Lisa Kudrow claims Jerry Seinfeld took credit for Friends success
11.08.2022 - 15:01
/ msn.com
Jerry Seinfeld couldn’t resist pointing out that he’d helped Friends to become one of the biggest shows in television history, Lisa Kudrow claims. According to the Phoebe Buffay star, she encountered the Seinfeld actor at a party where he playfully said his show, which is known as one of the most influential series of all time, boosted Friends’ viewership. ‘I remember going to some party and Jerry Seinfeld was there, and I said, “Hi,” and he said, “You’re welcome”,’ Lisa recalled.
‘I said, “Why, thank you … what?”. Lisa added to the Daily Beast that Jerry continued: ‘You’re on after us in the summer, and you’re welcome. ’While the first season of Friends was aired after Mad About You, the reruns were broadcast after the reruns of Seinfeld in the summer of 1995.
And Lisa appreciates that Jerry may have actually been onto something. ‘Not to take anything away from the writing on Friends, or the cast, or how good Friends really was, but the first season our ratings were just fine,’ she told the publication. Lisa’s Jerry revelation comes after she shared that she battled body dysmorphia while filming the beloved sitcom after seeing herself on the show.
In a recent interview, she explained how she would constantly compare herself to her co-stars Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston and sought their advice on tailoring, only to discover that tweaking her costumes didn’t help the way she felt. Opening up in an episode of the Podcrushed podcast, Lisa said: ‘It wasn’t until Friends that I realised, “Oh, I don’t look like I thought how I thought I looked” and that’s what was so jarring. ‘Seeing myself on the show and seeing myself in clothes and seeing Courteney and Jennifer in clothes, at first I thought, “Oh, they know tailoring
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