Matthew Perry’s ex Lizzy Caplan attended Monday’s Emmy Awards with husband Tom Riley – where the late Friends actor was honored during the In Memoriam segment.
Caplan, 41, who dated Perry from 2006-2012, wore a strapless black lace tulle gown teamed with red lipstick, as she held hands with Riley, 42.
The Cloverfield actress was nominated in the Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie category for Fleishman Is in Trouble – but lost to Ali Wong in Beef.
Perry’s longest relationship was with Mean Girls alum Caplan. One of the few times they were seen together was in September 2011 while taking in a US Open tennis match at Flushing Meadows in New York.
The pair were so discreet that their separation, which took place in 2012, was not made public until a year and a half later in October 2013, with a source telling US Weekly magazine.
Matthew Perry’s ex Lizzy Caplan attended Monday’s Emmy Awards with husband Tom Riley – where the late Friends actor was honored during the In Memoriam segment
A source told in 2013 that the relationship had been rocky toward the end.
‘For the last year that they were together it was very up and down, a lot of back and forth,’ they said.
‘It was hard for them to let go but ultimately Lizzy decided she wanted more.
‘Maybe Matthew just didn’t want to marry Lizzy or maybe he never wants to get married at all,’ adds the source. ‘I don’t know, but I do know it was an issue for them. They’re both decent people. I don’t think the split was ugly.’
Perry – who died aged 54 from a ketamine overdose in November – was honored at the show.
Charlie Puth sung the 2015 song he’s featured on with Wiz Khalifa entitled I’ll See You Again, which was written as a tribute to the late Paul Walker and featured on the soundtrack of Furious 7.
Puth was joined by The War and Treaty for this In Memoriam rendition, though they had quite the surprise up their sleeve.
Towards the end of the song, they suddenly broke into a more soulful rendition of the Friends theme song I’ll Be There For You by The Rembrandts – after Jennifer Aniston urged fans to celebrate his life at the Critics Choice Awards
Just as they finished up the chorus, a tribute to Perry, who passed away in October at just 54, was shown on screen, as the crowd broke into applause.
The late Matthew Perry got a special tribute during the 2024 Emmy Awards’ In Memoriam segment
Caplan, 41, dated Perry from 2006-2012 – the pair are pictured in 2011’s Mr Sunshine
The Cloverfield actress was nominated in the Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie category for Fleishman Is in Trouble – but lost to Ali Wong in Beef
The couple- who share a son – looked smitten as they arrived
Caplan looked chic as she arrived at the ceremony
Charlie Puth sung the 2015 song he’s featured on with Wiz Khalifa entitled I’ll See You Again, which was written as a tribute to the late Paul Walker and featured on the soundtrack of Furious 7
Puth was joined by The War and Treaty for this In Memoriam rendition, though they had quite the surprise up their sleeve
Just as they finished up the chorus, a tribute to Perry, who passed away in October at just 54, was shown on screen, as the crowd broke into applause
Perry’s photo was then added to a collage of all of those who were shown in the tribute, which began with a tribute to another TV legend: Norman Lear.
Two of the stars of Lear’s seminal series All in the Family – Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers – introduced the segment in a rendition of the Bunker family home.
The segment then cut to a shot of Norman Lear’s iconic white hat, before showing his tribute image.
Others remembered during the segment included actor Adan Canto, who passed away just one week ago at 42 after battling appendix cancer.
Shaft star Richard Roundtree was also honored, along with actors such as Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) and Annie Wersching (24).
Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote) and Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss (Ellen) also drew applause from the crowd, along with Richard Belzer (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us), Treat Williams (Everwood) and Angus Cloud (Euphoria).
Others honored included Lance Reddick, Suzanne Somers, John Beasley, Leslie Jordan, Jim Brown, David McCallum, Len Goodman, Cindy Williams, Harry Belafonte, Bob Barker, Paul Reubens, Kirstie Alley, Andre Braugher, Alan Arkin and Barbara Walters.
Fans had a wide variety of reactions to the segment on social media, with many still mourning the loss of Perry.
Emmys 2024 WINNERS: AT A GLANCE
Drama Series: Succession
Actor in a Drama Series: Kieran Culkin – Succession
Actress in a Drama Series: Sarah Snook – Succession
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Matthew MacFadyen – Succession
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Limited Series: Beef
Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Steven Yeun – Beef
Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Ali Wong – Beef
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Comedy Series: The Bear
Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Actress in a Comedy Series: Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Reality Competition Program: RuPaul’s Drag Race
Talk Series: The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Scripted Variety Series: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Succession nearly swept the board with wins for Matthew MacFadyen, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin (left to right)
Perry’s photo was then added to a collage of all of those who were shown in the tribute, which began with a tribute to another TV legend: Norman Lear
Two of the stars of Lear’s seminal series All in the Family – Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers – introduced the segment in a rendition of the Bunker family home
The segment then cut to a shot of Norman Lear’s iconic white hat, before showing his tribute image
Others remembered during the segment included actor Adan Canto, who passed away just one week ago at 42 after battling appendix cancer
Shaft star Richard Roundtree was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Annie Wersching (24) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss (Ellen) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Richard Belzer (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Treat Williams (Everwood) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Angus Cloud (Euphoria) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Lance Reddick (Fringe) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
John Beasley (Everwood) was also honored during the In Memoriam segment at the Emmy Awards
Fans had a wide variety of reactions to the segment on social media, with many still mourning the loss of Perry
@romancejunkie48 said on X (formerly known as Twitter), ‘WHY… WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE FRIENDS THEME SONG LIKE THAT?!?! Now I’m a blubbering mess’
@justwrite115 added, ‘Whew! We really lost some giants in the industry last year’ while adding several emojis
@EmmyUnwritten added, ‘That In Memoriam segment just took me tf out’
@DamienSpellman added, ‘I need a Valium after that In Memoriam. We lost so many legends last year.’
Others took the Television Academy to task for several omissions, including Ray Stevenson, with @GabrielDjarin7 adding, ‘It’s very sad that they forgot Ray Stevenson in the In Memoriam.’
@maggieofthetown added, ‘Did they not include Lara Parker in the memorial montage, or did I blink at the wrong time?’
75th Primetime Emmy Awards: All the major winners
Drama Series
Andor
Better Call Saul
The Crown
House of the Dragon
The Last of Us
Succession – WINNER
The White Lotus
Yellowjackets
Succession earned the top honor Best Drama Series in its final season
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Actor in a Drama Series
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Brian Cox – Succession
Kieran Culkin – Succession – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Jeremy Strong – Succession
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Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus – WINNER
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
Meghann Fahy – The White Lotus
Sabrina Impacciatore – The White Lotus
Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
J Smith-Cameron – Succession
Simona Tabasco – The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge continued her successful run as she won Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The White Lotus
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Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – WINNER
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
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Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan – Barry
Phil Dunster – Ted Lasso
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
James Marsden – Jury Duty
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear – WINNER
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler – Barry
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Limited Series
Beef – WINNER
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daisy Jones and the Six
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Taron Egerton – Black Bird
Kumail Nanjiani – Welcome the Chippendales
Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Michael Shannon – George & Tammy
Steven Yeun – Beef – WINNER
Steven Yeun triumphed in the Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie category for Beef
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Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales
Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird – WINNER
Richard Jenkins – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Joseph Lee – Beef
Ray Liotta – Black Bird
Young Mazino – Beef
Jesse Plemons – Love & Death
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Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – WINNER
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah earned Best Talk Series months after the titular host left the show
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Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
F Murray Abraham – The White Lotus
Nicholas Braun – Succession
Michael Imperioli – The White Lotus
Theo James – The White Lotus
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession – WINNER
Alan Ruck – Succession
Will Sharpe, The White Lotus
Alexander Skarsgård, Succession
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Actress in a Drama Series
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Sarah Snook – Succession – WINNER
Sarah Snook was crowned Best Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Succession
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Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader – Barry
Jason Segel – Shrinking
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – WINNER
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Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear – WINNER
Jury Duty
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Wednesday
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Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Bornstein – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear – WINNER
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple – Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso
Jessica Williams – Shrinking
Ayo Edebiri dazzled as she earned Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Bear
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Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Lizzy Caplan – Fleishman Is in Trouble
Jessica Chastain – George & Tammy
Dominique Fishback – Swarm
Kathryn Hahn – Tiny Beautiful Things
Riley Keough, Daisy Jones and the Six
Ali Wong, Beef – WINNER
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Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Annaleigh Ashford – Welcome to Chippendales
Maria Bello – Beef
Claire Danes – Fleishman is in Trouble
Juliette Lewis – Welcome to Chippendales
Camila Morrone – Daisy Jones & the Six
Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – WINNER
Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer won Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER
Survivor
Top Chef
The Voice
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Outstanding variety special (live)
“Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium” – WINNER
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna”
“Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”
“The Oscars”
“75th Annual Tony Awards”
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Scripted variety series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – WINNER
Saturday Night Live
Scripted Variety Series was earned by Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
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@romancejunkie48 said on X (formerly known as Twitter), ‘WHY… WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE FRIENDS THEME SONG LIKE THAT?!?! Now I’m a blubbering mess.’,
@justwrite115 added, ‘Whew! We really lost some giants in the industry last year’ while adding several emojis.
@EmmyUnwritten added, ‘That In Memoriam segment just took me tf out,’ while @DamienSpellman added, ‘I need a Valium after that In Memoriam. We lost so many legends last year.’
Others took the Television Academy to task for several omissions, including Ray Stevenson, with @GabrielDjarin7 adding, ‘It’s very sad that they forgot Ray Stevenson in the In Memoriam.’
Lara Parker was another omission, with @maggieofthetown adding, ‘Did they not include Lara Parker in the memorial montage, or did I blink at the wrong time?’