Matthew Perry’s fans are still there for him — they’ve been streaming the “Friends” theme song “I’ll Be There for You” non-stop because the actor’s shocking death Saturday.
The Rembrandts tune has had over 1.3 million streams across Spotify and YouTube this week.
Singer Charlie Puth, 31, even performed the song at his concert in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday before transitioning into his 2015 hit “See You Again,” which was written for the film “Furious 7” as a tribute to Paul Walker.
And the hardcover edition of Perry’s 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” occupies the highest spot on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Memoirs list, while the paperback version sits at No. 3, as of Monday evening.
Perry played funnyman Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Friends,” which aired from 1994 to 2004.
The “Fools Rush In” star is believed to have drowned at his Los Angeles home Saturday afternoon. He was 54.
Perry’s “Friends” co-stars, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, mourned Perry in a joint statement Monday.
“We’re all so utterly devastated by the lack of Matthew. We were greater than just forged mates. We’re a family,” read the forged’s statement. “There may be a lot to say, but without delay we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss.”
“In time we’ll say more, as and after we are able,” the statement continued. “For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everybody who loved him around the globe.”