Yahoo Lifestyle Matthew Perry Gifted Lisa Kudrow A Prop From "Friends" After Filming Wrapped — Now 20 Years Later She Found A Note Inside It
A year after his death, the Friends cast is still finding ways to honor their costar and friend, Matthew Perry.
In the days following his sudden death at just 54 years old, the Friends cast — Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer — issued statements and posted moving tributes to Matthew.
Director James Burrows, who directed several episodes of Friends, spoke about the core cast's grief a month after Matthew's passing, saying, "He was part of a family, and he was the first one to not be part of that family anymore." He added that it was like "a brother dying."
Over the past year, they've all continued to open up about his death by talking about how hard grief is and also honoring the friendship they shared with Matthew.
Jennifer notably broke down in tears over a question posed to her about Matthew and Friends during Variety's Actors on Actors, with many praising how Quinta Brunson, who was doing the interview with her and was prompted to ask it, handled it.
In particular, Lisa has opened up about her friendship with Matthew a lot. Last year, she revealed that she'd actually started rewatching Friends to honor Matthew and his performance as the iconic Chandler Bing.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Lisa said, "Honestly, I wasn’t able to watch it because it’s too embarrassing to watch yourself. But if I make it about Matthew, then that's OK." She added, "And it’s just celebrating how hilarious he was — and that is what I want to remember [about him]."
And now, Lisa just revealed a very sweet note she just discovered from Matthew.
During an interview on The Drew Barrymore Show, Drew Barrymore asked Lisa if she'd ever taken anything from the Friends set. Lisa jokes that she was "too afraid" to reveal what she'd taken because "someone will come take it away from me."
Following her response, Drew recalled that Lisa had previously mentioned that she has the cookie jar clock that was featured in Monica's apartment on the show.
In 2020, while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Lisa showed off the cookie jar on her bookshelf and revealed that Matthew gave it to her as a wrap gift when Friends ended in 2004.
Lisa recalled filming a scene in Friends when Phoebe looked at the cookie jar clock and said that she had to get going because of the time.
When they were done filming, Lisa said Matthew said, "Did you point at the cookie jar and say, 'Look at the time?'"
The moment can be seen in Season 8, Episode 21, when Phoebe helps Chandler prepare for an interview.
Telling Drew that Matthew had given her the jar, Lisa revealed that she had recently opened it for the first time in a while and discovered that he'd left her a note.
"I recently found the note that he had in it for me. I hadn't opened it up or looked inside of it, but yeah, he did. He had a note in there, and I forgot about it," Lisa recalled.
She added, "Timing is everything."
I'm getting emotional just thinking about this, and I love that Lisa now has rediscovered a note from Matthew. ❤️
