“I had to have a couple of days to just let it soak in.
“Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman had a similarly heartbreaking response.
“I was just in utter shock,” Kauffman told"Today"host Hota Kotb.

“My first impulse was to text him, honestly.
And then deep sadness.
It’s hard to grasp.

You know, one minute, he’s here and happy, and then poof.
And doing good in the world.
Really doing good in the world.”
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew.
We were more than just cast mates.