Matthew Perry’s mystery woman speaks out: He was ‘happy and vibrant,’ trying to lose weight

nypost.com:

lunch date before his tragic death has come forward to emphasize that the “Friends” star was in good spirits a mere 24 hours before his apparent drowning.

Athenna Crosby, a 25-year-old model and entertainment reporter, identified herself as the brunette who accompanied Perry to the Hotel Bel-Air on Friday in what would be his final public sighting. “I am so devastated from his death but felt it was in poor taste to talk about it publicly as the attention should not be on me but rather on him and his legacy and he was an extremely private person and I always respected that in our friendship,” Crosby wrote Wednesday on her Instagram Story.She added: “But indeed, we were friends and I was one of the last people to speak to him and see him before he passed.”The Venezuelan citizen told TMZ that the lunch date was not romantic and that the pair met through a mutual friend a few months ago.

Crosby claimed Perry, 54, was in “extremely good spirits” when they hung out, and he spoke “enthusiastically about the things that he had coming up in his life.

He was so happy and vibrant.”Additionally, she claimed the “Fools Rush In” star was excited about losing weight and playing pickleball the following day.