Matthew Perry thought Courteney Cox was ‘cripplingly beautiful’ — did they ever date?
nypost.comCourteney Cox caught the eye of her future TV husband Matthew Perry early on. The late actor, who died at age 54 on Oct. 28, opened up about his first impression of the “Scream actress” in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.”“Courteney Cox was wearing a yellow dress and was cripplingly beautiful,” he penned.The pair met once they both booked the roles of Chandler Bing and Monica Geller, respectively, in 1994.
Their characters would hookup for the first time in Season 4’s “The One with Ross’s Wedding: Part 2,” which would become one of the highest rated episodes of the entire series.Although Chandler and Monica ended up together, Cox and Perry never seemingly got romantic off-screen.
In 2015, sources denied to Entertainment Tonight that they were an item despite rumors at the time.That same year, Perry opened up about staying close to Cox and the rest of the cast — Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc — once the show wrapped after 10 seasons in 2004.“We try to get together when we can.
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