Best of Friends! Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox’s Relationship in Quotes Through the Years

2001

Matthew and Courteney’s characters got married in the season 7 finale of Friends, but it was a dark time in the actor’s personal life amid his struggle with addiction.

“I married Monica and got driven back to the treatment center — at the height of my highest point in Friends, the highest point in my career, the iconic moment on the iconic show — in a pickup truck helmed by a sober technician,” he recalled in his memoir.

2013

Courteney guest-starred on Matthew’s short-lived NBC series Go On. “She is fantastic, obviously. And my desire to show off in front of her is back in full swing,” the actor wrote in the caption of a Twitter post of the pair on set.

2014

Courteney gushed about Matthew guest-starring on her sitcom, Cougar Town, and credited him with making her character more endearing on Friends.

“It was so great to work with him. He’s so sweet,” the actress said during an appearance on Conan, adding, “When I worked with him on Friends, he literally gave me my personality for 10 years.”

2015

“I loved that Matthew found a way to make his character relatable by showing vulnerability in the personal struggles he was facing,” the Dirt actress said of Matthew’s role on Go On during an interview with Buzzfeed. She added how his “ability to show very raw emotion” was why “everyone loves him so much.”

2019

“Guess who I had lunch with today….I KNOW!! Could I BE any happier?” Courteney captioned a selfie showing herself and Matthew cheek to cheek while using their famous Friends catchphrases. The post has almost four million likes as of 2023.

2021

The Alabama native once again used Monica’s phrasing in an August birthday tribute to her pal, sharing a photo of the duo together to an Instagram Story and writing, “Happy birthday to one of the funniest people I KNOW.”

2022

At the end of Matthew’s memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, he wrote dedications to his Friends costars, heaping praise on Courteney.

“I closed my eyes, then, and inhaled deeply, and as I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by my Friends friends (without whom I would have starred in something called No Friends),” he wrote, thanking, “Courteney Cox – for making America think that someone so beautiful would marry a guy like me.”