The world of American television continues to mourn one of its most heartfelt losses. On October 28, actor Matthew Perry, known worldwide for his role as Chandler Bing in the series Friends, was found dead in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles. Since then, messages from followers and, especially, his adventure companions have filled social networks. Joey, Monica, Rachel and now Ross too.
David Schwimmer, who was in charge of playing Ross Geller, Monica’s brother (Courteney Cox), has left a farewell letter through his Instagram profile, practically at the same time that Jennifer Aniston published hers. The message has more than one and a half million likes in just over an hour of publication, and fully describes the feeling of the American interpreter in the face of such a heartfelt loss.
“Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity. I will never forget your impeccable comic timing and timing. You could take an entire phrase of dialogue and mold it to your liking, resulting in something so original and unexpectedly funny that it still shocks you. And your heart. With whom you were generous, you shared it with us, so that we could create a family of six strangers,” the actor explained in his letter.
“This photo is from one of my favorite moments with you. Now it makes me smile and feel sorry at the same time. I imagine you up there, somewhere, in the same white suit, hands in your pockets, looking: ‘Could there be more clouds?'” Schwimmer concluded, referring to the image that accompanies the text. It is a scene where they both wore colored suits, blue and yellow for Ross, white and red for Chandler.
Almost simultaneously with the New York native, Jennifer Aniston also shared her feelings: “Oh my God, this has been hard… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been a crazy wave of emotions that I had never experienced before. We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to come to terms with this loss allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone so deeply.”
“We were always the six of us. This was the chosen family that forever changed who we were and what our path would be. Matty loved to make people laugh. As he himself said, if he didn’t hear the laughter he believed he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he manage to do it. He made us all laugh. And laugh very hard. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at our messages over and over again. Laughing and crying and then laughing again. I will keep them forever,” he noted.
