Friends Main Cast, Co-Stars and other Celebs Pay Tribute to Matthew Perry

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Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Costars Speak Out After His Death: 'We Are All So Utterly Devastated' (Exclusive) https://t.co/t4SQxAIVfL
- People (@people) October 30, 2023

Comments

[violue]

"poke out in a joint statement, exclusively obtained by PEOPLE"

how do they put that in an article without feeling like a fucking vulture

[violue]

Matt's former castmates are devastated, you heard it here first!!!

[insomniachobs]

Ugh, and I bet the paps are going to swarm them for the first 'heartbroken' photos. Like fucking vultures.

[lovelylaura23]

The dailyfail already has tabs on David.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12686447/Downcast-David-Schwimmer-flashes-peace-sign-one-day-star-Matthew-Perrys-death-collects-Chinese-food-delivery-home-NYC.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12689693/Matthew-Perrys-Friends-star-David-Schwimmer-looks-somber-New-York-troubled-actors-death-54.html

[insomniachobs]

That rag deserves nothing less than to be dropped into a volcano, the entire building.

[svexsal]

They say David looks absolutely downtrodden. You can only make out his eyes. His entire face is covered.
Fuck the tabloids.

[bluesforgotten]

it is also gross that they (and their people) had to think about the right outlet to share their statement with. i mean, i get it. even if a company loses an employee, they may think about how to share the news. but it's sad in the paparazzi context, too.

[zibbydoo324]

I think this shows how old school the cast is still. Their relationship with people goes back to when they first made it big. An added bonus, no posts on their official pages can maybe limit the online harassment they will be facing.

[lauren901]

I feel like they probably do a statement eventually,

[zibbydoo324]

I think everything will be done as a unit. That is how they have always operated and it really protects them from unfair criticisms about Lisa’s statement being so much better than Jen’s. They’ll have their individual anecdotes but any formal memorials will be signed by all.

[lauren901]

Did you read the statement? They are probably gonna do separate statements, they are probably legitimate shocked and sad,

[violue]

You have deeply misunderstood my comment.

[lauren901]

Because it sounded like sarcasm to me

[curdlesnoots]

Apologies for speaking on behalf of someone else, but I’m pretty sure it’s not sarcasm.

I don’t think Violue is criticising the statement itself, they’re saying that People’s (multiple) emphasises on getting an ‘exclusive’ from the cast is what’s in poor taste, considering the topic.

In my opinion, that the cast chose to release their statement to People should be enough of a distinction; we only needed one Exclusive next to the headline. Repeating it just looks tacky and the use of the word ‘obtained’ makes it seem like they did some deep investigative reporting or tapped sources to get it. They didn’t.

“In a statement to People,” would’ve done the job just as well and avoided them sounding like they’re salivating over people’s grief.

(It also seems a bit desperate. People have a decent reputation, as far as Entertainment Journalism goes, and everyone in the industry knows they’re still the go-to for legitimate PR. They should own that fact and be proud that they don’t need to stoop to TMZ levels.)