Why did Anita Barone leave Friends?

Barone also played Carol Willick, Ross Geller's ex-wife, in the character's first appearance in Friends. She left the show as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role and was replaced by Jane Sibbett. She starred on The Jeff Foxworthy Show for the first season (1995–1996) and in The War at Home from 2005 to 2007.
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Why did Carol and Susan stop appearing in Friends?

We saw less and less of the pair as the main cast of "Friends" had big life changes. Eventually, after Ross and Rachel had a child of their own, we stopped seeing Carol and Susan completely, though their names were brought up in conversation.
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Why did Carol switch in Friends?

Barone had originally auditioned for one of the main characters in Friends but was offered the recurrent role of Carol instead. After playing her in one and only one episode, Barone quit as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role, and was replaced by Jane Sibbett.
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Why did the original Susan leave Friends?

She left the show as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role and was replaced by Jane Sibbett. She starred on The Jeff Foxworthy Show for the first season (1995–1996) and in The War at Home from 2005 to 2007. In 2000, Barone also co-starred in the sitcom Daddio.
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Why did Ross first wife leave him in Friends?

Carol was formerly married to Ross Geller for about four years, but they divorced after Carol realized she was a lesbian and was having an affair with Susan Bunch.
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Why did Ben stop appearing in Friends?

Sibbett and Hecht offered another explanation for Ben's absence in an interview with Comedy Central while they were on tour in the UK. "He moved to England. So we've come after him and that's why we're gonna stay," Sibbett explained, with Hecht adding: "We put him in a boarding school just to get him out of dodge.
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Why did they write Emily out of Friends?

It turns out that Baxendale, who was also working on the critically acclaimed British television show Cold Feet while on Friends, had to be written out of Friends because she and her hubby were expecting their first child.
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Was the actress who played Emily in Friends pregnant?

Trivia. Actress Helen Baxendale became pregnant between seasons 4 and 5; as a result she was unable to travel to the US to do any filming for Season 5. Her only appearances were heavily swaddled in bedclothes, and she had to be written out of the series a lot earlier than was intended.
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Is Phoebe wearing a wig in season 6?

friendsvscoofficial. Lisa Kudrow, (Phoebe Buffay), had to wear a wig most of season 6, because her hair was too short for the character.
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Why does Monica look so different in the last season of Friends?

Jennifer Aniston's hair may be the most famous style from Friends. But as The Skincare Edit notes, it looks like Cox also had some fun experimenting with hair and makeup during the time she was filming Friends. Photos seem to reveal that for a time, she dyed her hair darker than its natural color.
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Was Monica really pregnant on Friends?

One actress who had such an experience was "Friends" star Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller on the hit series. Unlike Lisa Kudrow's pregnancy, which was integrated into a story about Phoebe having triplets, Cox's pregnancy required tricks with the camera and careful prop placement.
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Why did Kathy leave Friends?

According to the actress herself as told by her in the Friends Season 10 DVD, she and the female actresses on the show had pitched to the producers to have Kathy written out as her going on an acting tour out the country as opposed to being unfaithful to Chandler.
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Who is the least favorite character on Friends?

Fans' least favorite character in Friends is Monica

After Chandler came Joey Tribbiani with 17%, Phoebe Buffay with 15%, Rachel Green at 13%, and Ross Geller at 6%. In last place came Monica Geller with a sad 5%, making her the most disliked character in Friends, according to this poll.
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Was Phoebe really pregnant on Friends?

Lisa Kudrow was pregnant in real life when she was shooting the triplets storyline for Phoebe Buffay in Friends. The actor had earlier shared that the makers were not really into hiding the pregnancy so they wrote it into the show. The trailer of the Friends' reunion special episode sure left the sitcom fans emotional.
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Did any of the Friends cast smoke?

Actor Matt LeBlanc, who played fan favourite Joey in the series, has previously opened up about how emotional he was filming the final episode – revealing on Norwegian-Swedish TV show Skavlan that it was so upsetting, he took up smoking again. "I had quit smoking and the last episode, I started smoking again.
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Do the cast of Friends not get along?

As the name of the show suggests, Friends taught its fans many lessons in friendship. The same could be said for the cast. Matt has once said that he considers his co-workers a family. Even though they don't all get together on a regular basis, they still care for one another, as siblings would.
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Who does Joey marry in Friends?

In the end, Joey was the only one from the main group in Friends that didn't get married, but he did end up in a committed relationship with Alex.
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Who had the least screentime in Friends?

While Phoebe appears the least, appearing in just 41.9% of all scenes. The show's most common grouping of four was Joey, Phoebe, Monica, and Chandler – appearing together 41 times – while its least common was Joey, Phoebe, Monica, and Ross, which only happened once.
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Who got paid the least in Friends?

And going forward, salary negotiations were conducted with all six stars in the room. As Comedy Central reports, the unified negotiations made the biggest difference for Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey. In a documentary about Friends, LeBlanc revealed that he earned the lowest salary out of all of the main cast members.
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Who is the most mature in Friends?

Chandler, on the other hand was the opposite of maturity in early seasons but started to become increasingly mature ever since he and Monica got together in season 5 and ended up become the most mature friend by the end of the series, being the only one that truly understood the fundamentals to relationships.
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What happened to Julie from Friends?

Lauren Tom played Ross' girlfriend on seven episodes and now stars on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack playing a very different kind of character.
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What rule did Paget Brewster break on Friends?

Brewster appeared in six episodes of the series and revealed she broke quite a few rules when she wasn't shooting. "When I was guesting on Friends, when I wasn't in a scene on shoot nights, I climbed up into the lighting catwalks above the stage and audience to watch everyone," she tweeted.
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What girl did Joey and Chandler fight over?

Kathy is a guest character in Season 4. She is portrayed by Paget Brewster.
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Did any of the Friends cast date?

Did the Friends cast ever find their lobsters? Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and more costars had their fair share of high-profile romances since the sitcom catapulted their careers. In 1995, one year after the NBC series premiered, the Morning Show actress began dating Tate Donovan.
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Why did Jennifer Aniston not have kids?

After her very public split from Brad Pitt in 2005, Jen found herself on the receiving end of unrelenting scrutiny, particularly around her decision to start a family with him. The media was quick to spin the narrative that Aniston refused to have children, as a result of being too focused on her career.
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