Friends star Lisa Kudrow reveals on‑set frustration after 20 years

May of this year marked exactly 20 years since the airing of the final episode of the series "Friends." The production continues to enjoy immense popularity. In a recent interview, Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay in the series, revealed her big secret. She disclosed what irritated her the most on the sitcom set.

"Friends", in its original language version, is an American comedy series about a group of friends living in Manhattan, New York City. The sitcom was broadcast by the television station NBC from 1994 to 2004. It can currently be watched on various streaming platforms.

"Friends" is undoubtedly one of the most popular series ever. The production gained enormous interest from people worldwide, mainly due to the so-called situational comedy. The comedy included characteristics of a sitcom. This means that during the recording of episodes, an audience was also present in the hall. They decided whether a particular joke was funny or relatively poor. The laughter sounds we hear in the series were recorded live.

Lisa Kudrow participated in the podcast "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend". The actress who played Phoebe Buffay revealed her biggest secret. The actress admitted that she couldn't stand the audience, which laughed at their jokes for too long. In the interview, she confessed: [I was irritated] because they were laughing for too long. It wasn’t that funny. That’s why. It wasn’t an honest response, and it irritated me. It’s like, ‘now you’re just ruining the timing of the rest of the show’. Sometimes I would just look out if they’d been laughing too long, and go, ‘come on’. Really angry".