Lisa Kudrow Thanks Matthew Perry for ‘Trusting Me’ During ‘the Best 10 Years a Person Gets to Have’ on Friends

Lisa Kudrow Thanks Matthew Perry for ‘Trusting Me’ During ‘the Best 10 Years a

Person Gets to Have’ on Friends

 

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“Thank you for showing up at work when you weren’t well and then, being completely brilliant,” Kudrow wrote in a tribute to her late costar, who died suddenly on Oct. 28

 

 

Lisa Kudrow has broken her silence on the death of her friend and costar Matthew Perry.

 

Two weeks after Perry’s death at age 54, his Friends star reflected via Instagram on the very beginnings of the show’s 10-year run in 1994.

“Shot the pilot, Friends Like Us, got picked up then immediately, we were at the NBC Upfronts,” began Kudrow, 60. “Then… You suggested we play poker AND made it so much fun while we initially bonded. Thank you for that.

She continued, “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said, that my muscles ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY. Thank you for your open heart in a six way relationship that required compromise. And a lot of ‘talking.’”

Touching on Perry’s struggle with addiction, she noted, “Thank you for showing up at work when you weren’t well and then, being completely brilliant. Thank you for the best 10 years a person gets to have. Thank you for trusting me.”

She concluded, “Thank you for all I learned about GRACE and LOVE through knowing you. Thank you for the time I got to have with you, Matthew.”

Season 10 -- Pictured: Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Gelle
Kudrow and Perry were long credited as the standout talents from the hit ‘90s sitcom, and they often joked together about their own hilarity.

In a silly segment on Piers Morgan Tonight in 2013, Perry guest hosted the news show and brought Kudrow along as a special guest. During their conversation, he referred to her as the second funniest Friends cast member behind himself, of course — a title that Kudrow was honored to receive.

As he introduced his former castmate, Perry called her “beautiful,” “intelligent” and “hilarious” before adding that Kudrow is “one of my favorite people in the whole wide world.”

During the segment, the two chatted about their time on the sitcom and even reflected on their one and only onscreen kiss — which took place during season five as a joint plot between Phoebe (Kudrow) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) takes shape to expose that Chandler (Perry) and Monica (Courteney Cox) are dating.

“I guess we can now ask, who was the best kisser? And don’t say me because I’m sitting here — but don’t say not me because I’m sitting here,” Perry asked Kudrow. “Say it’s me.”

She replied, “It’s you!” and Perry thanked her for the affirmation.

Actors Matthew Perry (L) and Lisa Kudrow (R) attend the Phoenix House 12th annual "Triumph For Teens Awards" gala at Montage Beverly Hills on June 15, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
Looking back on the series’ end in 2004, both admitted they would have continued on if given the chance.

“I find myself sort of reminiscing about how much fun the show was and the hours that we worked and how much — you know, you can see, how much we laughed and everything,” said Perry. “And I found myself saying, if I could – if I had a time machine, I would like to go back to 2004 and not have stopped.”

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