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05.07.2022 - 19:31 / usmagazine.com
More regrets. Friends cocreator Marta Kauffman expressed remorse over the way the show depicted a trans character days after she said she was embarrassed by the show’s lack of diversity.
“We kept referring to [Helena] as ‘Chandler’s father,’ even though Chandler’s father was trans,” the producer, 65, said during an interview with BBC World Service’s The Conversation set to air on Monday, July 11. “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood, so we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she.’ That was a mistake.”
Kauffman was referring to the character Charles Bing, who used the stage name Helena Handbasket and was played by Kathleen Turner. Helena and Chandler (Matthew Perry) had an awkward relationship in the show after she split from Chandler’s mom, Nora (Morgan Fairchild).
Since Friends — which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc — ended in May 2004, public sentiment about the show’s depiction of Helena has vastly changed, with some critics calling the character transphobic. Kauffman, for her part, noted that her own approach to trans issues has changed a lot over the past decade and a half.
“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew,” she told the BBC. “It’s very important to me that where we are is a safe place, a tolerant place, where there’s no yelling. I fired a guy on the spot for making a joke about a trans cameraperson. That just can’t happen.”
In 2019, Turner, 68, said that she wouldn’t play Helena if offered the role today. “Of course I wouldn’t do it now because there would be real people that would be doing it,” the Romancing the Stone actress said during an episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,
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Friends for the first time as a child. Phoebe Buffay was one of the kookiest characters on television in the mid-’90s, but million of fans’ adoring praise wasn’t mirrored by Kudrow's young son, and the actress jokingly recalled how his reaction nearly compelled her to spit an F-bomb at him.
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Lisa Kudrow's son, Julian, was only five years old when her time on came to an end after 10 seasons, but that didn't stop him from watching the show — and having a strong opinion about it. During her Tuesday appearance on , the 58-year-old actress recalled the hilarious conversation she and Julian had after he watched the show as a child.«He was five when we were finished… but he did start watching when his friends at school started watching,» she explained.
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Lisa Kudrow is one of the best part of “Friends”, even though not everyone seems to think so. In an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Kudrow talked about her son, Julian Murray, and his response to her performance. Jennifer Aniston says Brad Pitt was one of her favorite ‘Friends’ guest starsMira Sorvino gives an update on awaited ‘Romy and Michele’ sequelA post shared by Lisa Kudrow (@lisakudrow)Kudrow shares that her son started watching “Friends” when his school friends were watching it.
Lisa Kudrow’s son really enjoyed “Friends” but his reaction was not exactly what Kudrow was hoping for.
during an interview with Seth Meyers on his late-night television show. According to Kudrow, her 24-year-old son, Julian Murray Stern, was surprised by the humor in it. “He was impressed.
starred as Phoebe Buffay for a decade on the NBC series, had to prove to director Jim Burrows that she was perfect for the part after he had previously fired her from another show. Kudrow had been let go from Burrows’ other iconic series, “Frasier,” after the pilot episode wrapped in 1993 — the year before “Friends” aired. “I was cast in ‘Frasier’ as Roz — mistakenly cast.
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regret the cast’s lack of diversity, she also feels bad about the show’s portrayal of a transgender character. In a clip from Kauffman’s upcoming interview on the Conversation on the BBC World Service, she recalled the choice to refer to the transgender mother of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) as his “dad.” “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Kauffman admitted.
the Huffington Post. “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood, so we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she’.
Sasha Urban editorAfter pledging $4 million to Brandeis University over “guilt” about the lack of racial diversity on “Friends,” co-creator Marta Kauffman is now expressing regret over how the show represented another demographic: transgender people.In an interview with The Conversation on the BBC World Service that will air on July 11, Kauffman called it a “mistake” to refer to the transgender mother of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) as his “father.”“Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Kauffman told the BBC. “So we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she.’ That was a mistake.’”The character, Amanda Bing, was played by Kathleen Turner, who said on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” in 2019 that she wouldn’t have accepted the role if it was offered to her again “because there would be real people able to do [the role].” Kauffman is also the creator of the hit Netflix series “Grace and Frankie,” and explained that she now tries to cultivate a welcoming environment on set for all people.“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew.
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