Matthew Perry's Friend Recalls Conversation the Day Before He Died

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00:00 People are speculating as to what he was doing the day before he died.

00:05 He was so happy and so bright and so enthusiastic and cracking jokes and being funny and just

00:12 being the guy that he was and then he's gone.

00:16 One of the last people to see Matthew Perry breaks her silence, just days after the Friends

00:21 star was found dead at his LA home.

00:23 In photos obtained by TMZ, Athena Crosby dines out with Matthew Friday.

00:28 Where were you when you heard about his passing and how shocking was it to you because you

00:33 had just been with him?

00:34 I was absolutely shocked and devastated.

00:37 I remember thinking that this can't be real.

00:41 The 25-year-old entertainment journalist telling ET about his state of mind one day before

00:46 his death at 54 years old.

00:48 How was he feeling when you had lunch with him?

00:52 Great.

00:53 He is a very funny person.

00:56 As most people know him to be, he's goofy, he's silly.

00:59 He was cracking jokes the whole time.

01:01 We were talking about how there's been a public resurgence of interest in him lately and how

01:07 he was hoping to utilize that to have a second act in his career.

01:14 He was doing extremely, extremely well.

01:16 He was happy as a clam.

01:18 That's the person that I spoke to.

01:20 He was, I think, so optimistic and happy about everything that he wanted to do.

01:25 How did you meet Matthew?

01:26 Because he's a pretty big star.

01:28 We just met through a mutual friend and I am somebody who's always looking to meet more

01:35 interesting people.

01:36 He had so many different projects coming up.

01:38 I think he was looking to meet other creative people, like-minded people like him who would

01:42 support him in his endeavors.

01:44 One of those endeavors?

01:45 Well, she claims Matthew was considering a biopic about his life story.

01:49 No, no, yes.

01:50 I take this seriously.

01:52 Yes.

01:53 Matthew wanted his 17 again counterpart, Zac Efron, to once more play a younger version

01:58 of him on screen.

01:59 He said that he wanted Zac Efron to play him and that he was going to ask him soon to do

02:05 that.

02:06 And he was just so looking forward to sharing more about his story and his recovery from

02:10 addiction and really championing that cause to help more people.

02:16 He was emotionally in a good place.

02:21 He looked good.

02:24 He quit smoking.

02:25 That's Friends co-creator Marta Kaufman with more insight on the Today Show, revealing

02:30 she spoke with Matthew two weeks ago.

02:32 Do you know if he was sober at that point?

02:34 Yes, he was sober.

02:36 I'm Chandler.

02:37 I make jokes when I'm uncomfortable.

02:40 As for the iconic sitcom's ensemble, they're in mourning.

02:43 The five stars offered a brief statement Monday, saying in part, "We are all so utterly devastated

02:49 by the loss of Matthew.

02:51 We were more than just castmates.

02:52 We are family."

02:53 You shared a beautiful message about his life and who he was.

02:57 If you could say one more thing to Matthew, what would you tell Maddie?

03:01 I would tell Maddie that I am so proud of him and that he is so brave and that he didn't

03:11 deserve this.

03:12 There are so many people who are such huge fans of him that are devastated by his passing

03:21 and he just went away too soon.

03:24 This is one of those situations that encourages people to reach out to the ones that they

03:29 know, whether that be their friends, their family member, or people that they love, and

03:34 just let them know how much they mean to them.

03:37 Life is so extremely short that we have to make the most of the time that we're given

03:42 and I think he did exactly that.

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