On Oct. 28, 2023, YouTube channel Viral Vision published a video that claimed the cast of popular TV sitcom “” had reacted publicly to the death of Emmy Award-nominated actor , who played character Chandler Bing on the show. However, the video's claim was false at that time, and most of the statements attributed to Perry's co-stars were fabricated.
Perry's death in his Los Angeles home at the age of 54 was announced earlier that same day. Multiple news outlets published full obituaries detailing the actor's life, including The New York Times and The Associated Press. The exact cause of death was unknown at the time.
The YouTube video was titled "'Friends' Cast Reacts To Matthew Perry Death." The thumbnail image bore an alleged quote from “Friends” actor Jennifer Aniston, who supposedly said, "This was no accident." (presumably about Perry’s death). We found no evidence she had said this. The video had been viewed over 812,000 times on Viral Vision’s YouTube channel at the time of this writing.
None of the "Friends" actors mentioned in the video had yet made a public statement when it was uploaded, except for actor Maggie Wheeler, whose words in her actual Instagram post bore no resemblance to the those attributed to her in the video. Details of Perry's life, such as his age when he died, were also presented inaccurately in the video, which began: "Matthew Perry has unexpectedly passed away at the age of 56, and the cast of “Friends” has reacted to this heartbreaking news....
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