Lisa Kudrow is looking at Friendsa little differently these days.
The actress, who played the unforgettable Phoebe Buffay, recently opened up about returning to the sitcom after Matthew Perry’s death — and admitted that rewatching the series brought back plenty of laughs and memories.
After years of avoiding the show, Kudrow said she eventually started watching episodes again as part of her bedtime routine.
“It was great watching it. It became my right-before-bedtime laugh or two. I watch sitcoms before going to bed — I just want to laugh before going to bed.”
Some episodes felt familiar, while others were almost completely new to her, especially scenes that didn’t include Phoebe.
“Some things were like, ‘Oh, I remember that,’ but a lot of it I don’t remember and it was like watching it for the first time — I mean, especially scenes that Phoebe wasn’t in, because I hadn’t seen that — and boy, everyone was good!”
And yes, even Ross Geller got pulled back into the conversation.
Kudrow recently told Jimmy Fallon that Ross was “a terrible boyfriend,” a comment that apparently made its way back to David Schwimmer. When the two spoke, she had some explaining to do.
“I was just talking to [David] Schwimmer two days ago and saying, ‘God—’ Well, first I had to say sorry, because on Jimmy Fallon I’d said, ‘Ross was a terrible boyfriend!’ And he just laughed and said, ‘That’s all right.’”
Schwimmer, like Kudrow, apparently hasn’t spent much time rewatching the series either.
But Kudrow’s biggest takeaway was surprisingly simple — the cast was really, really good.
“I said, ‘It’s so fun. Everyone is so good!’”
And honestly, after 10 seasons, that might be the ultimate Friends review.
2026-08-18 12:36:00
