Jennifer Aniston opened up about how she and her Friends co-stars grieved Matthew Perry “long” before his death. In a sprawling cover story with Vanity Fair, where The Morning Show star discussed everything from her onscreen performances to her experience being tabloid fodder in the 2000s as a result of her relationships,

Jennifer Aniston is opening up about Matthew Perry’s death. The actress, 56, said in a new interview that the “Friends” cast was already “mourning” their co-star before he died in October 2023 from a ketamine overdose.

We did everything we could when we could,” Aniston told Vanity Fair about trying to help Perry. “But it almost felt like we’d been mourning Matthew for a long time because his battle with that disease was a really hard one for him to fight.