Friends REUNION: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow Talk EMOTIONAL Return to Set

'Friends' stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer return to their TV home in the highly anticipated HBO Max 'Friends' reunion special, out May 27. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the ladies, who said it was emotional to film. They also talk about where their characters would be today, why their bond is so unbreakable and what fans can expect from 'Friends: The Reunion.'
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[@shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261]

Great video

[@SheRegalado99]

Jennifer: "It is in our DNA that we were family. We were going to take care of each other and without question there was no competition..."

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[@swayampurnaa]

I still can't believe the reunion is happening.

[@user-ir8mf7km6w]

Who cares? It was such a cheesy show. I was young when it came out and never thought it was funny.

[@lisamariesimmons6413]

Do your research all three of these were executed after they received their military tribunal trials for crimes against humanity!

[@connorf3147]

@@user-ir8mf7km6w fax but some of it is funny

[@r.22r]

@@user-ir8mf7km6w no hate, but then why bother watching this video or commenting here? Its obviously for those of us who love the show!

[@swayampurnaa]

@@lisamariesimmons6413 I'm sorry I didn't get you?

[@navyasingh2252]

My eyes my eyes ; I can’t believe this is all the 10 yrs infront of our Eyessss 🥺♥️

[@jaysee7283]

😂👀👍💖

[@mixerdirectioner6151]

What makes me the the happiest is knowing that there is a show whose cast still have such a beautiful family like relationship with each other. There's hardly a show where every actor/actress has such a bond. Forget bond they don't even follow each other on social media (all). Can't even imagine the day when the first friend died. breaks my heart. truly! THEY REALLY LIVED UP TO THE NAME OF THE SHOW.

[@utsaharya5463]

F.R.I.E.N.D.S has saved our mental health so much 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[@jasminesavard3761]

True 💓

[@pritamkarad3053]

Soo true ❤️❤️

[@radmyp.804]

So true💞🇭🇷

[@swatisingh2792]

Oh God yes

[@icedvovo987]

Wtf? Hahaha

[@robertamarcantoni9524]

Lisa and Matt are the ones who aged naturally and beautifully.

[@alemtiden1687]

David schwimmer aged pretty well too

[@justsurvivingforbutterchic9339]

Yup

[@laurencefoubert1815]

Yes, what a disaster...

[@sheezamomin4594]

Yepp

[@YourDramaSource]

@@laurencefoubert1815aging and evolving is a disaster? pfft okay

[@johngreene7366]

This is by far the best reunion Hollywood could produce for this year. The original characters is crucial for any reunion.

[@Adelle313]

How. How do I tell them that they have saved me from so much depression - they are literally life changers & savers😭😭😭🙌🏻💖

[@marvinthemonster7524]

I feel the same 💗

[@dy8dgzgjsgzkhxhxhkxgk95]

When I watched this I came to realise that old memories will never be back again. They are different people with different shapes and voices.

[@imscanon]

I think Ross, Monica and Chandler should be the struggling ones now and Rachel, Phoebe and Joey the successful ones and they should arrange a meet-up and say 'Let's go somewhere nice'. LOL

[@geenalawrence8338]

Rachel and Joey became pretty successful by the end of the show, probably more than the other 3.

[@coconutsciencegirl9232]

“I know this coffee shop” 😂

[@JNMKlover]

I have most friends who spend more than us. Not that they make more, but SPEND more. The things that I never buy and would never spend $500 on a meal 'somewhere nice'.

[@imscanon]

@Miss Lecter If I remember right, her family cut her off for ditching the wedding they had to pay for. That's how she ended up a waitress.

[@dante6985]

@@imscanon Rachel wasn't so much cut off... It was a decision she made. After she ran out - and her father did threaten to her cut her off - she cut up her credit cards (which were financed by either Barry or her parents) and began financial independence. How she lived in that apartment in New York as a waitress is the stuff of unicorns.

[@azamshah6976]

In my mind, Ross is a dean in NYU, Chandler works with tech companies maybe Google/Apple/Amazon, Monica won Hell’s Kitchen and opened a restaurant, Joey teaches acting in NYU, Phoebe in a long distance relationship with Mike cause he’s in Europe, co-own Central Perks and still plays for pennies in her own cafe 😂

[@abdm3117]

and Rachel?

[@take_a_break.5124]

Oh God! U stole my thoughts

[@barbyzz22]

Most of them seem plausible (I don't think I like the Phoebe one very much though), except for Joey; I mean, in order to be any kind of professor you have to have, at least, a bachelor's degree. Joey barely graduated high school 😂

[@mariagillani315]

what about Rachel?

[@take_a_break.5124]

@@barbyzz22 daaaa! Joey wasnt any professor

[@tundeuade2223]

The fact Joey got bigger and with big stomach is so funny of him!!!!

[@eslunita]

“I’m curvy and I like it” -Joey

[@NativeEastLondoner]

He's been eating his favourite: fried stuff with cheese!

[@hesch-tag]

Joey already gained a lot of weight during Friends.

[@yesiamsure5718]

HE IS CURVY AND HE LIKES IT

[@anusreesivadas4450]

'JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOOD!'

[@JessieMillerUnboxingsandMore]

Courtney Cox was spot on with her prediction for 2021 Monica.

[@nlem5857]

When one let Mother Nature do her work, one ages most beautifully. ... Lisa, well done!

[@morganbarfield108]

Did y’all watch this show just to fucking compare them? It’s disgusting

[@stellagyan6593]

@@morganbarfield108 Ikr! I hate society (the people). Why can't women age in peace? They judge women so harshly when they get older, it's sickening

[@CW-rx2js]

@@morganbarfield108 I agree

[@vanessawambura9350]

I love how close they all still are! They truly made some friends for life and thats what makes the show so authentic and comforting, it just feels so real

[@diygamer1396]

It brings me to tears...please dont end it! All the cast are LEGENDS!!!

[@HerveAttia]

only Lisa Kudrow naturally aged well.

[@asscracbelfrage]

Exactly! She looks almost the same. I read somewhere Jennifer Anniston looks exactly the same as she use to... they’re dead wrong. I think she looks like a man these days.

[@rollingstone3652]

Ummm... No.

[@venus6732]

@@asscracbelfrage interesting that you say she looks like a man because they all are actually men.

[@deborahs2593]

I agree! Lisa looks fabulous. Older, and lovely. The best by far.

[@abdullahshihab4294]

Schwimmer too

[@garydesousa9784]

Don't know why the fans are so surprised that the cast have aged. Look at yourselfs in the mirror you have aged too.

[@Nonumber3839]

But i don't want them to get aged

[@samanthab6642]

i think people are more unimpressed by their plastic surgery based on what I see in the comments. It is their bodies and they should do what they want BUT Jenn did write a 2 page note to some magazine bashing how women are scrutinized and the main focus is their appearance and then goes under the knife........she basically fed into what she is saying, which is her choice but does sadden me not that my opinion matters.

[@Kbid1]

I’ve been saying the same thing. I think it’s the young people. Not original fans. Good for them that the show spans so many different age groups

[@dOVERanalyst]

I haven't.

[@xoxo9354]

Its not that they aged but they aged badly expect phoebe

[@JuveriyaRockzz]

The most awaited reunion is coming I can't keep calm

[@toribraem3071]

I can't believe this was only posted like30 minutes ago lol.. im so excited to watch this! Look how old they all are its so weird because I watch friends every night to fall asleep lol

[@andream7500]

Ah! Me too!

[@zsal4116]

Me too ♡

[@tammylafave1376]

I watch it every night

[@LeisureLifeShorts]

I also do the same. Something hapoy and heart warming to sleep with.

[@larkynria2223]

I know it feels like listening to strangers cause they aren’t being their characters 😂

[@Saramathew_]

Phoebe is always phoebe ✨

[@kanyasangria1655]

Lately, i've been feeling down. I don't know what it is, and i remember feeling this way a long tim ago and watching Friends, it made me so much better somehow and i still love that show, in fact- i still watch it so much. Recently i've been feeling the same way but maybe worse, but now nkowing there this amazing, incredible reuinion, i feel better already. These 6 really make me happy :)

[@missy9279]

It is the nostalgic memory linked to the show. We could relate to friends cz it was comforting for some of us who didn't have many friends or a supportivs family. Although it was a bliss to watch the show. Now that I'm older I do understand how it set an unrealistic expectations in real life. I see the show in a different light now , not to take away all the lovely memories I had watching this with my then friends. 👍

[@chellebelle7993]

Rachel Karen Green, Monica "Felula" Gellar 😂😂 and Princess Consuela Banana Hammock

[@neenekinskins6241]

Oh Crap!!!!

[@craigthomson1778]

Will keep on helping them , even if you clowns keep cutting me off . Yours would be Romans 1 : 18 - 24 , 2 nd Corinthians 4.: 3 - 6 .

[@THEvagabond29]

such a treasure seeing the gang together again. I was in high school and FRIENDS, SEINFELD AND 90210 was always the water cooler talk those days. Brings back memories.

[@Yugue_]

It’s just weird to see the cast older. I mean, I watched the show last year and at the time I was born they were already in the final seasons. I watched Ben as a kid and he’s older than me

[@ashishprasad1963]

Who else noticed that Rachel asked "How you doin'?"

[@lizam888]

During the years if I needed a good laugh or a feel good moment I would rewatch Friends! It's nice to see them all together again. I can't wait to see the reunion show!! You can definitely see the love they all have for one another!

[@katelyn.perlin]

Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, and David Schwimmer make the best family, and it’s moments like these where we know why. Like Jen says, there was something that went into their neuro pathways from day one that it was in their DNA that they were family, and they were going to take care of each other forever. No questions asked. No competition, no conflict, and no eggshells. ❤

[@ASafePlacePH]

Phoebe's voice!!! :D

[@zt3cute]

😍I grew up with Friends! I mean literally !! .. I love them all and I watched a million times and will never be bored! I even burst out laughing as if it was my first time watching it 😂😂😂 and until now there has been no better or can match this series!! Love you guys !! Friends f.o.r.e.v.e.r !!❤❤❤

[@gs1854]

So good to see them together 😭😭 ❤️

[@user-kb9cu4rl9z]

I wish I could see The Reunion, but I'm not paying for HBO. When I see Matthew Perry, I just want to cry. Bless his heart for battling his struggles and showing up. Kudos for all 6 of them for appreciating what a great experience they shared. I have always envied the casts of Friends, MASH, Cheers, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carol Burnett Show et al who shared creativity, laughter, hard work, and fun together in a place that came into our homes and hearts forever. Thanks to the WRITERS whom deserve the all the credit and sadly whom we don't know by name or faces. I hope they got millions in salaries, too. They are the true geniuses behind such successful shows.

[@crystalblue4303]

Lisa's laugh gives me life

[@carmelaisabella3242]

I’m still emotional because I still can’t believe it is really happening after 17 years! What did we do to deserve this! I AM NOT FINE ROSS, I AM NOT! 😭😭😭

[@irondasgr]

I feel truly messed up when I catch myself thinking that if, I say if, someone were asking me "Of all the free choices you can make, what life would you prefer to have?", I would answer calmly "I want the life Chandler and Monika were supposed to have". Not even a real life, we are talking about an imaginary one... How messed up am I?

[@IAmYourHEAVEN]

I'm a super fan of FRIENDS, but I don't want them back, because I'm afraid it will ruin my impression of them in the past :( It's like going back to the ex-boyfriend you loved, afraid that it will end again.

[@nwguy9816]

I'm really excited to find out which recurring characters return: Janice, Gunther, or maybe even Chandler's mom?

[@gorgeousTS]

I love friends.we need to make more of this kind of movies.so much fun with an insight of society and people.healthy mind 😍😍😍

[@candidlife789]

Friends is part of my daily leisure time. It can never get old as well as the actors.

[@justastranger7635]

I love friends and the actors and actresses so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤

[@hamdi5695]

2 days guys, just 2 days!!!!!! Could I be anymore excited??!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@sabanaeem6067]

The girls look so great and beautiful together as always in their interview

[@kathywarren8021]

glad they had reunion while Matthewwas still alive

[@shaunhoward3166]

Courtney Coxs is such a queen!

[@ojaswiishani372]

Can't get more excited...yeahhhh 😭

[@Noah_ol11]

Regina Phalange , Ray Ray Green Monana

[@charu8054]

Ken Adams Toby Ross-a-tron

[@peachlunaa]

miss chanandler bong

[@lalalalalalwlla]

Chauncy

[@eminasaur4272]

The chan chan man

[@daksh3134]

My god waiting for 27❤️❤️❤️

[@henri191]

Excited about the reunion

[@esii2682]

Actually watching FRIENDS right now on television 😍 it comes on our Australian tv every single day which is awesome!! ❤️😊

[@karthiksubramanian2279]

Lisa Kudrow aged so gracefully...damn, what a sight to see them all together after almost 2 decades

[@brightness2010]

Bring them back!!! We love friends!!! #friendsreunionseason

[@katiehood3289]

I swear they don’t age! They look amazing 💗

[@willbemyyear-hw1oh]

Can't wait to cry watching the reunion 😭

[@geenalawrence8338]

Can Jen give some space for the other 2 to talk? Damn, i wanted to hear Lisa talk more

[@vanessawambura9350]

It’s definitely just in the way they edited it also Lisa is more quiet by nature

[@jillrb7638]

the other interview on Good Morning America, Jen barely talked lol

[@KittyK.]

Is that you, Will?

[@helidave7235]

Not Only The Girls Cried, Every Fan Cried After Watching The Trailer. Eagerly Waiting For Reunion 😭😭♥️♥️

[@nosferatu8530]

They will never know the immense impact they have made not only on my life, but on millions of others....❤

[@deltafay1981]

How lovely is Lisa Kudrows dress? Beautiful colour and style. She has allowed herself to age gracefully and boy has that paid off.

[@sofianiculescu3617]

I think I might cry at their reunion

[@radmyp.804]

Phoebe forever!!! My eyes my eyes!!!! Best show and best people ever and ever and ever.. 💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@aneyaamedee160]

i love Jennifer Courteney and Lisa

[@JadeWrite]

Lisa and David haven't aged!

[@samontekristel]

Who’s teary eyed but can’t stop smiling at the same time? 🥲😍

[@sonikavashisht9112]

i guess ross and rachel would be having a patchup after their second divorce ,,,, phoebe be having tha perfect life and family she deserved and she will be giving all love to her kids that she didnt received.... joey be a dad exactly like man with a plan .... mondler preparing for all the festivals so that the gang can come and celebrate .............

[@dhrti1572]

4:44 did monica say 'pull this off'? well we pulled monica before on FRIENDS xd

[@zehrashah7173]

The problem is that people are still watching Friends videos often so they still see them as 25 year olds. So when they watch their new interviews , suddenly their actual appearance comes as a shock to them. They forget that the actual actors must've aged after all.

[@abhirudrasingh726]

Jenifer Aniston's voice has changed a bit !!

[@matthewj5555]

Yah… dude it happens.

[@autumn5852]

Maybe the hormone meds that make him look like a woman aren’t working so well anymore 🤷‍♀️

[@sawik223]

@@autumn5852 the rumour 😂😂

[@swatipanda1992]

Lisa Kudrow is the same... ❤️Pheobe

[@_-LK-_]

Face fillers clogging up her sinuses perhaps.

[@SheRegalado99]

They are all gorgeous in their own ways.

[@rahulanand12]

I will never stop loving them for sure 😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday courtney from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of friends

[@aliengranpa]

So the special isn't an episode of the show, it's like an after show reunion?

[@alexanderthegreat9663]

The 6 of them will never know the feeling every friends fan has

[@ashleycampailla]

I love how Jennifer is always near Matt in the reunion and always referencing him. Love them so much.

[@HouseOfMitchell]

Cause that's her brother

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

Rachel! Monica! And Phoebe❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@annadyzervlogs5713]

Who is not crying???????!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED

[@dumbgenious1960]

Lisa looks wonderful, she looks like she’s maybe aged a few years but still has her exact same face

[@sashatrunio3428]

Ughh Courtney is sooo sooo gorgeous!!!

[@UnchartedNL]

Lisa Kudrow looks gorgeous. Courtney has no emotion in her face because of all the plastic surgery. Looks creepy to me

[@Sath975]

Phoebe and Monica look great ❤️

[@KdramaFan7221]

Lisa: Yeah!!!!! 😀

[@gigipera5751]

Lisa Kudrow looks GREAT!!

[@anaszahoor4628]

I'm dying to see it

[@nobhonilgupta9656]

I Really Feel Sad To See Rachel.... How pretty and Cute She Was at that Time, I had A Crush On Her After Watching her Young Face, Her Face has Completely Changed Now..... 😭😭

[@devika110]

ahhh I really want to watch friends reunion when it comes out but hbo max isn't available in my country ugh, and it will take so long for it to come on Netflix ahhh

[@albertodote9512]

The three girls still got it!!!

[@Demi.w]

I’m soooooo excited

[@sharmaSahil17]

best friendship ever on and off screen

[@shradhanayee6150]

Awwwwww God Bless Their Friendship ❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolinamaisto9677]

They are the best🥺

[@s.medina_kcm45]

I sure wish the reunion was not going to be on just HBO max though cuz I really want to see it

[@preranaborode9484]

Hey! NO NEW THEME SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE HELL LOT OF FEELINGS WITH THE SONG TOO!

[@chloelily3752]

I love them SO much😭❤️✋

[@Kathluvsbts808]

I'm so excited for the friends reunion!!!

[@travismitchell2888]

Lisa Kudrow's greatest roll was THE COMEBACK !!.

[@JeffSans]

Omg theyre back

[@artshappyhourpod]

It’s a closure for me

[@elea5477]

Sooooooooooooo exited!!!!!!!!!!🥳❤️🎉

[@banibarman]

love them all

[@Mariah9_]

They look so cute and old together 🥺

[@rorigillmore141]

i don't get how some people really think that seinfeld had better writing and acotrs... and i've seen seinfeld like 3 times because i like it, but there's no way it's better

[@93karpalo]

The reunion looks more like an interview than an actual reunion episode where we see what the characters ended up doing...meh

[@marvinthemonster7524]

We knew that all along though.

[@meredith8625]

Yeah, that’s been the idea since the beginning. The creators say they won’t ever do a “reboot”. Kind of a bummer, but it’ll still be nice to see them on the set now, even just as the actors. But the Joey spinoff wasn’t great lol so maybe that’s why they won’t ever do a reboot because it just wouldn’t be the same as the original.

[@_fantasticscenes]

Cant wait for tomorrow