Matthew Perry’s death had anti-vaxxers posting conspiracy theories. Fans were not having it: ‘Absolutely disgusting’

Social media was full of beautiful remembrances and prayers for the family of former “Friends” star Matthew Perry Saturday following the tragic news of his passing.

The 54-year-old was reportedly found in a hot tub outside his home at around 4 p.m. PT Saturday in Los Angeles. TMZ reported that Perry’s cause of death was an “apparent drowning.” The Los Angeles Police Department told the L.A. times that the actor’s cause of death is being examined and will be determined at a later date.

Regardless of the cause of death, though, the loss of the actor who played “Chandler” for 10 seasons on the hit show was hard to take for many fans.

But mixed in with those posts were several amplified voices over on Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, who irresponsibly somehow jumped right into conspiracy theories. Rolling Stone addressed those folks as “Twisted” in an article and … well. Because while the world still awaits the official word of what caused Perry’s death the anti-vaxxers have moved in — without a shred of actual evidence — to try to somehow link the actor’s death to his vaccination status.

Kandiss Taylor, a failed MAGA candidate for Governor in Georgia, immediately responded to the news of his death by posting on social media, “What??? Was he vaccinated?”

Taylor then reposted a tweet in which Perry wrote, “Could I BE Any More Vaccinated,” and wrote “Not a conspiracy when it is TRUTH. Correlation doesn’t lie. That’s what ALL research does to find significance. Stop being offended and get on your knees and pray for healing. Find Jesus. He paid for ALL sickness. Healing is in Him.’”

Now, if Taylor’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably not because of her political run in Georgia. She didn’t get enough of the vote for many people to really know who she is, but last week she did accuse Taylor Swift of practicing witchcraft, so it does kind of feel like she is pumping things out on social media for attention because there are some obvious, gigantic holes in the vaccine conspiracy theory she is trying to peddle in this case.

Perry’s fans, and most folks with common sense and decency, were quick to point out some of those gigantic holes and the tastelessness and irresponsibility of trying to make the link without any proof.

“He drowned in the COVID vaccine?” one person responded. “I’m genuinely shocked. This seems impossible but hey …”

“‘Correlation doesn’t lie’” another person responded. “Ice cream sales are correlated with drownings at beaches.”

“Stop acting like a clown, Kandiss!” another wrote. “He lost his life and you’re making this political. What a disgrace you are!”

“What a sad, vacant, vapid individual you are,” another added.

“You are absolutely disgusting!” another wrote. “Shame on you for pushing Maga propaganda at a time like this!!! SHAME ON YOU.”

Taylor stuck to her grifting guns on this one, posting several follow-up tweets defending her willingness to make a connection despite the absence of any real evidence.

She wasn’t alone, though.

The Catturd account, which has more two million followers, on X also shared Perry’s post about being vaccinated and wrote, “RIP Matthew Perry — dead at 54.”

And Rolling Stone pointed out numerous accounts retweeting Perry’s previous post about being vaccinated while trying to link his passing to the vaccine. And, the site said, someone even edited his Wikipedia page to read, “It is unclear whether the drowning was due to complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.” That was deleted a short time later, according to Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone referred to it all as “ghoulish” behavior in its piece and … well.