Lauren Graham Speaks Out About Matthew Perry’s Happy Year Before His Death

Lauren Graham also revealed on CBS Mornings just how much positivity Matthew Perry brought to her life: “No one made me laugh as hard. Just tears, streaming. There was just such joy in being around him and being his friend.” That ability to make his close friends laugh, and laugh hard, has consistently been mentioned in many of the tributes that have come in from Perry’s loved ones, including Jennifer Aniston’s tribute to Perry as well as Lisa Kudrow’s.

Graham and Perry both mentioned each other positively in their respective memoirs. In “Talking As Fast As I Can,” Graham referred to Perry as “my longtime Friend Who I Almost But Never Exactly Dated, or FWIABNED.” And in “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry included a picture with the caption, “Me and the beautiful Lauren Graham.” And at an event for “The Odd Couple,” he called her “one of my favorite people.” So it makes sense that Graham said she was still “in shock” over Perry’s death. “It’s just a really tragic loss,” Graham said. We completely agree.