Former Pals star Lisa Kudrow stunned followers of the favored sitcom by revealing how typically the forged noticed one another after the present ended.
Whereas showing on the Tuesday, December 10 episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner’s on Me podcast, Kudrow, 61, revealed that she and her co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and the late Matthew Perry — didn’t hang around typically following the Pals finale in 2004.
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“We’d solely had dinner, the six of us, as soon as earlier than for the reason that present ended,” Kudrow mentioned. Nonetheless, the forged maintained a pure closeness on the meal, given the sequence ran for 10 seasons.
“[It was] simply us at somebody’s home and [we] had dinner, and like, didn’t miss a beat,” The Romy and Michele’s Excessive College Reunion star recalled.
The forged of Pals would finally reunite in 2021 for a particular on HBO Max, marking their second time collectively in 17 years. Following the tragic demise of Perry in October 2023, Kudrow rewatched the sequence and mirrored so much about her time with the group.
Perry, who performed Chandler Bing on the present, died from [an accidental] drug overdose on the age of 54. As of August 2024, 5 individuals have been charged in connection to Perry’s demise. When the preliminary information broke final yr, the forged members all posted heartfelt social media tributes about him.
Kudrow’s Instagram submit featured a throwback picture of herself with Perry. “You recommended we play poker AND made it a lot enjoyable whereas we initially bonded. Thanks for that,” she captioned. “Thanks for making me snigger so onerous at one thing you mentioned, that my muscle tissues ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY. Thanks on your open coronary heart in a six manner relationship that required compromise.”
Kudrow additionally appeared on the Armchair Professional podcast earlier this week for the Monday, December 9 episode. She gave extra perception into the Pals off-screen dynamic, noting that the forged’s “six-way relationship took some work” they usually “labored onerous at being associates.” Nevertheless, the group additionally practiced “respectful communication” that Kudrow nonetheless admires.
“If somebody mentioned one thing or did one thing, it didn’t get too huge as a result of it was, ‘Can I speak to you?’” she added. “I noticed it modeled rather well by Courteney and Jennifer and Matt.”
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