“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to Matthew Perry, hours after the information of his demise broke.
The broadcast confirmed an image of Perry coupled with a second of silence proper earlier than the episode’s goodnights phase. Nate Bargatze was the episode’s host.
Perry, finest recognized for taking part in Chandler Bing on “Friends,” died on Saturday. He was 54. According to the LA Times, Perry was discovered unresponsive in a sizzling tub at his Los Angeles house.
The actor hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1997 with musical visitor Oasis.
Perry portrayed the beloved, sarcastic Chandler on “Friends,” which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. He obtained one Primetime Emmy nomination in 2002 for the ninth season. Perry additionally appeared in “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” “Go On,” “The Odd Couple” and “The West Wing.” He scored two extra Emmy nominations in 2003 and 2004 for his position as Joe Quincy on the Aaron Sorkin political drama.
In 2022, Perry opened up about his wrestle with alcohol and medicines in his memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” revealing he was solely sober for one Season 9 — the ninth — of “Friends,” and battled for many of his life.
In the e book, he says at one level he was taking 55 Vicodin a day, has attended 6,000 AA conferences, had 14 surgical procedures and gone to rehab 15 occasions. He determined to put in writing the e book with hopes to assist others going via any form of habit struggles.
In 2018, Perry’s colon exploded and he spent two weeks in a coma; his household was advised he had a 2% probability to dwell. After he survived, he lived with a colostomy bag for 9 months.
Since the information of his demise, many celebrities have honored the comic, together with Paget Brewster, who starred on the present for six episodes an performed his love curiosity, Kathy. “I’m so very unhappy to listen to about @MatthewPerry. He was pretty to me on Friends and each time I noticed him within the many years after,” she tweeted. “Please learn his e book. It was his legacy to assist. He gained’t relaxation in peace although.. He’s already too busy making everybody chuckle up there.”
