Overview
- News outlets on Tuesday reported Kudrow’s Times interview alleging a harsh writers’ room on Friends and explicit talk about Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox.
- She said the staff was mostly men, about 12 to 15 writers, who worked late into the night and discussed sexual fantasies about her female co-stars.
- Kudrow recalled that if a joke fell flat or a line was flubbed in front of a live audience of about 400, some writers hurled profane insults at the actors.
- Coverage links her recollections to former writers’ assistant Amaani Lyle’s case, which the California Supreme Court rejected in 2006 by citing the show’s creative context.
- Kudrow added that she still admires the series and disclosed the main cast earns about $20 million a year in residuals, while outlets said Warner Bros. and NBC had not issued substantive public responses.