Lisa Kudrow found Matthew Perry's secret note after his death

Lisa Kudrow discovered a hidden note from Matthew Perry about a year after the actor passed away.

Kudrova, 61, said Drew Barrymore Tuesday, January 7 episode The Drew Barrymore Showthat she “recently found” a note Perry wrote to her while the pair were working on the final episode of the film. Friends in 2004.

Perry, who died in October 2023 at the age of 54 after acute exposure to ketamine, had placed a note in a cookie jar he had taken from the television. comedy series' set. “Matthew gave it to me at the end of our last episode,” Kudrow told Barrymore, 49. “Recently I had found a note that he put in it for me. I hadn't opened it or looked at it. But yes, he did. He had a note in there and I forgot about it.

Kudrow did not share what was written in the note, but added that “timing is everything.”

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The cookie jar was a familiar prop to Friends a set designed to resemble a clock with the words “Cookie Time” on it. Kudrow, who played the eccentric Phoebe Buffet on the show that began in September 1994 and spent a decade on TV, had a touching memory of the jar when she appeared in 2020. Jimmy Kimmel Live.

“We shot the scene years before we finished it,” Lisa told Kimmel, 57, on the talk show in May 2020. “My line was, 'Oh, I'm late. I'd better go,” and it was too late when I realized I didn't have a watch. When the words came out, I said, “Oh, it's good there's a clock,” I gestured to it (the cookie jar) and said, “Oh, look at the time . I better go.''

Kudrow added that Perry, who played the hilarious Chandler Bing, walked up to her after her comment and said, “Did you point to the cookie jar and say, 'Look at the time'?” to which both Kudrow and Perry laughed.

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Perry's death was determined the accident two months after he was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home. The actor was pronounced dead on October 28, 2023.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office released a toxicology report that concluded Perry died of ketamine exposure, with drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine (used to treat opioid abuse) listed as contributing factors.

In dedication Kudrow wrote to Perry via Instagram on Nov. 15 of that year: “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said that my muscles hurt and tears streamed down my face EVERY DAY. Thank you for your open heart in a six-way relationship, that required a compromise.And a lot of “talking”.Thank you for showing up to work when you weren't well and then being absolutely brilliant.