“Friends” creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane revealed Matthew Perry was “happy and chipper” just two weeks before he died.
The television duo reflected on their final conversation with the late actor during a preview from Wednesday’s episode of the “Today” show.
“It was great,” Kauffman recalled to Hoda Kotb.
“He was happy and chipper. He didn’t seem weighed down by anything. He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair.”
Perry played Chandler Bing on the hit TV series from 1994 to 2004.
He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc, who mourned their beloved co-star on Monday.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” the sitcom stars wrote in a statement to People on Monday.
“There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss,” they continued.
“In time we will say more, as and when we are able. For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.”
Perry died of an apparent drowning on Saturday. He was 54.
The “Fools Rush In” star was pronounced dead shortly after he was found unresponsive in his jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home.
He was discovered around 4 p.m. by his assistant who ran an errand for the actor two hours before.
While Perry had multiple prescription drugs in the house, there were no illegal substances at the scene, per TMZ.
Perry — who was a recovering addict — spoke highly of his “Friends” castmates — especially Aniston — in his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” released in November 2022.
Around that time, he opened up about his friendship with the “Morning Show” star, expressing gratitude for her concern amid his sobriety struggles.
While speaking to Diane Sawyer, he recalled Aniston confronting him about his drug and alcohol use, saying, “We know you’re drinking.”
“Imagine how scary a moment that was,” he said, adding that “she was the one that reached out the most. I’m really grateful to her for that.”
In fact, Aniston previously got emotional over the “idea of losing” Perry in a 2004 interview with Sawyer.
“He struggled and we didn’t know,” she said at the time through tears. “We weren’t equipped to deal with it. Nobody had ever dealt with that.”
