The 75th Emmy Awards ceremony, which mainly honored two main series, was honored with a tribute sequence and other star reunions revealed by iconic TV fiction, such as the cast of Ally McBeal or the alumni of Grey’s Anatomy.
But the public especially hoped for the arrival of the stars of Friends – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer – to pay their last respects to their friend Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023.
Except that Friends didn’t show up at the 2024 Emmys, despite persistent rumors of their arrival.
Why didn’t the cast of Matthew Perry’s Friends pay tribute?
According to the organizers of the Emmy Awards, the discussions took place in advance The Hollywood Reporter That they were, of course, still in full mourning, and that the grief was still too great to be able to re-enact the scene or hold a reunion on television.
Emmy Awards Executive Producer Jesse Collins said:
“We talked about it very early on, but I imagine in turn they’re grieving someone who was still very close, I can’t speak for them, but we all have to respect the fact that they were themselves. own family. It was probably a little early.”
Therefore, the stars of Friends did not attend the ceremony and they did not talk about it at this time. Fans of Matthew Perry and friends were still treated to a heartwarming moment in the script for “In Memoriam,” which honors those who have died over the past year.
Singer and musician Charlie Puth sang “I’ll Be There For You” from The Rembrandts, Friends theme music throughout the sequence and video montage ending with a final image of Matthew Perry.
If you miss Matthew Perry and Friends, you can always (re)watch the series available on Netflix in France.
Source: Allocine
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