Matthew Perry and Molly Hurwitz are engaged

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Matthew Perry is engaged to his girlfriend, Molly Hurwitz, the "Friends" star revealed in comments posted Thursday.

"I decided to get engaged," the 51-year-old actor told

magazine

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"Luckily, he was dating the best woman on the face of the planet," Mattew Perry added of Molly Hurwitz.

Earlier this month, Perry shared on Twitter with his followers that the long-awaited "Friends" reunion will be in 2021.

“The Friends reunion will be rescheduled for early March.

It looks like we will have a very busy year.

And that's how I like it! ”Wrote Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the hit series.

With a wedding on the table with Hurwitz, it looks like Perry is going to have an even busier year.

Fans of "Friends" have waited patiently for the special, which was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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David Schwimmer, another of the series' actors, said in July that they hoped to start filming, but in conversation with Jimmy Fallon they added that they should "wait until it's safe."

"Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman said they want a live audience for the special.

"This is an unscripted show, but this is how it works," Kauffman told Entertainment Tonight when the reunion was first delayed last spring.

We're going to need a live audience.

Even if we socially distance that audience live.

It really is a big part of what 'Friends' is.

We can't do it without them.

CNN's Chloe Melas contributed to this story.

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