Courteney Cox Says Matthew Perry 'Visits Me a Lot' After His Death and She Can 'Sense' When He's 'Around'
Cox remembered Perry, who died in October at age 54, as "one of the funniest human beings in the world"
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Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox smile together at the AFI Associates luncheon in May 2006Courteney Cox still feels the presence of her friend Matthew Perry, nearly seven months after his death.
During a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning's Jonathan Vigliotti, the 59-year-old Friends alum remembered her late co-star — who died on Oct. 28 at age 54 — as "probably one of the funniest human beings in the world."
"He's just so funny," she said. "He is genuinely, a huge heart. Obviously struggled. I'm so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years."
As Cox explained, Perry is still present in her life despite no longer being physically around. "He visits me a lot, if we believe in that," she added, before sharing: "I talk to my mom, my dad, Matthew."
"I feel like there are a lot of people that are — I think that guide us. I do sense, yeah, I sense Matthew's around for sure," she added.
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Following Perry's death last year due to acute effects of ketamine, Cox shared her gratitude for "every moment I had " with him in her life, via a heartfelt Instagram caption.
“When you work with someone as closely as I did with Matthew, there are thousands of moments I wish I could share,” she wrote. “For now here’s one of my favorites.”
In the clip she posted to Instagram, Cox's character Monica Geller and Perry’s Chandler Bing were in bed together when Ross Geller (played by David Schwimmer) walked in on them.
“To give a little backstory, Chandler and Monica were supposed to have a one night fling in London," Cox explained. "But because of the audience’s reaction, it became the beginning of their love story. In this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say. He often did things like that. He was funny and he was kind. 🤍🕊️”
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Cox also shared a post in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Friends 2004 series finale earlier this month, in which she explained she didn't "know how we were able to act through all the tears."
"Forever grateful ♥️," she wrote.
Back in March, Perry's stepfather Keith Morrison spoke with Hoda Kotb on her Making Space podcast about the loss. Morrison, 76, married the late actor's mom Suzanne in 1981.
“As other people have told me hundreds of times, it doesn't go away. It’s with you every day. It’s with you all the time, and there’s some new aspect of it that assaults your brain," he said of grief, before adding that it's "not easy," especially for Perry's mom.
"Toward the end of his life, they were closer than I've seen them for decades," Morrison said. "He was happy, and he said so. And he hadn't said that for a long time. So it's a source of comfort, but also he didn't get to have his third act, and that's not fair."
Morrison called Perry a "larger-than-life person," and shared that he still feels the "echo" of Perry's "goofy" and "funny" personality everywhere.
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