“We kissed in a field of tall grass.” Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about her brief relationship with Matthew Perry

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of Matthew Perry, 54, who drowned in his hot tub in Los Angeles on October 28. From singer Adele to actress Shane Doherty to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, everyone mourned the death of the timeless Chandler Bing. friends. This Sunday, October 29, actress Gwyneth Paltrow also commented, posting on Instagram revealing their relationship in 1993, when she was 21 years old.

“I met Matthew Perry in 1993 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. We were both there most of the summer doing plays,” she began. The actress remembered a “funny and so kind” man, whose company everyone loved. “We went swimming in the creeks, drank beer at the local university bar,” he continued.

And continue. “We kissed in a field of tall grass. It was a magical summer. He had already starred in the pilot friends but this hadn’t aired yet. He was nervous (…) We remained friends for a while until we moved, but I was always happy to see him. I’m extremely sad today, like most of us. I hope Matthew is finally at peace. I really want it.” Here, Gwyneth Paltrow addresses Matthew Perry’s struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. The dark period of his life is told in his autobiography Friends, The Lovers and the Big Scary Thingpublished in November 2022.

“He was a brilliant artist”

The creators of the famous sitcom were quick to react to the death of their star actor. On the day of his death, Marta Kaufman and David Crane, as well as the film’s director and producer; friendsKevin S. Bright, in his tribute, issued a moving press release, which was forwarded deadline . “It still seems unimaginable. All we can say is that we feel blessed to have had him in our lives. He was a brilliant artist. It’s a cliché to say that an actor makes a role his own, but in Matthew’s case, there’s no truer expression. From the day we first saw him slip into Chandler Bing’s shoes, we knew it was him and no one else.” Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc, her screen partners, have not yet responded.