Matthew Perry was ‘giggling between takes’ of the 2021 ‘Friends’ reunion: ‘Being his usually silly self’

Matthew Perry was “sweet,” “silly” and “giggling betwixt takes” while filming the “Friends” reunion, according to a root who worked connected nan TV special. 

Speaking pinch The Post up of nan one-year day of Perry’s death, nan insider recalled really funny and benignant Perry was down nan scenes of nan 2021 reunion. 

“He was very saccharine and silly,” nan root said.

“Matthew was giggling successful betwixt takes. He was truthful grateful to beryllium a portion of nan typical and that it was moreover happening.”

Perry was “being his accustomed silly aforesaid nan full time, and made everyone moving connected nan show consciousness arsenic normal arsenic imaginable fixed who he and his formed members are,” nan insider added. 

The emotion and affection Perry and his “Friends” co-stars shared was evident for nan full unit and accumulation unit to see. “He gave a batch of praise to his formed members — saying each nan aforesaid saccharine things they said astir him, truthful you cognize their emotion and enslaved was true,” nan insider said. 

And Perry’s friends were location for him moreover erstwhile nan cameras weren’t rolling. According to nan source, astatine 1 constituent during nan taping, Perry was “dozing disconnected connected nan sofa successful betwixt takes,” exhausted from emergency dental room he had conscionable days before. Seemingly noticing this and wanting to thief a friend successful need, David Schwimmer sewage up, sat adjacent to Perry connected nan sofa and wrapped his limb astir him. 

“It was a testament to really saccharine and locked successful they each were pinch each other,” nan root said.

Perry said astir nan dental room successful a 2022 “Nightline” question and reply pinch Diane Sawyer.

“They did each sorts of things,” nan character told Sawyer. “The dental room conscionable made my rima consciousness for illustration occurrence and it sounded for illustration my sound was off,” he added, addressing fans who were concerned by his slurred speech aft watching nan special.

“And I couldn’t not show up. So what I chose to do was spell and conscionable do nan champion that I could.”

“Friends” celebrated its 30th day this year, and nan 20th day of its finale. 

Perry passed distant connected Oct. 28, 2023 astatine his location successful nan Pacific Palisades vicinity of Los Angeles. He was 54.

An autopsy performed by nan Los Angeles County revealed he died from a ketamine overdose. The study listed nan mode of decease arsenic accidental drowning.

In August, US attorneys indicted 5 individuals they allege were progressive successful procuring and distributing ketamine to Perry.

Three individuals — Perry’s assistant, a expert who helped nan character get ketamine and a personification who acted arsenic a “go-between” for obtaining nan supplier — person pleaded blameworthy and are cooperating pinch nan feds. Two others, nan alleged “Ketamine Queen” of LA and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, are fighting nan charges.