‘Friends’ Creator Shares Last Conversation She Had With Matthew Perry Days Before Death

Marta Kauffman said she was ’thrilled' to see Matthew Perry two weeks ago, noting the late actor “looked good” and was emotionally “in a good place.”

Marta Kauffman speaks at a Netflix event in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 12, 2018. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images); Matthew Perry attends the London Evening Standard British Film Awards in London, England, on Feb. 7, 2016. Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Marta Kauffman, a veteran television producer and co-creator of hit 90s TV show “Friends,” revealed on Wednesday that she spoke with Matthew Perry just two weeks before he was found dead at his Los Angeles, Calif. home on Oct. 28, saying the 54-year-old late actor was “happy and chipper.”

“He seemed better than I had seen in a while. I was so thrilled to see that. He was emotionally in a good place. He looked good. He quit smoking,” Ms. Kauffman told “Today” in an interview, describing the conversation as “great.”