Matthew Perry's Friend Recalls Conversation the Day Before He Died
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00:00 cracking jokes and being funny and just being the guy that he
00:03 was and then he's gone.
00:06 >> One of the last people to see Matthew Perry breaks are
00:09 silent just days after the friend star was found dead at
00:12 his L a home in photos obtained by TMZ Athena Crosby dines out
00:17 with Matthew Friday.
00:18 >> Where were you when you heard about his passing and how
00:21 shocking was to you because we just been with him.
00:24 >> I was absolutely shocked and devastated I remember thinking
00:29 that this can't be real.
00:31 >> The 25 year-old entertainment journalist
00:33 telling ET about his state of mind one day before his death
00:36 at 54 years old.
00:38 >> How was he feeling when you had lunch with him great.
00:42 >> He is a very funny person as most people know him to be
00:47 he's goofy he's silly he was cracking jokes the whole time
00:51 we were talking about how there's been a public
00:54 resurgence of interest in him lately and how he was hoping to
00:58 utilize that to have a second act in his career and he was
01:04 doing extremely extremely well, he was happy as a clam so
01:07 that's that's the person that I spoke to he was I think so
01:12 optimistic and happy about everything that he wanted to
01:14 do.
01:16 >> How did you meet that because I mean he's a pretty
01:17 big star.
01:18 >> We just met through a mutual friend and I am somebody who's
01:23 always looking to meet more interesting people he had so
01:26 many different projects coming up I think he was looking to
01:29 meet other creative people like minded people like him who
01:32 would support him and his endeavors.
01:34 >> One of those endeavors well she claims Matthew was
01:37 considering a biopic about his life story.
01:40 >> No no yes, I take this seriously yes.
01:42 >> And he wanted his 17 again counterpart Zac Efron to once
01:46 more play a younger version of him on screen.
01:49 >> He said that he wanted Zac Efron to play him and that he
01:52 was going to ask him soon to to do that and he was just so
01:56 looking forward to sharing more about his story and his
02:00 recovery from addiction and really championing that cause
02:03 to help more people.
02:05 >> Was emotionally in a good place.
02:09 Looks good.
02:13 He quit smoking.
02:15 >> That's friends co-creator Marta Kaufman with more insight
02:19 on the today show revealing she spoke with Matthew 2 weeks ago.
02:22 >> Do you know he was sober at that point. Yes, he was sober.
02:26 >> I'm Chandler I make jokes when I'm uncomfortable.
02:28 >> As for the iconic sitcoms ensemble there in morning,
02:33 the 5 stars offered a brief statement Monday saying in part
02:37 we are also utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew we were
02:41 more than just cast mates we are family.
02:43 >> You should a beautiful message about his life was if
02:47 you could say one more thing to Matthew what you tell Maddie.
02:51 >> I would tell Maddie that
02:53 I'm so proud of him and that he is so brave and
02:58 that this didn't deserve he didn't deserve this and there's
03:03 so many people who are such huge fans of him
03:07 are devastated by his passing and he just went away too soon.
03:13 And this is one of those situations that encourages
03:17 people to reach out to the ones that they know.
03:21 Whether that be their friends or family member or people that
03:23 they love and just let them know how much they mean to them life
03:27 is so extremely short that
03:29 we have to make the most of the time that we're given and I
03:32 think he did exactly that.
03:33 >> And that's what we're going to do.
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