When making an appearance on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored', the 'Milk' actor recalls meeting the late former 'Friends' star at an airport in Los Angeles before his passing.
- Nov 23, 2023
AceShowbiz - Sean Penn has showered Matthew Perry with praise following the latter's passing. When making an appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored", the actor portraying Harvey Milk in "Milk" gushed over the late former "Friends" star for giving people joy with his talent.
In the Wednesday, November 22 episode of the show, 63-year-old Sean, who appeared in several episodes of "Friends", had a discussion with host Piers Morgan about the late actor and his addiction issues. "You know, tough situation, and he got to do that, he got to leave that tale behind and he got to give a lot of joy to a lot of people with his talent," Sean stated.
The Santa Monica native went on to exclaim, "What a talented guy. I can't claim to have known him well, but I liked him very much." He further recalled, "I saw him somewhat recently, and we were both catching a flight out of Los Angeles airport, and I complimented him on what I knew of his book," making a reference to Matthew's memoir "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing".
"I hadn't read the book," Sean continued. "I had seen several of his interviews, and he seemed to be talking about it, had confronted it, and was very intelligent and bold about it and generously offering his experience to people to be helpful."
About Matthew's passing, Sean said, "It's tragic, I can't say that I was terribly surprised. I don't know what the whole coroner's report things and everything, but I know he had done a lot of damage to his organs over the years." He then concluded, "So, I wish his family well."
Matthew passed away at the age of 54 years old on October 28. Since then, he has been remembered by his pals, including his former "Friends" castmate Jennifer Aniston. On November 15, she wrote, "Oh boy this one has cut deep... Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I've never experienced before."
"We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply," she continued.
"He was such a part of our DNA. We were always the 6 of us. This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be," she added. "For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn't hear the 'laugh' he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard."
