Associates alum Paget Brewster has shared an unforgettable reminiscence from working reverse Matthew Perry on the hit sitcom, highlighting the late actor’s “gentlemanly” conduct.
Brewster, greatest recognized for her function as FBI profiler Emily Prentiss on the long-running crime drama Legal Minds and its ongoing reboot Legal Minds: Evolution, starred in Associates as Kathy, Chandler’s temporary fling, whom he steals away from Joey (Matt LeBlanc) in season 4.
Chatting with The Impartial in a brand new interview, the Huff star recalled the second Perry invited her again to his home to play a recreation of basketball to kill time in between scenes.
“I keep in mind we had sooner or later the place Matthew and I weren’t going to be in scenes for about three hours. And so he stated, ‘Hey, do you wish to go? Do you wish to go play basketball at my home? It’s simply up Mulholland [Drive in Los Angeles]. And I used to be like, ‘Positive, let’s — I’ll go play basketball at your own home,’” Brewster recounted.
“It was in his pool… and we’re throwing hoops, and I used to be sporting a pair of his shorts and my bra,” she defined, clarifying that it was fully harmless. “He was dressed. I used to be dressed, however I threw a shot, and my bra slipped down, and Matthew — I’m laughing — and he seems to be at me, and he [puts his hand over his eyes] and goes, ‘You’re, you gotta, you would possibly wanna check out that.”
She remembered Perry being “such a gentleman and a sweetheart” after the mishap. “He was actually a stunning man. And I’m actually glad I used to be capable of learn his guide earlier than he handed,” Brewster added, referring to Perry’s harrowing 2022 memoir, Associates, Lovers, and the Large Horrible Factor.
“He’s positively missed,” she stated.
Perry was 54 when he was discovered useless at his Los Angeles house in October 2023 from a ketamine overdose.
Whereas Perry had been present process ketamine remedy for nervousness and melancholy, U.S. lawyer Martin Estrada, who oversaw the case earlier than stepping down in January, alleged that forward of his dying, Perry had been administered 27 doses of ketamine outside his prescribed therapy.
Following Perry’s passing, Brewster shared a tribute on X, writing: “I’m so very unhappy to listen to about @MatthewPerry. He was beautiful to me on Associates and each time I noticed him within the many years after. Please learn his guide. It was his legacy to assist. He gained’t relaxation in peace although. He’s already too busy making everybody chuckle up there.”
Brewster was launched throughout season 4 of Associates as Joey’s girlfriend, Kathy, whom Chandler inadvertently falls in love with and finally ends up briefly relationship. She appeared in a complete of six episodes, leaving after a jealous Chandler accused Kathy of dishonest, prompting them to interrupt up.
Years after her visitor look on the seminal sitcom, Brewster went on to land her breakout function as Particular Agent Prentiss in season two of Legal Minds. Regardless of stepping away from the present two separate instances, she lastly returned to the sequence for good in season 9, the place she has remained ever since.
The brand new season of Legal Minds: Evolution premieres on Might 7 on Paramount+, with episodes launched weekly till the season finale on July 10.
