{"id":236731,"date":"2026-04-25T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/lisa-kudrow-hits-out-at-writers-mean-behaviour-on-friends-set\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:00:11","slug":"lisa-kudrow-hits-out-at-writers-mean-behaviour-on-friends-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/lisa-kudrow-hits-out-at-writers-mean-behaviour-on-friends-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow hits out at writers’ ‘mean’ behaviour on Friends set"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lisa Kudrow<\/a> has hit out at the “mean” behaviour of the largely-male writers on Friends.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Kudrow found fame on Friends<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old actress – who became a household name playing Phoebe Buffay on the beloved sitcom – was close to the rest of the cast of the show but behind the scenes, things could be “intense”, with insults hurled if an actor messed up their line and a culture of lewd discussions.<\/p>\n

Lisa told The Times magazine: “There was definitely mean stuff going on behind the scenes.”<\/p>\n

Of the 12-15 people in the largely-male writers’ room, she added: \u201cDon\u2019t forget we were recording in front of a live audience of 400, and if you messed up one of these writers\u2019 lines or it didn\u2019t get the perfect response they could be like, \u2018Can\u2019t the b**** f***ing read? She\u2019s not even trying. She f***ed up my line.\u2019 And referring to assistant Amaani Lyle’s failed legal action for sexual harassment, in which she alleged the writers – whose brainstorming she was tasked with transcribing – had discussed sleeping with Jennifer Aniston<\/a> and Courteney Cox, feigning masturbation and receiving oral sex, she added: “And we know that back in the room the guys would be up late discussing their sexual fantasies about Jennifer and Courteney. It was intense.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, it could be brutal, but these guys \u2014 and it was mostly men in there \u2014 were sitting up until 3am trying to write the show so my attitude was, \u2018Say what you like about me behind my back because then it doesn\u2019t matter.’ “<\/p>\n

\nLisa married advertising executive Michel Stern in 1995, months before Friends started and she thinks her stable home life helped her to avoid as much scrutiny as her co-stars Jennifer and Courteney.<\/p>\n

\nShe said: \u201cFor sure, and all because I married early and outside the business.<\/p>\n

\nNo one was interested. There was no story.”<\/p>\n

\nAnd Lisa – who has 27-year-old son Julian with Michel – stressed her life at home was different to being on set.<\/p>\n

\nShe said: “And very early on I was pretty clear: actors on a big show are well paid and really looked after. But you cannot take that attitude home with you. At home it\u2019s family, life, kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

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