Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, mourned the death of actor Matthew Perry, known as Chandler, Friendsin a message posted on Twitter this Sunday 29. The two were classmates during their youth in Ottawa.

“The death of Matthew Perry is shocking and saddened. I will never forget the school games we played, and I know people around the world will never forget the joy he brought them. Thanks for all the laughs , Matthew. You were loved – and you will be missed,” Trudeau wrote.

How Matthew Perry and Justin Trudeau met

Their parents were close. Matthew Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, was press secretary for Justin’s father, Pierre Trudeau, when he was Prime Minister of Canada.

The distant relationship between the two was recalled recently, in 2017, when Matthew Perry participated in the show Jimmy Kimmel Live! and revealed that he had bullied the Canadian Prime Minister when he was in 5th grade.

“I don’t remember why I did it,” he told the program. “I think it’s because he was better than me and my friend at sports, and we were jealous. I’m not proud of it at all,” he said at the time.

Trudeau, at the time, took to Twitter and responded good-naturedly: “I thought about it for a bit and, you know what? Who didn’t want to punch Chandler? How about a revenge, Matthew Perry?

The actor kept a good-natured tone in his response: “I think I will let your request for revenge pass, dear sir (given that you currently have an army at your disposal).