Lisa Kudrow Discovers Matthew Perry’s Secret Notes After His Death

Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow, 2015
Jason Kebbin/Getty ImagesLisa Kudrow Hidden annotation found Matthew Perry The actor died about a year later.
Kudrow, 61, told Drew Barrymore Tuesday, January 7, program The Drew Barrymore Showwho “recently discovered” a note Perry wrote to her while the pair were working on the final episode friends 2004.
Perry died in October 2023 at the age of 54 due to the severe effects of taking ketamine. “Matthew gave me this at the end of the last episode,” Kudrow told Barrymore, 49. I didn’t open it or look inside. But yes, he did. He left a note there, but I forgot about it.
Kudrow did not reveal what was written in the note, but added, “Timing is everything.”
The cookie jar is a familiar prop friends The device is structured like a clock with “Cookie Time” written on it. Kudrow, who played the eccentric Phoebe Buffay in the show, which began airing in September 1994 and spent a decade on television screens, appeared on television screens in 2020 Recalling touching memories of this jar. Jimmy Kimmel Live.
“We’re done before we even shoot a scene,” Lisa told Kimmel, 57, on the talk show in May 2020. I’d better go. When the words came out, I said, “Oh, great, there’s a clock,” and I pointed to the clock [the cookie jar] And said, “Oh, look at the time.” I’d better go.
Kudrow added that Perry, who plays the hilarious Chandler Bing, came up to her after she made the comment and said, “Did you ever point to the cookie jar and say, ‘Look at the time’?” Kudrow and Perry both laughed. .
Perry’s death was ruled an accident two months after he was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home. The actor was pronounced dead on October 28, 2023.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office released 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.
On November 15 of that year, Kudrow posted a tribute to Perry on Instagram, writing: “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said that my muscles ached every day. There were tears streaming down my face. Thank you for opening up about the need for compromise in a six-way relationship and a lot of “talk.” Thank you for showing up to work when you were not well and then performing like a charm.