me to my core, we never wanted this heartbreak to happen. Love his tribute to his “son”. He will forever be immortal and eternal through the big screen, interviews and his memoir. Gone way too soon and young. ❤️♥️🫶🏻🥹📺😢 😇 ♾️ 🙏🏻 🕯️ 🕊️

Yes it's a sad lost very talented actor you could believe when he was it's quite funny I go out Saturday lunchtime and I go to my friends they're only my friends on Saturday and I love them on Saturday is a special day also everyday is special but like friends Saturday is very special they are my friend he was a very special person per our memories are in Friends Only me

We will miss you Chandler❤❤❤

I’m so thankful Matthew had found God before death 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

To me, his legacy won’t be his friends character, it’ll be about his struggles with addiction, and trying to help others struggling with the same disease. I hope others will see it the way I do.

As my father would say: “You know, there are starving children in Africa.”

Keith Morrison from Dateline is his step dad. RIP Matthew

@cassy420blaze

9 ай бұрын

He's not his stepdad anymore. 😢 Wtf is wrong with you???? That's what came to mind when you found out Matthew passed away? Something is wrong with you. How about start giving condolences instead of mansplaining things to people that are GRIEVING?!!! Some people have no soul and it's scary they are walking amongst us. WTF 😂😂😂

@FeMiNem-Poet

9 ай бұрын

His real dad was in show biz too.🌷

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

​@@cassy420blazeYou're very rude.

This hit me hard 😢

He will always be the best of friends,Chandler

One of my favorite movies is Fools Rush In. Another is The Whole Nine Yards. I've watched both soooooo many times. I'm not even a fan of the genres! He is a legend. So sorry for the loss to everyone.

Matthew perry: “I told you the last thing I want to remember me is for FRIENDS”

@user-qh5cr3vm5d

8 ай бұрын

It can be both and it's not his call to make anymore.

😢😢😢❤❤❤

💔💔Love you Mathew

i rarely ever watched Friends, but I loved when he played Roger, Patrice Johnson's ( Christina Applegate) boyfriend in the 1988 NBC made for TV prom movie , "Dance Till Dawn."

His bravest and most notable act should be putting the most lovable and _human_ of faces on a cruelly dehumanizing disease. I hope he has peace now. Read his book.

Never watched Friends, tried, but could never handle it. I do however understand addiction. Tough. May my fellow addicts realize and accept the fact that we are powerless, but we can live life on life’s terms, especially with our Higher Power, whom I chose to call LORD.❤🙏✌️

@kathi7502

9 ай бұрын

Well said. 😢

i so sorry for this happend 💔

The only thing I can think of is the amount of money they all made during these years of "Friends". Wasn't it one million dollars each per episode? BTW, he was freaking awesome as Chandler Bing.

❤

🥺

He was himself

❤❤😊

I have no sympathy for self-obsessed people who can’t control their destructive behavior. We all loose loved ones, family and friends. Especially when they’re rich, and successful. Idiots.

@juststartingout953

9 ай бұрын

Kind words don't hurt especially if you are unsure of what you are talking about

Look, the man wasn’t a saint. He was an addict of the worst kind, he killed himself by default. He also left a huge path of destruction which hardly no one talks about and it was extensively documented in his book and the media of course: he BROKE many hearts by his emotional unavailability and sleeping around with a variety of women, especially during the show’s decade run. One of his ex girlfriends wrote a heartbreaking op-Ed about how she never recovered from his emotional abuse. Yeah, let’s talk about that instead. He hurt people.

@RamblingRosie

9 ай бұрын

I hope you’re not referring to Hurwitz. This fame hungry gold digging POS needs to go back under her stone. She called the paps to photograph her in a park, the day after Matthew died.She was smiling and joking with her friends and then she saw the photographer and started to cry! Matthew’s friends have called her out for what she is and she even tried to sue him. What a shame Matthew had anything to do with Hurwitz, all his previous girlfriends have kept a dignified silence.

@LillyMarz777

7 ай бұрын

Which one? Everyone hurts people in their life.