Lisa Kudrow Recalls Jerry Seinfeld Telling Her ‘You’re Welcome’ for ‘Friends’ Success Amid ‘Seinfeld’ Hype

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Lisa Kudrow is speaking out about the lack of diversity on Friends — and her take on the sitch could definitely ruffle some feathers!

One of the stars of “Friends” is sharing her thoughts on the show’s lack of diversity.

Lisa Kudrow gave her reasoning as to why Friends co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane “had no business” writing about people of color.

Friends, which she co-starred in from 1994 to 2004, saying the show’s white creators had “no business” writing stories about people of colour.Speaking to The Daily Beast, Kudrow was asked how she felt about the show’s lack of POC representation.“Well, I feel like it was a show created by two people who went to Brandeis and wrote about their lives after college. And for shows especially, when it’s going to be a comedy that’s character-driven, you write what you know,” she said.“They [creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane] have no business writing stories about the experiences of being a person of colour.

The Daily Beast, the 59-year-old actress said the show’s creators, David Crane and Marta Kauffman, had “no business” telling stories about people of color given their own backgrounds.“Well, I feel like it was a show created by two people who went to Brandeis and wrote about their lives after college,” Kudrow reasoned. “And for shows especially, when it’s going to be a comedy that’s character-driven, you write what you know.

Zack Sharf Lisa Kudrow made headlines in May 2020 when she acknowledged that “Friends” had a serious lack of diversity during its 10 season run on NBC. The actor said that if the show ever returned to TV then “it would not be an all-white cast.” In a new interview with The Daily Beast, however, Kudrow somewhat stood by the original sitcom’s lack of diversity, or least made sense of it.

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Lisa Kudrow one of those moments was a run-in with Jerry Seinfeld during her early years. During an interview with  published on Wednesday, the 59-year-old actress recalls a conversation she once had with the 68-year-old comedian as his show was helping kick-start the success of .«No.

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.

Lisa Kudrow recalled a run-in she had with Jerry Seinfeld where the actor claimed he played a part in the success of “Friends”.

Lisa Kudrow is recalling an interesting conversation she once had with Jerry Seinfeld.

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to co-stars Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston.During a recent interview on the podcast “Podcrushed,” the “Easy A” actress, 59, recalled feeling “self-conscious” during costume fittings with her castmates back in the day — because clothes seemed to look better on them.“Seeing myself on the show and seeing myself in clothes and seeing Courtney and Jennifer, I thought, ‘Oh, they know tailoring so they can discuss it with the costume designer about where exactly to take it in,’ ” she told “Podcrushed” hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari.Kudrow played the iconically kooky Phoebe Buffay for 10 seasons on the NBC comedy from 1994 to 2004.“I’m not trying to say I was overweight,” the mother of one added. “I was not. I just had no idea of the actual shape of my body.”As Kudrow reached her 40s, she learned to accept her body for what it was.