The one in memoriam of Matthew Perry.
The Emmys 2024 honored the late “Friends” star, who on Oct. 28 due to during Monday night’s, but , Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer were noticeably absent.
While Emmys executive producers Jeannae Rouzan-Clay and Jesse Collins revealed to on Tuesday that the cast of “Friends” was never invited to this year’s ceremony, Collins admitted the Emmys team discussed what an on-stage reunion could look like “early on” in the planning process.
“It’s still very fresh for them,” Rouzan-Clay said of the of the hit comedy.
Collins added, “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.”
Perry was the cast celebrity to appear in the Emmys’ in memoriam segment.The Post has contacted reps for Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, and Schwimmer for comment.
Perry played a large role in the Emmys’ in memoriam segment as Charlie Puth wove the “Friends” theme song, “I’ll Be There For You,” into his hit song, “See You Again,” which he performed onstage with husband and wife duo The War and Treaty.
The star’s picture was the last to appear on the screen for the segment and was shown a few seconds longer than other late celebs, including , , , and more.
The cast of “Friends” attends the Emmys 2002. REUTERSCollins explained to THR, “There were lots of ideas on how to bring that together. Once we had Charlie [Puth] and The War and Treaty doing the theme, we knew that that was a great base, and then it just became about recognizing 44 people.”
“Yes, Norman Lear and Matthew Perry, you have to give some special attention to, but you don’t want anyone to feel slighted.
Everybody’s contribution was significant, and this is their moment inside this package. So the hardest part was really trying to find a balance.”
“We always wanted to do something with ‘All in the Family,’ and that wound up being the perfect setup: starting with and onstage and having Matthew Perry be the last picture,” he concluded.
Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Courtney Cox and David Schwimmer all have an emotional hug at Matthew Perry’s funeral. Shutterstock / SplashNews.com
Matthew Perry poses at a photocall for “The End Of Longing,” a play which he wrote and starred in, at The Playhouse Theatre in London in 2016. David M. BenettAniston, who has had thus far despite sitting out on the Emmys, was asked by Entertainment Tonight at the 2024 Critics’ Choice Awards .
“[To] celebrate him,” she quickly stated on the red carpet.
Perry’s Lizzy Caplan attended the Emmys with her husband Tom Riley as she was for her role in “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” which ultimately went to Ali Wong for “Beef
