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GOSSIP & RUMORS: ‘Friends’ creators on reboot rumors, Matthew Perry’s death

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The fans know that โ€œFriendsโ€ will always be there for them.

The beloved sitcom turns 30 this month, with its premiere episode airing Sept. 22, 1994. In honor of the monumental moment, the โ€˜Friendsโ€™ co-creators, Kevin Bright, Martha Kauffman and executive producer David Crain, revealed the possibility of a reboot.

โ€œWhen you have pre-teens coming up to you, telling you how much they love your show and asking you, โ€˜Will there be more episodes?โ€™โ€ Bright told Today in an interview that aired Sept. 20.

โ€œFriendsโ€ creators sit down to discuss the 30 year anniversary of the show. TODAY

โ€œWe get that a lot. I get emails about it all the time. And everybody has a great idea. And the great idea is their kids grown up doing a โ€˜Friendsโ€™ show,โ€ Kauffman chimed in.

As Crain put it, โ€œOh, no, no, no, no.โ€

As for how it feels to have the long-standing show, which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, turnย 30 this year?

โ€œFriendsโ€ Reunion Special on HBO Max. Terence Patrick

โ€œI would imagine itโ€™s kind of what it must feel like when your kid turns 30 and youโ€™re like, โ€˜How did that happen?โ€™โ€ Crain pondered.

One thing is for sure: the cast had a connection right from the start.

โ€œWhen the six of them got onstage together, I literally got a chill up my spine and thought, โ€˜This is special,โ€™โ€ Kauffman admitted.

Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica Geller, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green. REUTERS
Matthew Perry poses at a photocall for โ€œThe End Of Longingโ€, a new play which he wrote and stars in at The Playhouse Theatre, on February 8, 2016 in London, England. David M. Benett

Sharing some behind-the-scenes secrets, the creators told Today that โ€œFriends,โ€ flirted with being named a variety of other titles.

โ€œInsomnia Cafรฉ,โ€ โ€œSix of Oneโ€ and โ€œFriends Like Us,โ€ were some of the top options.ย 

The trio also reflected onย  the loss ofย  Matthew Perry, who died at age 54 in October from effects of ketamine.

Bright noted, โ€œHeโ€™d been fighting the good fight for so long, and it really did feel like, from the reunion, that he had finally found some peace.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s a huge loss, and it does make the 30th a little fraught,โ€ Kauffman shared before Bright added about Perryโ€™s sense of humor, โ€œHe made us laugh every day.โ€

โ€œFriendsโ€ ran for 10 seasons, airing 236 episodes and has been watched more than 100 billion times across a variety of platforms.

Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow and Matt le Blanc.

And now fans can celebrate the anniversary by buying iconic props that are being auctioned off from the series.

โ€œFriends: The One With the 30th Anniversary Auctionโ€ will give the public a chance to snag clothes worn by the main cast and notable guest stars, furniture that appeared in Rossโ€™ (Schwimmer) apartment, items from Central Perk where the friend group hung out, and more.

The auction takes place Monday, September 23, at Julienโ€™s Studios and online at Julienโ€™s Auctions.

Meanwhile, as the one year anniversary of Perryโ€™s death approaches on October 28, the case surrounding his death continues.

During an Aug. 30 hearing, a judge allowed for Mark Chavez โ€” one of the five people charged in connection to the actorโ€™s passing โ€” to move forward with a plea deal, per NBC News.

โ€œFriendsโ€ producers Kevin S. Bright, David Crane and Marta Kaufmann hold up their Emmys after winning for outstanding comedy series at the 54th annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002. AP

Chavez was arraigned on one count of conspiring to distribute ketamine, and according to the outlet is set to plead guilty at a later date.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jean Rosenbluth has allowed the 54-year-oldโ€™s release on a $50,000 unsecured bond and specific conditions, including no longer practicing medicine and the surrender of his passport.ย 

Chavez โ€” who is facing up to 10 years in prison, according to the outlet โ€” told the judge during his hearing, โ€œI do agree to obey to all conditions.โ€

Chavezโ€™s lawyer Matthew Binninger spoke with reporters outside the courthouse following the hearing, and shared that his client was โ€œincredibly remorseful.โ€

New York Times bestselling author Matthew Perry speaks about his book with Matt Brennan during the 28th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on Saturday, April 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

โ€œHe has already entered into an interim suspension of his medical license,โ€ he continued, per NBC News, โ€œso he effectively cannot practice medicine at this point, and the reason for that is to set up a surrender of his medical license.โ€

Chavez also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as they pursue others involved in Perryโ€™s death, including the doctor Chavez worked with to sell ketamine to the late star.ย 

Also working with the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office are Perryโ€™s assistant, who admitted to helping him obtain and inject ketamine, and a Perry acquaintance, who admitted to acting as a drug messenger and middleman.

Cast of โ€œFriendsโ€: Matt Le Blanc Lisa Kudrow David Schwimmer Matthew Perry, ( front L-R) Courteney Cox Arquette and Jennifer Aniston.

The three are helping prosecutors as they go after their main targets: Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with illegally selling ketamine to Perry in the month before his death, and Jasveen Sangha, a woman who authorities say is a dealer who sold the actor the lethal dose of ketamine.ย 

Both have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.ย 

Perry had been using the drug through his regular doctor in a legal but off-label treatment for depression that has become increasingly common.

Seeking more ketamine than his doctor would give him, about a month before his death Perry found Plasencia, who in turn asked Chavez to obtain the drug for him.

โ€œI wonder how much this moron will pay,โ€ Plasencia texted to Chavez.ย 

The two met up that day in Costa Mesa, where they exchanged at least four vials of ketamine.

Season 6: โ€œThe One With The Proposal Part II.โ€

After selling the drugs to Perry for $4,500, Plasencia asked Chavez if he could keep supplying them so they could become Perryโ€™s โ€œgo-to.โ€

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in announcing the charges on Aug. 15 that โ€œthe doctors preyed on Perryโ€™s history of addiction in the final months of his life last year to provide him with ketamine in amounts they knew were dangerous.โ€



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