How Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Friends’ Costars Are Supporting Her After Her Dad John’s Death (Exclusive)

Jennifer Aniston shared the bittersweet quality on her Instagram this week that her beloved father, John Aniston passed distant astatine property 89 connected November 11. In a heartfelt station that has garnered 4.5 cardinal likes, Jennifer wrote, “Sweet papa, John Anthony Aniston. You were 1 of the astir beauteous humans I ever knew. I americium truthful grateful that you went soaring into the heavens successful bid – and without pain. And connected 11/11 nary less! You ever had cleanable timing. That fig volition everlastingly clasp an adjacent greater meaning for maine now. I’ll emotion you till the extremity of time.” The remark conception connected the station rapidly filled up with caring and supportive messages from galore of her personage friends, including erstwhile Friends formed member, Lisa Kudrow, who commented with a elemental bosom emoji.  HollywoodLife has EXCLUSIVELY learned, however, that it was not lone connected societal media that Jennifer’s erstwhile costars person shown their enactment — but successful existent beingness too.

According to a source, Lisa, 59, and Courteney Cox, 53 — who starred alongside Jennifer, 53, arsenic Pheobe and Monica, respectively, connected Friends from 1994 until 2004 — person been determination for their heartbroken pal ever since the bittersweet passing of her dada astir 1 week ago. “Lisa and Courteney person been determination for Jen truthful overmuch this past week and Jennifer has truly leaned connected some of them for affectional support,” the insider told us. “Lisa and Courteney cognize however hard it is to suffer a genitor and they besides cognize however overmuch Jen’s begetter meant to her. He was specified a saccharine man who ever treated them with love.”

At the commencement of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lisa mislaid her mother, which she talked astir successful an interview that aired connected The Howard Stern Show. Lisa said that she was “not wholly sure” if her parent died from Covid-19 due to the fact that they “didn’t person tests” astatine the time. However, she said that — adjacent with a deadly microorganism going astir — Jen and Courtney “came running” to beryllium by her side. Lisa said successful the interview, “That was truly nice. They came to the funeral, it wasn’t a batch of notice, and they were there.” According to our source, “When Lisa’s ma died successful 2020, she leaned connected Jen and Courteney, who were her shoulders to outcry on.”

“All 3 of them person helped each different done immoderate hard times implicit the years and celebrated with each different successful the bully times,” the root told HollywoodLife. “Lisa and Courteney, arsenic good arsenic Jen’s different adjacent friends, rushed to beryllium by her broadside and volition beryllium determination each measurement of the way. They would bash perfectly thing for her. Lisa volition ever see Jen and Courteney to beryllium similar household to her and determination is thing that she wouldn’t bash for those ladies.” But it isn’t lone Jen’s erstwhile pistillate costars that person shown her emotion successful the days aft the decease of her begetter John, who had a longtime relation connected the soap opera, Days of Our Lives.

A abstracted root adjacent to Matthew Perry, 53 — who opened up astir his struggles with addiction successful his caller book, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir — also reached retired to amusement his enactment to Jennifer. “Matthew adores Jen and volition enactment her done this immoderate mode helium can. He’s ever had a large heart, but present that he’s sober helium can truly amusement up for the radical helium cares about,” the 2nd root said. “He’s been checking successful connected her and volition proceed to bash so. She’s been specified an unthinkable enactment for him, hopefully, helium tin lend her a small spot during this pugnacious time.”