David Schwimmer Reacts to Backlash Following ‘Friends’ Diversity Quotes: ‘I Meant No Disrespect’

David Schwimmer is to read a bedtime story on CBeebies.

Which 90s phenomenon will get back together first?

David Schwimmer has poured cold water on the idea of a Friends revival – saying the show has already ended in “the ­perfect way”.

David Schwimmer expertly dodged questions about a potential “Friends” reunion when confronted with a mountain of evidence during a recent interview.

David Schwimmer expertly dodged questions about a potential “Friends” reunion when confronted with a mountain of evidence during a recent interview.

David Schwimmer is playing down Friends reunion rumours insisting fans of the beloved sitcom shouldn’t get their hopes up about a cryptic tweet posted by former castmate Matthew Perry.

Just like a lot of other actors, Mark Ruffalo and David Schwimmer also started their careers with a low-key job that had nothing to do with their acting profession. During their recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Ruffalo and Schwimmer realised that they both worked at the exact same Restaurant and the experience was bizarre, to say the least.

Jessica Hecht gave her take on David Schwimmer’s comments about Friends’ diversity, giving high praise to the actor who played her onscreen wife’s ex-husband on the NBC hit.

In an ongoing series of fumbles with regard to the diversity (and other current criticisms) of Friends, David Schwimmer has now apologized to Living Single's Erika Alexander. On Twitter, the actor responded to her claim that he'd overlooked the fellow '90s sitcom, which featured a predominantly black cast, when discussing his own series' place in history.

By Denise Petski

Another Living Single star has hopped on Twitter to remind David Schwimmer of something important: they did it first. Kim Coles, who played Synclaire James-Jones on the hit 1990s sitcom, called the actor “naive” on Twitter for suggesting that an “all-black” or “all-Asian” reboot of Friends would make up for the show’s lack of diversity.

David Schwimmer says his words may have been taken “out of context” when he discussed diversity and Friends in a recent interview. After he talked about being “very aware of my privilege as a heterosexual white male,” the actor, 53, told The Guardian that he doesn’t believe any of the original Friends cast has the desire to reprise their old characters.

The iconic NBC sitcom Friends was about six 20-somethings living in New York, following their love lives, friendships and careers. But its taken heat over the years for its lack of diversity, with an all-white lead cast and precious few people of color in secondary roles.

David Schwimmer has an idea for how to revive the still super-popular .