{"id":42683,"date":"2026-04-06T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42683"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:39:12","slug":"lisa-kudrow-says-nobody-cared-about-me-and-that-she-was-called-the-sixth-friend-on-hit-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42683","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow says &#8216;nobody cared about me&#8217; and that she was called &#8216;the sixth Friend&#8217; on hit sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lisa Kudrow bluntly acknowledged she\u2019s not the most popular character on \u201cFriends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress spoke out about her iconic character, Phoebe Buffay, in the hit sitcom, which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and the late Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody cared about me,\u201d she said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/features\/lisa-kudrow-interview-the-comeback-friends-b2950956.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with the Independent <\/a>published Saturday. \u201cThere were certain parts of [my talent agency] that just referred to me as \u2018the sixth Friend.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay on \u201cFriends,\u201d said \u201cnobody cared\u201d about her on the hit sitcom. The comedy series also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and the late Matthew Perry. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress said some even referred to her as \u201cthe sixth Friend.\u201d She\u2019s pictured here in a scene from the show with Cox, who played Monica. <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros. \/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Even though Kudrow won an Emmy in 1998 in the best supporting actress in a comedy series category for her performance as the lovably goofy Phoebe, she said many did not believe she would have longevity in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no vision for me, and no expectations about the kind of career I could have,\u201d she recalled. \u201cThere was just, like, \u2018boy is she lucky she got on that show.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriends\u201d\u00a0aired for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. She also reflected on playing the beloved character in a recent Q&amp;A with Lily Tomlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/lisa-kudrow-tells-lily-tomlin-how-she-outlasted-the-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Interview magazine<\/a> \u2014 noting how different she is from Phoebe in real life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kudrow also insisted that her character was not a \u201cditz\u201d despite how she was perceived at the time. She\u2019s seen here with Sean Penn, who guest starred on \u201cFriends.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The iconic series ran for 10 seasons, from 1994-2004. <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt first, Phoebe was very, very far from me,\u201d she shared. \u201cIt took a lot of work to justify the things she would say and do. Not in an irritating way \u2014 it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of 10 years, a little bit of her came into me,\u201d she continued, \u201cI lightened up a little more and read some books on spirituality and things, just to try to understand her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kudrow insisted Phoebe was not a \u201cditzy\u201d character, which some people perceived her as.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cAt the time, it was like, \u201cShe\u2019s such a ditz. How is it that you only play ditzes?\u201d And I thought, Is she a ditz? To me, she wasn\u2019t.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kudrow, 62, recently got candid about aging, noting she didn\u2019t try Botox until she was 60. She\u2019s seen here in December 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kudrow \u2014 seen here earlier this month in London \u2014 said she\u2019s \u201cprobably done\u201d with Botox since she is excited to play older roles. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn 1994, it was like, \u201cI love her. She\u2019s such a ditz.\u201d And it\u2019s like, yeah, okay, that was what a ditz was to us. Someone who wasn\u2019t towing the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kudrow, 62, has been promoting the third and final season of \u201cThe Comeback,\u201d and she recently got real about aging in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The actress told the Hollywood Reporter she didn\u2019t try Botox until she was 60, but <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/19\/style\/lisa-kudrow-62-says-shes-swearing-off-botox\/\">she was \u201cprobably done with it.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am scared of having to see myself looking like my grandmother one day, but I\u2019m excited to play older roles,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/05\/celebrity-news\/lisa-kudrow-says-nobody-cared-about-me-and-that-she-was-called-the-sixth-friend-on-hit-sitcom\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Kudrow bluntly acknowledged she\u2019s not the most popular character on \u201cFriends.\u201d The actress spoke out about her iconic character, Phoebe Buffay, in the hit sitcom,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}