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Matthew Perry accidentally confirmed ‘Friends’ reunion before official announcement

Lisa Kudrow confessed that the audience can expect to see all the cast reunited, however they will not be reprising their original characters.


Daniel Neira
Daniel Neira - Los Angeles
Senior WriterLos Angeles
UPDATED APRIL 12, 2021 3:44 PM EDT

Matthew Perry got carried away with excitement!

The 51-year-old actor posted a photo on the set of the highly-anticipated Friends reunion, but it seems he got in trouble and had to quickly delete the Instagram post.

Matthew Perry friends reunion© @mattyperry4

Although the photo was deleted just moments before it was posted, it got 27,000 likes and was captured in screenshots by fans of the actor and the iconic show.

Matthew was sitting in a makeup chair, preparing to meet with the rest of the cast in the long-awaited reunion, captioning the post, “Seconds before eating a makeup brush, not to mention reuniting with my friends.”

friends reunion special photos© @MatthewPerryNew

He is also not the only actor who has teased details about the upcoming special episode, with co-star David Schwimmer revealing in a recent interview with Andy Cohen, that the cast and film crew would begin production in early March

Explaining that following the difficult delays caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, he was finally “heading out to LA,” now that the producers “figured out a way to film safely.

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David, who portrayed Ross Geller, added that “there’s going to be a portion of it that we film outside,” because of safety protocols.

Lisa Kudrow also confessed that the audience can expect to see all the cast reunited, including Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and Courtney Cox, however they will not be reprising their original characters because it’s a special episode but not a continuation of the original NBC show.