Matthew Perry Doesn't Know When Thomas Lennon Is Acting

When Matthew Perry went searching for the Felix Unger to his Oscar Madison, Thomas Lennon was the clear choice. But Matthew isn't really sure where Felix ends and Thomas begins.
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[@dearmakeupdiary]

All this guy has done all the way through his life is making us laugh, giving us a lot of joy especially playing Chandler Bing on Friends ... why do we have to type such mean things to him? Why all the hate? People change. We all get old if we don't die young. Matthew Perry, thank you for all the good laughs, for each one of all those precious moments. You are a great actor!

[@DafWejebe]

Kari!!!! Tan de acuerdo contigo!!!! Gracias por este comentario 💗

[@rebeccamaples1097]

He was on 17 again too

[@2000nc]

it's so so upsetting matthew perry's been through the most shit yet he still gets endless hate and criticism more than ANY other cast member from friends... poor thing doesn't deserve it

[@silvilev9071]

NC I think that's because he is a really good person who is also very sensitive and talented. It comes naturally to him. Some people hate that, and grab any excuse they have so they can feed their hate.

[@youcantfindme1147]

I’ve never heard of anybody giving him any hate to me it seems everybody loves him

[@kevingeorge5897]

People are so rude in this world!! Seriously guys, don't be so harsh, he fought his way out of alcoholism, and is living his life now.. please spare him.. he made my childhood awesome... Love Chandler

[@DoubleOSeven007]

Living with alcoholics, think about those people ... they have 'not' been having a good time like you.

[@dmo8843]

RIP

[@stevenlewis9234]

Thank you Matt for all the laughter you’ve given me and my family over the years.

[@jwilliams6002]

Why the Odd Couple was cancelled is beyond me. As someone who is a huge fan of Neil Simon, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon...These two were perfect for these roles.

[@StefveoX]

Why is chandler hanging out with Joey's hand twin instead of Joey?

[@snake6706]

Lmaoo

[@glennestabrook4019]

+Jasper Jamm LOL - I never realized that until you said that!!!

[@stickyickytoker]

+Jasper Jamm Colbert wasn't Joey's hand twin? Or am I missing something? lol

[@stickyickytoker]

+Jasper Jamm NVM I got it lmao

[@ZachRose88]

He must have mistook him for Joey! They do have identical hands after all.

[@Cidotv]

Friends were humming the odd couple theme song in one of the friends episode :)

[@RawbeardX]

I belive the part where he was driving in his car, but his thought was "I need a job"

[@Dream0Asylum]

+Rawbeard None of the friends "need a job;" They were each making a million dollars an episode for 10 years. Even Charlie Sheen couldn't spend that much money in one lifetime.

[@Dream0Asylum]

willroyful Charlie is still worth over 100 million. So my point still stands.

[@kendomyers]

+Dream0Asylum you underestimate just how much coke and hooker that man cab go through

[@suzawilo]

+Dream0Asylum Errrm....Wasn't it a million per season.I mean at 22-24 episodes NO network could afford that😆😆😆

[@Dream0Asylum]

suzawilo [NO network could afford that] You think 80 million dollars a year is a lot of money for the #1 show in national primetime? I think you're seriously *underestimating* the cost of primetime advertising.

[@ramyap6410]

For all who think and say that Matthew Perry has lost his voice, getting older and stuff, listen, he's a great actor, the one who you'd like to watch every single day. He just had few troubles in his life, hey we all have, don't we? Just bcoz he's constantly in media's limelight, we judge his "flaws". He is a human, like us. Let us all respect his life and appreciate what he has got. :) Peace \/ after all, he's the one who made us laugh like, millions of times :)

[@UnderstandingDarkness]

RIP Matthew you are still in our hearts, on our minds and in our laughter. 🤟💞

[@chelseadaley9770]

My heart really breaks for Mathew because he has been through his ups and downs in his own life as it is as we all dominate our own lives and he derives more to this world

[@luisortizsot5174]

RIP Mathew"""". Con él mure una bonita partede mis recuerdos"". Que lástima que la gente envejezca, pero más lamentable es que esta no sepa asimilarla"", y Mathew Perry para mí no pudo asimilar su vejez""""

[@thejaswinichandran7031]

So much negativity in these comments. Give Matthew a break, he's just getting older. Stop giving so much importance to a person's looks. Matthew is a kind, funny person, and that's what should matter.

[@calisongbird]

thejaswini chandran it’s not just his looks. He’s slurring his words a little and his mouth is pulling to one side. It honestly looks like he had a stroke at some point.

[@silvilev9071]

****###**** and? People can't be nice? or positive? Why do they have to be rude and point out only negative things?

[@calisongbird]

Silvi Lev oh FFS. It’s not “rude” or “negative” to point out something odd and frankly alarming like that. This obsession with only “positivity” lately is ridiculous. What are you, 5?? Life has both light and dark, positive and negative, and everything in between. Grow up, for God’s sake. Try reading this piece and learning something: www.mindful.org/real-gift-negative-emotions/

[@calisongbird]

Silvi Lev and PS, obviously a lot of others have noticed possible stroke symptoms in him too, judging by this Google result: www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=qcSQWvaHHYOKjwS6mpyIBg&q=matthew+perry+stroke&oq=matthew+perry+stroke&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...1562.8719..9322...0....440.2915.0j18j1j0j1..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....3..0j5j41j0i131.0zgpbX9QAjM%3D

[@moi554]

@@calisongbird why did you even send this over here , this is only applicable only if the person who is facing the problem tries to ignore it , in this case which is Mathew Perry but that’s not the case here .Here , some random dudes are coming and talking stuff so this doesn’t apply here .so use your common sense

[@aunmuhammad7923]

"I've known him for 2 years now." Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon worked together in 17 Again :-l

[@Carlteezus]

But did they have scenes? I think he was Zefron at that point

[@daisy2210]

+Jonah they did have a scene in the end

[@Carlteezus]

Ah...that's awkward, haha

[@Vincent_Beers]

They might have met when they did 17 Again, but if all they did was a scene together they might not have gotten to know each other, just work acquaintances. When he says "I've known him for 2 years now" implies a friendship, like he actually knows the guy fairly well and not just one of the 100's of people he's worked with in passing.

[@StevenTorrey]

Glad to see it has returned. It was a great program.

[@JohnDuraSSB]

Man, there are some rude comments here.

[@JoUrlacher]

I'm with you. Why the hate?

[@calisongbird]

John Dura www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=qcSQWvaHHYOKjwS6mpyIBg&q=matthew+perry+stroke&oq=matthew+perry+stroke&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...1562.8719..9322...0....440.2915.0j18j1j0j1..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....3..0j5j41j0i131.0zgpbX9QAjM%3D

[@2000nc]

i love matthew perry

[@JohnWestIV]

Known him for only two years? But Thomas was also Joey's identical hand twin! :P

[@maureenmclean5203]

Good luck on your new show Matthew.

[@churchkyloren1703]

Happy Birthday Thomas Lennon and May The Peace Be With U. In Harlingen Texas. August 9, 1970 August 9, 2019 - August 9, 3019

[@user-xj3us7nh2c]

I really like him he is amazing ❤️

[@da96103]

Matthew Perry looks more and more like Quentin Tarantino as he gets older.

[@sycois]

His middle finger on his right hand is missing the top portion. 0:57 I wonder who else here noticed that on F.R.I.E.N.D.S?

[@sabcam2000]

Everyone

[@JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoo]

He lost it from a car door accident

[@crazyhorse9556]

RIP Matthew Perry 🌈

[@VanillaBear9915]

I will literally always love this man and will always see him as chandler

[@jazlyn1731]

Same ❤

[@BillyAlabama]

Thank you for always making me laugh Matthew. 😃

[@nyyankee488]

matthew doesn't do drugs anymore. he gained wait because of it. to all you haters, the real question is how is stephens ear doing

[@thejaffadwarf]

Nyehaeh there's the high roller! xD

[@Saartjeee]

My fav from Friends. He really does sound like he was having a stroke or something. 😣 They should just do a netflix mini series of Friends! I mean, is everyone really too busy doing their own thing? They could just leave someone out.. Fuller house wasn't complete right? Gilmore girls won't be complete from what I've read.. I miss Friends!

[@CantStayAway]

It seems like Matthew Perry forgot that he was also in the movie "17 Again" with Thomas Lennon, cuz that was over 2 years ago...:P

[@roastarena]

God bless him

[@Thndrbolt54]

1:30 "...and I've now known him for two years..." Weren't they in a movie together? 17 Again? Although I guess they might have had different shooting schedules where they never met. I don't remember if they had a scene together.

[@Corgi-sy1mf]

Everyone’s commenting that the comments are very rude but I haven’t found a single mean comment

[@Altemimi123]

The funniest one of friends

[@MsLucy95]

Colbert holds his ear awkwardly long.

[@tyrant-den884]

His voice has changed.

[@darrenwells3642]

"Peepholes are funny" 😆

[@spenser9908]

He's known Thomas Lennon since 17 Again, more than two years, surely?

[@GMatiga1]

he was Joey’s hand twin in Friends Las Vegas episode, bit maybe no interaction between Thomas and Matthew then.

[@lauradunn1947]

put a peep hole on the door peep holes are funny

[@lianelayman7577]

I hate the fact that it's now been canceled.

[@lukethomas658]

I saw him on Graham Norton and he sounded the same. Wonder what happened? He's witty & engaged, so it doesn't seem like a substance issue.

[@SuperMak91]

why the fuck are people so angry here? wtf this is mathew perry people! jeezzzuz f christ!

[@GroovingPict]

I didnt know the Colbert show was filmed in Chicago

[@samuelmorel9340]

1:30 Thomas Lennon had a 2 episode spot on Friends but he was Joey hand twin so maybe that just did meet also Perry did 250 episodes of that show.

[@TheBluMeeny]

how many times did Colbert ask when the show is starting? LOL

[@cameronsipka3352]

Murr once at the beginning

[@ashleeb2162]

Twitter needs more Perry.

[@nerdishlive]

Instagram got him now 😏

[@kuziokundera]

After the Graham Norton show and this, if you go back to some of the later seasons of Friends you can notice Perry talking very slightly like this. I think its neurological and gets worse as he gets older.

[@donaldoconner]

That's actually a half decent Gary Marshall impresion

[@MartianManHunter2258]

Ring a ding ding baby.

[@mizora6356]

when all friends gang are on up next

[@kristinaldridge1712]

was the rest of the interview that bad we don't get to see it?

[@OnTheNerdySide]

He's been doing 8 shows a week. That's why his voice sounds so strange. Not quite sure what's going on with his hair.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

He does a good Gary Marshall!

[@hawkyhawk]

chandler stop being serioussssss

[@robepicboy]

His voice, man...

[@evancortez2]

They did an Odd Couple in the 80s, but it was like the black version of the Odd Couple

[@KathrynMerteuil29]

He met Thomas Lennon back in 2009 when they did 17 again. :/

[@ItzEddd]

Pls do a Friends' reunion!

[@none4530]

That already happened in February, where were you?

[@Jadoon0I0]

He's Already knowsThomas Lennon from friends in season 5

[@Vincent_Beers]

Meeting him in passing while working isn't the same as getting to know someone. The way he said it here was like they had become friends and not just worked together briefly on set. As an actor he's met 100's of other actors, that doesn't mean he knows them all as friends.

[@dreaminginnoother]

I haven't seen Matthew Perry in years. he looks so different

[@BrentBlueAllen]

I feel like Matthew Perry is starting to really look like Peter Boyle.

[@Tibbieman1]

I don't know why the New Odd Couple was cancelled. (except maybe Matthew Parry's "heath" issues.) I really liked it. @ThomasLennon was perfect for the part.

[@churchkyloren1703]

Respectfully: The Dark Knight Rises. We're the Millers. And Transformers Age Of Extinction is awesome. Love those movies... 💛💙❤💙❤💖🖤💖🖤💖💛💙💙❤💙💚💛💛

[@jwilliams6002]

Garry Marshall is great and created a lot of things, but The Odd Couple is NOT one of them. Neil Simon did. If you don't know who he is, look him up. Brilliant playwright.

[@iyerakshay]

Matthew Perry sounds funny

[@vodkabooty]

Years of pill addiction and drinking I think. Not sure if he's had any issues or not but hope he's okay.

[@twigityful]

Omg mathew's middle finger tip is cut off!!

[@joshuajones3557]

Mathew Perry here looks like Palpatine from Star Wars.

[@GriffenDavisBier]

Did Matthew Perry forget filming 17 Again with Thomas Lennon 7 years ago?

[@monumentsNmelodies]

Damn, he looks like he's recovering from a 3 day drinking binder during interview. Hope he's doing ok.

[@hawkyhawk]

no u dont lol

[@monumentsNmelodies]

+HEADPHONES HD yes I do, Chandler can never die

[@danielhofkes7064]

+monumentsNmelodies I'm pretty sure he's just getting older

[@Cr4nched]

+monumentsNmelodies Yea he like runs a home for kids who are recovering from addiction. I think he's been clean for a number of years now.

[@KenerdG13]

+Daniel Hofkes ......Stephen is older than Matthew.

[@laughingman4570]

Why is Matthew Perry turning into Harland Williams?!

[@ender003]

+Nate F Ooh, that's harsh.

[@sabcam2000]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the youngest of the "friends"... Hum...

[@funnygirl515]

he looks like robert langdon

[@prigemini]

Watch 0:56 till about 1:10, Stephen tugs his ear, like Carol Burnett used to... Stephen is a class act

[@jspr2k5]

+InfiniteEIC I'm curious too

[@DollyPartonFarts]

Need anything? Double-A batteries?

[@christohr9957]

Wow! I always thought Penny was Gary's daughter...

[@Lewisd95]

Wasn't Matthew in a film with Lennon lol

[@jadexjade321]

+Lewisd95 that's what I thought. Maybe he was so drugged up he doesn't remember?

[@scottwellman8846]

yeah he was in '17 again' like yeeeears ago now how the hell did he tell that story to Stephen Colbert as if Thomas Lennon was a total stranger to him they played best friends in that movie... oh but that's right - Matthew already has 'Friends' he doesn't need anymore 'Friends' not with all the 'Friends' that Matthew Perry guy has. #MatthewPerryFriendsHumor

[@sweiland75]

So many rude people here.

[@keroci2426]

Hey Matty, just a reminder, it's been 15 years since damn friends! You considering a remake for that too?!

[@deshik]

breaks my heart to see him like this..

[@jameseunice8773]

it's like his mouth had a stroke

[@ccmarvmd8200]

He looks so different then ms chanandler bing

[@bigcheezhed]

It's Miss Chenandler Bong

[@SuperSaiyen4]

+The Cubic Master *Bong ;)

[@timhulsizer8393]

+The Cubic Master Let's just call his new show Big Bing Theory

[@ccmarvmd8200]

+SuperSaiyen4 Sorry i just watched the episode

[@chesmaster2ky]

WTF? How long ago did I watch his interview by THR?? He looked and sounded just fine in it. Man...I am sad. o.O

[@MrC2095]

Where's Monica?

[@theInsaneDoctor]

Jesus why the hate

[@SalemElectro7]

Never heard of this one. Original odd couple is pro tho

[@DollyPartonFarts]

Why has he become 50% Lorne Michaels?

[@newgaleinhawk3398]

Nope. You're still Chandler!

[@tsefcik]

Note the the slur and the downturn on the one side of his mouth. It's not new in 2021 due to emergency dental work.

[@agentK1896]

What happened to his voice? He sounds like Daffy Duck.

[@4seeableTV]

+Karthick Raghavan Sorta sounds like he had a root canal earlier in the day, or is trying out new dentures.

[@sybaritesphynx8057]

I won't be surprised if he has had a mini stroke. But I hear he has been clean. May he and all other FRIENDS live forever:(

[@roastarena]

hahaha

[@smcg8504]

Karthick Raghavan hes always sounded slurry go listen to him in friends. its just got progressively worse. i think the fact that he looks like a 65yo makes it more noticeable

[@fahq285]

Is that enough time for me to eat a small bag of chips before you give a f***

[@brandontuttle5571]

I read in a magazine that he might have had a stroke. I wouldn't doubt it. He sounds like he's slurring his words and his face is droopy.

[@DioOmicida]

How are you and Monica doing?

[@zarinaa1135]

+DioOmicida ha ha ha ha!!!!

[@prashantvas22]

lol what a unfunny, unoriginal, lifeless person

[@CandyLaStar]

I have not seen that guy since Friends... He sure looks much older now, He went from 28 to 58 O_o

[@5kastubh5]

+CandyLaStar time is helluva drug..apart from the real drugs I mean.

[@thechosenofmystra9397]

Nobody wants a fucking remake. #freshplot

[@WillaHerrera]

I fucking hate the fact that we all have to age. I'm not sure why Matthew sounds like he's slurring but it makes me very sad that we all must get old and waste away. I'm sorry fellow living creatures. ☹

[@timothygraham4304]

I know he has an issue with alcohol and I'm hoping he has a handle on it but he sounds a little drunk here. I hope I'm mistaken.

[@Vincent_Beers]

permanent long term damage

[@maureenmclean5203]

We all get older, but he is playing a middle age man . Give him a break jerks.

[@13ullseye]

His voice sounds... off. Did he have a minor stroke at some point or something? Serious question.

[@aliensarerealancient]

+Bullseye to me it sounds like he has just come off a massive weekend binge session. Seeing as this was taped monday midday/afternoon i'd say he was still hung over.

[@gayathrivasu7034]

+aliensarerealancient Matthew has been sober for a number of years.

[@navylaks2]

Drugs and alcohol abuse over a long period

[@calisongbird]

Vandergrif www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=qcSQWvaHHYOKjwS6mpyIBg&q=matthew+perry+stroke&oq=matthew+perry+stroke&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...1562.8719..9322...0....440.2915.0j18j1j0j1..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....3..0j5j41j0i131.0zgpbX9QAjM%3D

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

@@aliensarerealancient I bet you know a lot about "massive binge sessions".

[@Eyecicle]

That's because Thomas isn't programmed for acting.

[@saramgeorge]

i saw an episode of the remake last year and just didnt like it. i didn't find the script interesting, neither did i find the acting that great either. which made me kinda sad, cuz i was really rooting for Matthew Perry...still am.