“Friends” actress Courteney Cox said she believes her late co-star Matthew Perry still comes around to visit her.

The 59-year-old made the remarks while reflecting on her career during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning.

“I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. He’s just so funny,” Cox said. “He is genuinely a huge heart. Obviously struggled.”

She continued, “I’m so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years. He visits me a lot, if we believe in that.”

The Emmy-nominated star said she believes Perry and her loved ones are still around in spirit. “I’ve talked to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people that are … I think they guide us. I do sense, yeah, I sense Matthew’s around for sure,” Cox told the outlet.

The actress reflected on working with her “Friends” co-stars on the award-winning sitcom. “I’m just so grateful that I had that opportunity to work with such wonderful people. To live the life that I have now. That was my family. We went through everything. Those 10 years were everything… they’re my family,” she said at another point in the conversation.

Perry died in October 2023 at age 54. His cause of death was later ruled to be “acute effects of ketamine.” 

The actor’s former castmates, including Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc, released a statement shortly after his death. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” they said at the time.

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During the CBS interview, Cox reflected on how much being cast on the show changed her life.

“That show, thank God for that show,” she said. “That was at the tail end of when I was really running out of money. I got an audition, I went in, I read the pilot, I said this is great, but you didn’t know how special it was. But then when you put this cast together, our incredible writers, it was like lightning in a bottle.”

An Oregon high school boy who won the state championship in the girls’ 200-meter race on Saturday was booed by the crowd when he finished the race and again when he was crowned as the champion. The female competitors did not applaud Aayden Gallagher when he was crowned.

Look at the girls on the podium applauding when 2nd place (the rightful winner) is announced.

Then watch them when the boys name is announced.

Stop saying girls are okay with this because they aren't. This is heartbreaking and deeply regressive. https://t.co/VmjeTtwgIk pic.twitter.com/5o36MbMICD

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 19, 2024

Gallagher, a sophomore from McDaniel High School, finished first with a time of 23.83 seconds at the OSAA championships in Eugene. Aster Jones, from Roosevelt High School, finished second with a time of 24.023 and Sophia Castaneda of Newberg High School finished third with a time of 24.41. Gallagher finished second in the 400-meter finals, missing finishing first by only .15 of a second.

Last Wednesday, Gallagher qualified for the state event when he finished first in the 400-meter preliminary event and second in the 200-meter preliminary event at the Portland Interscholastic League Championship semifinals, the New York Post reported.

The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) states, “The OSAA endeavors to allow students to participate for the athletic or activity program of their consistently asserted gender identity while providing a fair and safe environment for all students. As with Rule 8.2 regarding Duration of Eligibility / Graduation, rules such as this one promotes harmony and fair competition among member schools by maintaining equality of eligibility and increase the number of students who will have an opportunity to participate in interscholastic activities. This policy was developed in consultation with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).”

“Once a transgender student has notified the student’s school of their gender identity, the student shall be consistently treated as that gender for purposes of eligibility for athletics and activities, provided that if the student has tried out or participated in an activity, the student may not participate during that same season on a team of the other gender,” the OSAA adds.

After Gallagher competed in the girls’ varsity division at the Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood in mid-April, all 12 female Republican lawmakers in the Oregon State Legislature demanded the OSAA change its policy in a letter to Peter Weber, the executive director of the association. They asked him to “provide a solution to the families seeking answers about why the OSAA doesn’t feel girls’ sports should be a safe space for biological females to compete and succeed.”