**CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES TAKE A DARKLY IRONIC TURN: “MATTHEW PERRY” TRENDING AS FANS JOKE HE’S ‘STILL ALIVE’ BUT REFUSING TO READ HIS OWN MEMOIR**
**Los Angeles, CA** – In a bizarre twist of internet necromancy, the name “Matthew Perry” is trending on X, but not for the reasons you’d expect. A viral meme has surfaced claiming the late *Friends* star has *not* actually passed away, but is simply “ghosting us” because someone handed him a copy of his own autobiography, *Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.*
“It’s the ultimate artistic irony,” explains Dr. Lenny M. (Meme Historian, Berkeley). “Perry wrote a brutally honest memoir about his addiction and near-death experiences. Now, the internet has decided he’s not dead—he’s just in hiding because he’s embarrassed to read his own book and relive the trauma. The punchline? ‘He’s fine. He’s just avoiding his Goodreads obligations.’”
The trending phrase “Matthew Perry hiding” is accompanied by images of the actor Photoshopped into meme formats with captions like, “When you write a tell-all and the fans actually read it” and “Me realizing I have to go on a book tour to promote my own tragedy.”
Sadly, the actor passed away in October 2023, but the meme world is now treating his legacy with a sort of gallows-humor homage—suggesting his spirit is alive and well, but simply refusing to do press for his own eulogy. #MatthewPerryIsFine #HeJustDoesntWantToTalkAboutIt