Viewers of the 2024 Emmy Awards flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday night to ask why Matthew Perry was not mentioned in the awards show’s In Memoriam segment.
“Did I miss it or was Matthew Perry not shown at the Emmys????”, a fan wrote on Xwhile another added“How on earth could Matthew Perry not be at the Emmys?!?!”
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The real reason, however, is that the Friends The actor’s absence from the segment is actually because he was already honored at the 2023 Emmy Awards. The ceremony took place in January after being postponed from its normal September 2023 date due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes last year.
During the ceremony in January, the Emmys paid tribute to the actor by playing Friends‘ iconic theme song ‘I’ll Be There For You’ during the segment, which ended with a picture of Perry.
Perry was found unconscious in his hot tub on October 28. It was later revealed that he died accidentally from the acute effects of ketamine.
His former Friends Co-stars have expressed how much they miss the star. CBS Sunday Morning On the show in May, Courtney Cox said: “He visits me a lot when we believe. I talk to my mom, my dad and Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people guiding us. I feel like Matthew is definitely there.”
“I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to work with such wonderful people and live the life that I have now,” she added. “That was my family. We went through everything. Those 10 years were everything.”
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Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor specialising in pop culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with honours from City University’s prestigious journalism course, Naomi started at the Evening Standard as a fashion and beauty writer, working on both the newspaper and its website. She is now acting news editor at ELLE UK and has written for The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among others.
