BAFTA responds to online criticism after it fails to include Matthew Perry in 'In Memoriam' segment
Matthew Perry
Fans of late actor Matthew Perry slammed organisers of the BAFTA Awards for not mentioning the actor in the 'In Memoriam' segment during the awards ceremony on Sunday night. The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards took place in London on Sunday night and honoured the best of cinema in 2023.
The 'In Memoriam' segment was set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time performed by Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham. It remembered those in cinema who died in the past year.
When Perry's name did not come up, several social media users criticised the organisers.
Taking to X, people called out BAFTA for the perceived omission, which one dubbed "bad form" alongside a GIF of Matthew's Friends character, Chandler Bing, saying, "You can't make this stuff up."
"#Matthewperry why wasn't he mentioned in he baftas?????" a user wrote. Another person wrote, "#BAFTA what happened to Matthew Perry in your memoriam. I know he's famous for TV Friends, but he did films too - shocking mistake ..."
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BAFTA responds to criticism
BAFTA has now responded to the social media backlash and explained why Matthew Perry was not included in the segment. A spokesperson for BAFTA told PEOPLE, "I can confirm Matthew Perry will be remembered in our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards."
On X, the official page of BAFTA carried a similar statement and wrote, "Matthew Perry will be remembered in this year's TV Awards ceremony," and shared the link to the academy's online tribute to the actor.
Matthew died on October 28 last yearat his Los Angeles home. His cause of death was later determined to be acute effects of ketamine, with other contributing factors.
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The actor was recently included in the 'In Memoriam' segment at the 2023 Emmy Awards last month. Matthew's image was shown with Charlie Puth performing his 2015 hit, See You Again, transitioning into the Friends theme song, I'll Be There for You.
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