JamesG
01-16-2024, 06:58 PM
Emmys Producers Explain why the "Friends" Cast wasn’t There for Matthew Perry Tribute
by Kimberly Roots
Jan. 16, 2024
Monday's Emmys ceremony paid tribute to late "Friends" star Matthew Perry — but in a night filled with nostalgic reunions, his castmates were nowhere to be found.
The producers did reach out to Perry’s "Friends" co-stars to participate, but “it’s still very fresh for them,” executive producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay tells The Hollywood Reporter.
“We had talked about it early on,” executive producer Jesse Collins adds, “but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them, but we all have to respect that they were their own family. It was probably just a little too soon.”
https://tvline.com/features/matthew-perry-tribute-2023-emmys-friends-cast-absence-explained-1235111995/
by Kimberly Roots
Jan. 16, 2024
Monday's Emmys ceremony paid tribute to late "Friends" star Matthew Perry — but in a night filled with nostalgic reunions, his castmates were nowhere to be found.
The producers did reach out to Perry’s "Friends" co-stars to participate, but “it’s still very fresh for them,” executive producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay tells The Hollywood Reporter.
“We had talked about it early on,” executive producer Jesse Collins adds, “but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them, but we all have to respect that they were their own family. It was probably just a little too soon.”
https://tvline.com/features/matthew-perry-tribute-2023-emmys-friends-cast-absence-explained-1235111995/