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Emmys 2024: The Sad Reason The Friends Cast Didn't Host The Matthew Perry Tribute
Matthew Perry’s tribute at the 2024 Emmys almost looked a lot different -- but the wound left behind by his death is just too “fresh.” If you tuned into
The moment concluded with Matthew’s picture on screen, earning an emotional applause from the audience to the tune of a surprisingly elegiac version of I’ll Be There For You. The moment was pretty perfect, but could have been made even more heartfelt if the rest of the sitcom’s cast, like Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc, and David Schwimmer were up there on stage. Fellow executive producer Jesse Collins added that including them in the segment was, indeed, an idea “early on,” but that they wanted to respect the cast’s grieving process:
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