Genealogist Reveals That ‘Friends’ Stars Matthew Perry And Courteney Cox Are Distant Cousins

Courteney Cox is a doting mother to teenage daughter Coco, and made sure she had a birthday to remember at the start of the week.MORE: Friends stars' real-life homes revealed: Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and moreCoco turned 17, and enjoyed a socially distanced birthday party complete with food trucks, which went down well with the entire family.Taking to Instagram, the Friends star shared a selfie of herself standing in front of Raising Cane's food van, and wrote alongside it:

Like the theme song says: I’ll be there for you… when the internet comments start to fall… Or something like that.

Matthew Perry's family has his back. director Ben Winston recently spoke out against «unkind» comments about the actor. Some viewers had taken to social media after the special's release last week to share their concerns and questions about the status of Perry's health. «He was great.

Courteney Cox and Ed Sheeran have sent fans on yet another nostalgia trip as they teamed up to hilariously recreate Ross and Monica's iconic dance routine from Friends.The 56 year old, who has a close off-screen friendship with former co-star Matthew Perry, took to her Instagram feed to post the incredible clip for her 11.2million followers to see.The raven-haired beauty could be seen dressed in a black top with dark skinny trousers alongside a pair of black shoes with white soles as she faced

The director of Friends: The Reunion has jumped to defend Matthew Perry after viewers voiced concerns about his appearance and speech during the one-off show. Some fans claimed Matthew, 51, was slurring his words and appeared groggy as he reunited with his former co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt Le Blanc and David Schwimmer during the special which aired last week.

One of the Friends producers is giving us an update on how Matthew Perry is doing these days.

Matthew Perry is “excited” about moving forward with his life, according to his former “Friends” colleagues. 

Back to his old self? Friends executive producer Kevin Bright shared how he thinks Matthew Perry is doing after reconnecting with the actor at the sitcom’s HBO Max reunion special.

Um… Seems like Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox were always more than just friends!

Matthew Perry is calling out his castmates. During HBO Max's long-awaited reunion special, which featured Perry along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, the 51-year-old actor that brought Chandler Bing to life jokingly lamented about the lack of communication between the cast.The moment happened just as Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, was gushing over the cast's continued closeness.«We stay in touch for sure,» she said.

*SPOILERS ALERT* Friends: The Reunion was a much-deserved celebration of a legendary sitcom that continues to engulf a new generation of fans, almost two decades later, thanks to its reliability in terms of its universal storyline and quirky characters.

Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox share a friendship that has truly stood the test of time. While all the Friends actors remain close after 10 years on screen together, Courteney, 56, and Matthew, 51, have an exceptional closeness which was clear in the recent Friends reunion.The duo plays Chandler Bing and Monica Gellar who got together in season four and went on to get married and have twins via a surrogate.

Matthew Perry has opened up about his fear of performing Friends episodes in front of a live studio audience. The cast of the sitcom, which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004, reunited for a one-off special, where the Chandler actor admitted his concerns for the first time.

Friends: The Reunion has left its fans flooding social media with the excitement of seeing their six BFF's reunite for the first time since the show came to an end in 2004. The iconic sitcom has entertained generations of audiences and today, on 27 May, the reunion will be aired in India simultaneously with the US. Ahead of the reunion, we stumbled upon some interesting information about Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry.

Matthew Perry, 51, and Courteney Cox, 56, played lovable Friends couple Chandler Bing and Monica Gellar for a decade on television. After years of kissing scenes, however, an ancestry expert says the actors are actually distant cousins. To be more specific, the pair are 11th cousins, according to the genealogy team at MyHeritage via CNN. The connections are made through Courteney’s mom Courteney Copeland, and Matthew’s dad, John Bennett Perry.