The Friends solid was identified to be a tight-knit group on and off display, however Lisa Kudrow’s newest revelation has shocked Us!
The Phoebe Buffay actress, 61, stated that she and her well-known friends — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry — solely met up for dinner as soon as after the present ended however earlier than their 2021 televised reunion.
“We solely had dinner, the six of us, as soon as earlier than, for the reason that present had ended,” Kudrow shared on the Tuesday, December 10, episode of Fashionable Household star Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast (by way of Sky News).
In response to Kudrow, the dinner occurred round a decade after the hit NBC sitcom led to 2004, and the celebrities “didn’t miss a beat.”
Warner Bros. Tv/Getty Pictures The late Matthew Perry will at all times be remembered by the Buddies solid. “We’re all so totally devastated by the lack of Matthew. We have been extra than simply solid mates. We’re a household,” the present’s stars, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, instructed Us Weekly […]
“It was so nice that it was like, ‘We must always do that extra,’” she added.
Alas, the following time the well-known mates all acquired collectively was in 2021 to report HBO Max’s Friends: The Reunion, wherein they revisited their well-known characters and story strains.
Little did the solid — or followers — know that will be the final time we’d see all six stars collectively. Perry died at age 54 from the acute effects of ketamine in October 2023.
“It shook us up, I’ve to say,” Kudrow instructed Ferguson on Tuesday’s podcast. “He stated it received’t be a shock, however it will likely be a shock, and that was precisely proper. So sensible, that’s true — it wasn’t a shock, nevertheless it was a shock.”
“It was a giant jolt,” she added.
Chatting with Dax Shepard on his “Armchair Skilled” podcast on Monday, December 9, Kudrow stated she takes some consolation in the truth that Perry was happy on the time of his loss of life.
Matthew Perry brazenly battled habit and different well being points whereas starring on Buddies and his costars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer have been by his facet each step of the way in which, displaying their assist each in public and in personal. The six actors appeared on the NBC sitcom for 10 seasons […]
“This may sound odd. I’m extra comforted that he was comfortable the day he died,” she stated. “He acquired to die comfortable. And to me, that was a present.”
Kudrow additionally shared that the bond between the six Friends stars didn’t simply occur in a single day.
The solid of Buddies has reminisced in regards to the present — and their favourite episodes — a number of instances for the reason that sequence’ finish in 2004. “Right here’s what I like, is after I watch an episode, I’ll normally bear in mind the place we broke in the course of the scene,” Jennifer Aniston instructed costar Lisa Kudrow throughout a joint Selection interview in June […]
“It was nice, we actually did get alongside,” she stated. “We additionally labored actually onerous at being mates. That six-way relationship took some work and we did it.”
“If somebody stated one thing or did one thing, it didn’t get too huge, as a result of it was, ‘Can I discuss to you?’ — normally not me, as a result of I needed to be taught to be, ‘Can I discuss to you about one thing?’ as a result of I by no means knew that was allowed!” Kudrow defined. “However I noticed it modeled rather well by Courteney and Jennifer and Matt. Respectful communication.”
