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The British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts is talking out after followers questioned Matthew Perry’s absence from the in memoriam section through the 2024 British Academy Movie Awards, also called the BAFTAs.
Perry, who died at age 54 in October 2023, was not included within the in memoriam through the Sunday, February 18, awards present, which befell on the Royal Competition Corridor in London. Followers weren’t happy by the omission, with many social media customers declaring that Perry was additionally a movie actor regardless of being finest identified for his function as Chandler Bing on Mates.
“I get that they are going to most likely do a correct tribute on the TV BAFTAs, however a point out no less than on the Movie Awards would’ve been pretty,” one disillusioned viewer wrote through X. “Having learn his guide, Matthew was proud to be requested to behave in movies and would’ve appreciated the popularity.”
After fan backlash, the Academy defined that Perry will certainly be honored through the BAFTA Tv Awards, which can happen on Sunday, Might 12. “Matthew Perry can be remembered on this 12 months’s TV Awards ceremony,” learn a message shared through the group’s official X account on Sunday. The message additionally included a hyperlink to the BAFTA web site’s official tribute to Perry.
Perry was beforehand honored throughout the 2023 Emmy Awards, which befell on January 15 after being pushed again from September 2023 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Throughout that in memoriam section, Charlie Puth was joined by The Conflict and Treaty to carry out Puth and Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Once more” earlier than the musicians transitioned into The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You.”
The observe served because the theme track for Mates all through its whole run from 1994 to 2004. Perry was the final celeb to seem within the montage, to loud applause from the viewers.
The 77th British Academy Movie Awards have commenced in London — and which means the celebs are stepping out in fashion. The largest names in Hollywood got here collectively on the Royal Competition Corridor on Sunday, February 18, to have fun the most effective movies, actors, producers and extra from the previous 12 months. Earlier than heading contained in the venue […]
In December 2023, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s workplace confirmed that Perry died from “acute results of ketamine.” A toxicology report additionally listed drowning, coronary artery illness and the results of buprenorphine (which is used to deal with opioid use) as contributing components. Perry’s loss of life was dominated an accident.
Shortly after Perry’s loss of life, his Mates costars — Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — shared a joint tribute to their late colleague.
“We’re all so totally devastated by the lack of Matthew. We have been extra than simply solid mates. We’re a household,” they mentioned in an announcement. “There’s a lot to say, however proper now we’re going to take a second to grieve and course of this unfathomable loss. In time we are going to say extra, as and once we are in a position. For now, our ideas and our love are with Matty’s household, his pals, and everybody who liked him around the globe.”
