It appears nobody advised Lisa Kudrow, the actor who performed Phoebe Buffay on the sitcom “Friends,” that “life was gonna be this way” when it got here to getting individuals collectively for dinner.
Kudrow not too long ago appeared on the podcast “Dinner’s On Me,” hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, to debate her new Netflix collection “No Good Deed,” and obtained candid about her time on the hit ’90s present.
Whereas at dinner, Ferguson requested Kudrow what the present’s twenty fifth reunion expertise was like. She revealed that she and the 5 different essential solid members had solely had dinner “once before” the reunion for the reason that present led to 2004.
Kudrow described the reunion as “fantastic and great.”
“How soon after the show?” Ferguson requested concerning the timing of their dinner.
Kudrow responded, “It was 10 years. It was like we didn’t miss a beat. Just us at someone’s house and had dinner and, like, didn’t miss a beat.”
The actor was additionally requested if she watches reruns of the hit present. She replied that she’d watch “if it was on.” She added, “If, God forbid, anybody walked into my house and saw me watching my show, I’d be mortified.”
Kudrow later revealed that she modified her stance after the passing of co-star Matthew Perry. Watching reruns, she mentioned, began to really feel like “remembering,” “grieving” and “celebrating” the expertise of the present.
“Boy, I appreciated everybody on it,” she added.

After Perry’s dying, Kudrow wrote in an Instagram put up: “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said, that my muscles ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY. Thank you for your open heart in a six way relationship that required compromise.”
On the podcast, the “Romy and Michelle” star continued to reminisce on her time on the present and the way particular it was to be reunited along with her solid members and “to have all of us together on the set. ’Cause you never know when it will be impossible for all of you.”
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