FRIENDS is no doubt one of the most loved and watched sitcoms across the world. Having garnered thousands of fans, it has given its six cast members the opportunity of a lifetime and unmeasurable fame. Despite the fame and a decade-long runtime, its lead stars including Matthew Perry have revealed that there is not much they remember from the show.
While Perry has no recollections due to his struggle with substances and drugs, his co-stars, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow have also stated in separate interviews that they don’t remember much of their time on the show.
FRIENDS Stars Have No Recollection Of Their Time On The Sitcom
FRIENDS has millions of fans worldwide, who continue to stream the hit sitcom even decades after its end. While the cast of the series has long moved on, the fans refuse to, thus, the lead stars continue to be idolized by their popular characters even after all this time. But for the actors, the experience has been very different; many of them have left their roles behind, just like Jennifer Aniston stated to Stellar Magazine (via Daily Mail).
“I feel like I have done them all; wrap them up and put them in a neat pile and put them away.”
In a separate appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, the actress stated when asked whether she watched the sitcom sometimes,
“I do, once in a while. I’ll stand there and go, ‘Huh, I don’t remember that.'”
Even her co-star Courtney Cox stated something similar during her interview with Today,
” I don’t remember filming so many episodes. I see it on TV sometimes and I stop and go, ‘Oh my God, I don’t remember this at all.'”
Responding to Cox’s comment, Lisa Kudrow said she feels the same on Andy Cohen Live Podcast.
“Courtney and I are completely in the same boat. We don’t even remember what the episodes were.”
These revelations left surprised who were earlier shocked to find that even Matthew Perry didn’t remember much and was battling a substance addiction during the filming.
Matthew Perry Also Has Very Little Recollection Of FRIENDS
Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom has been vocal about his struggle with substance and drugs during the filming of FRIENDS. While speaking to BBC Radio 2 (via People) the actor revealed that due to his substance abuse, he has no recollections of three years of the show.
“Oh my goodness. I think the answer is I don’t remember three years of it. So none of those … somewhere between season 3 and 6… a little bit of the time, I was a little out of it, yeah.”
While fans certainly showed support for the actor, many also stated that they were understandably okay with the actors not remembering their time on the show for it ran for over a decade.
FRIENDS can be streamed on HBO Max.
