Jesse Tyler Fergusonhad an unexpected supporter on the set of his first sitcom:Matthew Perry.
Matthew was the first one of you I met and became friends with."
“I think Matthew Perry came to one of our tapings one night,” Ferguson said.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Matthew Perry.Monica Schipper/Getty ; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
“He was in between scenes and there were scenes that weren’t going well.
It’s a high stress situation.”
Ferguson recalled Perry approaching him and easing his nerves.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson on ‘The Class’.Monty Brinton/CBS Photo Archive/Getty
Kudrow jumped in to correct the host.
“Traffic on Barham, that’s right,” Ferguson confirmed.
“Because that’s the street that’s outside the studio!”
Elsewhere in the episode, Kudrow reflected on watching old episodes ofFriendsin the wake of Perry’s death.
“But after Matthew passed away, there were marathons and I wanted to watch.
“Boy, I appreciated everybody on it,” she said.
Matt LeBlanc is making me laugh out loud.
Jennifer, come on!
She’s so good.
Look what she just did, she’s so good.
And Courteney, it’s like, oh my god, you’re hilarious.
How did you never get nominated for an Emmy?
And Matthew, of course.
At the time he was blowing me away.”
Listen to the full conversation between Ferguson and Kudrow above.
