Speaking to People, professional pickleball coach Matt Manasse opened up about Matthew Perry’s last time playing pickleball, and how he was doing before his tragic death. As previously reported by TMZ, Perry had been out playing pickleball on October 28 before returning home to his Los Angeles home where he was later found unresponsive. Though Perry reportedly started out playing with Manasse alone, the “Friends” star soon picked up an interest in another coach at the Riviera Country Club whom he played with just hours before his death. “She said, ‘Yeah, he’d come out.’ She didn’t say how long but said he’d been doing really well on court, which wasn’t a surprise,” Manasse recounted.
In a separate interview with NBC News, Manasse confirmed that he had worked with the actor for a couple of years, during which they built a friendship that included occasional check-ins. “He was doing great, from what I heard and what I knew. That’s the worst part about this. When I spoke to him he was chipper and upbeat — he was who he is, pumped about life,” the professional coach explained.
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But while Perry might have been doing great in the months before his tragic death, his final days were reportedly characterized by fatigue. Following the actor’s death, media personality Billy Bush took to social media to offer a glimpse into the actor’s final pickleball game. “I spoke to the woman he played with this morning and every morning. She is in shock, adored Matt…she said he had been fatigued today and over the past week. A little more than usual. He played for one hour then went home,” Bush captioned a collage of photos featuring Perry.
