The friends the actors were known as a tight-knit group on and off screen, but Lisa KudrowThe latest revelation of has shocked us!
Actress Phoebe Buffy, 61, said she and her famous friends… Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry — met for dinner only once after the show ended, but before them TV meeting in 2021.
“The six of us had only had dinner once before, after the show was over,” Kudrow shared on the Tuesday, Dec. 10 episode of Modern family star Jesse Tyler Fergusonis Dinner Is On Me Podcast. (via Sky News).
According to Kudrow, the dinner took place about a decade after the hit NBC sitcom ended in 2004. and the stars “haven’t missed a beat.”
Warner Bros. Television/Getty Images The late Matthew Perry will always be remembered by the cast of Friends. “We are all so devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than acting partners. We’re a family,” the series’ stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer told Us Weekly (…)
“It was so great, it was like, ‘We have to do this more,'” she added.
Alas, the next time the famous friends got together was in 2021 to record HBO Max Friends: The Unionin which they revisited their famous characters and storylines.
Little did the cast – or the fans – know that this would be the last time we’d see all six stars together. Perry died aged 54 from acute effects of ketamine in October 2023
“It shook us up, I have to say,” Kudrow told Ferguson on Tuesday’s podcast. “He said it wouldn’t be a surprise, but it would be a shock, and it was. So clever, it’s true – it wasn’t a surprise, but it was a shock.
“It was a big shock,” she added.
Speaking of Dax Shepard on his “Armchair Expert” podcast on Monday, Dec. 9, Kudrow said he takes comfort in the fact that Perry was happy at the time of his death.
Matthew Perry has openly struggled with addiction and other health issues while starring on Friends, and his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer have been by his side every step of the way, showing their support both publicly and and in private. The six actors appeared on the NBC sitcom for 10 seasons (…)
“This is going to sound weird. I’m more relieved that he was happy the day he died,” she said. “He should die happy. It was a gift for me too.
Kudrow also shared that connection between the six friends stars it didn’t happen overnight.
The Friends cast has reminisced about the series — and their favorite episodes — several times since the series ended in 2004. “Here’s what I love is when I watch an episode, I usually remember where we left off during the scene,” Jennifer Aniston told co-star Lisa Kudrow during a joint interview with Variety in June (…)
“It was great, we really got along,” she said. “We also worked very hard to be friends. This six way connection needed some work and we did it.
“If somebody said something or did something, it didn’t get too big because it was, ‘Can I talk to you?’—usually not me, because I had to learn to be, ‘Can I talk to you about something?’ because I never knew that was allowed!” Kudrow explained. “But I saw it modeled really well by Courtney, Jennifer and Matt. Respectful communication.’
