{"id":52856,"date":"2024-06-07T12:41:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T10:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2053086"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:29:37","slug":"jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Aniston gets emotional reflecting on Friends: \u201cIt\u2019s happy tears\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Aniston also spoke about the beloved sitcom&#8217;s upcoming 30-year anniversary during her Actors on Actors discussion with Quinta Brunson. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 07 June 2024 at 10:41 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Jennifer Aniston was seen getting visibly emotional while discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programmes\/friends\/\">Friends<\/a> during an interview with Abbott Elementary\u2019s Quinta Brunson as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3iIgcU2sr4I&amp;ab_channel=Variety\">Variety\u2019s Actors on Actors<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>The Rachel Green star teared up when asked what it feels like to watch the series now, explaining, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I just started thinking about\u2026\u201d \u2013 likely referring to the tragic death of co-star Matthew Perry last October.<\/p>\n<p>Brunson then told her that they didn\u2019t have to talk about the show if Aniston didn\u2019t want to, but she assured her: \u201cI\u2019m okay. It\u2019s happy tears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After she was handed a tissue by a member of the production crew, the pair went on to discuss the fact the beloved sitcom is turning 30 this year \u2013 with Aniston joking that she was turning 30 as well, and going on to tell a story about the day the first episode aired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@varietymagazine\/video\/7377087892008668462\" data-video-id=\"7377087892008668462\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@varietymagazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@varietymagazine?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@varietymagazine<\/a> <p>Jennifer Aniston gets emotional when asked about &#8220;Friends.&#8221; <a title=\"actorsonactors\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/actorsonactors?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ActorsOnActors<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Variety - Variety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Variety-7377089092317645610?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Variety &#8211; Variety<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"\/>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt\u2019s so strange to even think that it\u2019s 30 years old, \u2019cause it just\u2026 I remember the day that it was going to premiere, you know, on television, on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and Matthew Perry were having lunch somewhere and we knew that Lisa (Kudrow) was getting her hair coloured. So we ran into the hair salon, and I snuck up \u2014 she was in the sink \u2014 and I took the nozzle from the guy that was supposed to be doing it and just started washing her hair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/friends-ended-too-late-comment\/\">Let\u2019s be honest \u2013 Friends ended 3 years too late<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/friends-funniest-episodes-netflix\/\">25 best and funniest Friends episodes on Netflix, ranked<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>She continued: \u201cIt definitely flew out of control, and that was unfortunate. But the excitement we had, it feels like yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day just feels\u2026 and so, the fact that it\u2019s had this long, wonderful life and it still means a lot to people \u2013 it\u2019s one of the greatest gifts I think all five of us\u2026 all six of us ever\u2026 we never could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that she\u2019d FaceTimed with Courteney Cox for an hour the previous night and was still in regular contact with the other cast members, concluding: \u201cIt\u2019s a family forever.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>Friends is now streaming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/netflix-guide-cost-how-to-sign-up-what-to-watch\/\">Netflix<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Aniston also spoke about the beloved sitcom&#8217;s upcoming 30-year anniversary during her Actors on Actors discussion with Quinta Brunson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52857,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/jennifer-aniston-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-friends-its-happy-tears-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Aniston also spoke about the beloved sitcom's upcoming 30-year anniversary during her Actors on Actors discussion with Quinta Brunson.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}