Weeks after Matthew Perry was found dead, Jennifer Aniston paid tribute Wednesday to her late “Friends” co-star on Instagram.

Perry, 54, died from an apparent drowning on Oct. 28, and Aniston is now speaking out about their relationship and his legacy.

“Oh boy this one has cut deep,” she posted. “… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before. We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply. He was such a part of our DNA.

“We were always the 6 of us. This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be. For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn’t hear the ‘laugh’ he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard.”

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Aniston, who revealed the last text message the two shared before his death, said looking back at their text conversations has been bittersweet.

“In the last couple weeks, I’ve been pouring over our texts to one another. Laughing and crying then laughing again. I’ll keep them forever and ever. I found one text that he sent me out of nowhere one day. It says it all,” she said.

“Matty, I love you so much and I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain. I talk to you every day… sometimes I can almost hear you saying ‘could you BE any crazier?’” she added. “Rest little brother. You always made my day.”

Perry was found Oct. 28 at an L.A.-area home of an apparent drowning. First responders reacted to a cardiac arrest call, and Perry was found in a jacuzzi. No drugs were found at the scene, nor is foul play expected.

Perry is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the hit ‘90s sitcom “Friends,” which ran for 10 seasons.

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