Matthew Perry Fans Slam BAFTA Awards For Snubbing Late Actor

Fans of Matthew Perry slammed the BAFTA Awards over their perceived snub of the late actor, prompting the present’s executives to reply to all of the backlash.

The fury started Sunday evening after the 2024 British Academy Movie Awards aired a four-minute In Memoriam section displaying photographs of actors who handed away during the last 12 months, together with Carl Weathers, Tina Turner, Chaim Topol, Michael Gambon and Richard Roundtree.

Because the photographs flashed on display screen, actress Hannah Waddingham carried out onstage, singing a rendition of Cyndi Lauper‘s “Time After Time.”

It was an exquisite celebration of those well-known and proficient individuals … the one drawback was Perry was not amongst these honored.

His followers have been upset, expressing their frustrations on the social media app, X.

One individual fumed, “No point out of Matthew Perry within the #BAFTAs memorial?! Dangerous type.”

One other wrote, “Hannah Waddingham’s voice is so beautiful. It’s a shame BAFTA left Matthew Perry off the list though.”

A 3rd grumbled, “No Matthew Perry in the #BAFTAs memorium?? Feels a tad disrespectful. Did they just forget?”

Different Perry supporters famous the actor was not simply identified for his position on the TV sitcom, “Friends,” however he additionally had an extended and profitable film profession.

BAFTA senior execs responded to 1 offended X consumer, writing, “Matthew Perry will be remembered in this year’s TV Awards ceremony.” In addition they hooked up a link to Perry’s tribute on the BAFTA web site, highlighting his TV and movie work.

TMZ broke the story … Perry’s assistant found his body final October floating in a scorching tub at his L.A. space house. The coroner carried out an post-mortem, concluding Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” an anesthetic used to deal with melancholy. Drowning was listed on the post-mortem report as a secondary reason behind demise.