Courteney Cox was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s show last night, where they were celebrating the 20th anniversary, to the day, of the first time that Friends aired. I am SO OLD. This wasn’t the first nod on Kimmel to the somewhat historic date. About three weeks ago, Courteney, Jennifer and Lisa Kudrow did a little sketch, complete with a replica of the Friends kitchen, in which they read some Friends fan fiction that Kimmel claims to have written. (That video is here.)
It’s hard to watch video of Courteney without focusing on her face. Only her lips move. Anyway Courteney talked a little bit about Friends, about her engagement this June to Snow Patrol musician Johnny McDaid, 38, and about her post-engagement vacation. For once she wasn’t recognized by people and it bummed her out. Here’s more, thanks to E! They did a nice job of transcribing the interview and they have the videos too.
On how no one wanted her “Friends” hair, they all wanted the Rachel
Jennifer Aniston became famous for “The Rachel” haircut, but “The Monica” never took off. “It kind of bums me out. Why didn’t they?” Cox asked. “I mean, we had the same hairdresser! I don’t understand…I just kept changing mine. I was like, if you don’t like it, then I’ll just keep doing it. Nothing ever stuck.”Her boyfriend proposed by asking her daughter to help
“Johnny first asked [my daughter] Coco. He said, ‘I’d like to marry your mom,’ and gave her a little diamond ring. She said, ‘Great, I’m going to camp tomorrow. Let’s do it right now.’ So, they decided they wanted to do it that night because we were leaving for Turks and Caicos and she was going to camp,” the actress explained. “We went to Jen’s house for dinner because it was Coco’s birthday and she was godmom. They made a plan to count down from three and when they got to one, he was gonna get down on his knee and say, ‘Will you marry me?’ and she was gonna say, ‘Will you marry him?’ They planned it out. They found the perfect tree that branches that led to one trunk. It was just beautiful.”“We went to Jen’s house. No one knew this was going to happen because it was just a dinner for, essentially, me and Coco. Coco got a little bored, as she does, and right after we were at the bar having a drink, she said, ‘Three!’ Johnny’s like, ‘No, not now!’ So she’s like, ‘All right,” she recalled. “So, then we go to dinner and there’s a salad course or whatever and she’s like, ‘Oh, my God!’ and hits the salad glass, ‘Three!’ She kept jumping the gun. Finally she waited until after dinner. She was literally about to fall asleep.”
She only got recognized once in Turks and Caicos
Cox tried to befriend people to no avail. “I could not make a friend! I tried so hard! It must’ve been my hair,” she joked. “No one wanted to talk to me so it was really bad. I was like, ‘Gosh! Monica! Friends!’ Nothing!” On the last day, she said, “Someone swam up to me and said, ‘I just want to say I’m a big fan of Friends. Can I get a picture?’ I’m like, ‘Are you kidding? A picture! We’re eating lunch together!'”
Maybe she wasn’t getting recognized because she looks so different now. I say that without intending snark, it’s just objectively true.
That’s a cute story about how her boyfriend proposed. The way she explained it, it was Coco’s birthday (that would have been in mid June) and they were at Jennifer Aniston’s house celebrating, because Aniston is Coco’s godmother. I didn’t think that Aniston and Courteney were close anymore, but they’re still hanging out occasionally, which is surprising to me. It’s also surprising that Courteney got engaged in mid June. She got engaged right before her vacation, which means that she waited a couple of weeks to announce it, as the press suspected at the time.
I’m glad that Courteney is doing well and that she’s happy now. I would still watch a Friends reunion or movie! I doubt it’s going to happen though.
Here’s video of Courteney explaining how her fiance proposed.
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I still love Friends. And now my kids watch it too! Courtney was always so beautiful and it is sad to see what she’s done to her face. Krista Miller, her co-star on Cougartown, looked for years like she had done some serious fillers and botox but she’s calmed down lately and looks beautiful, so I’ve still got hope for Courtney!
watched a couple old eps last night and was gobsmacked at how pretty she used to be. now she looks like Janice Dickinson. And I always liked her hair better than Aniston’s. Though one of the episodes Aniston had a really cute bob and I think she should go back to that.
as for her friendship with Aniston, I think it’s funny that so many people on here talked about how “they’re not friends anymore”…just more proof that we don’t know much about these celebs, and we really (mostly) only know what they want us to know.
I definitely don’t think they’re as close as they used to be–I still remember pre 2011 when they were always together….but it’s good that Jennifer spends time with her goddaughter. I hope she turned that margarita fountain into a chocolate fountain.
She was sooooo pretty before she got that face lift… it’s a shame.
But I guess we can all stop gossiping about Jen and her not being friends anymore… looks like they are still BFFs.
PS – And yeah… I can’t believe that Friends premiered 20 years ago… man, how time flies.
You know, I don’t believe this is a face lift. (I come from a family filled with women who get them… by or before 55…) So I have some very bias thoughts about them in general. I seriously do not believe Courteney has went there. Yet.
But she has had too much Botox into her face and brow line. Her eyes are completely misshapen from it. And they take on odd shapes when she attempts to show emotions.
Had she went ahead and done a mini-lift. By the very best surgeon. She would still look 30.
That is the upside about getting that mini-lift done, in your forties. It is a gentle lift. It normally turns out incredibly well. And people think you are a vampire for never aging. And as vain as Courteney is about her face… I am stunned that she did not do it. And retain her original face for another 15 tears.
Yes I had this and everyone talks about how my face never ages. No Botox fillers EVER. Get your work done early and then leave well enough alone. Use sunscreen.
Cute story.
+1. And the story about her being backstage at the Ed Sheeran concert is awesome! 🙂
She’s almost gone full Dickinson. I has a sad now.
Nice that she and Aniston still hang out. I guess that that was pre-smug Aniston comments about being surgery-free, though.
Seriously how can you make that statement? You don’t know if she was referring to CC or another person close to her. I’m sure Cox isn’t her only friend with botox and fillers. Courtney has gone overboard on the botox and fillers though.
Even the writer Kaiser said they believed Aniston’s comment was about Courteney Cox. Everyone on here did, and not just here, but elsewhere. Its a natural assumption.
I am surprised that you have caught on Jennifer Aniston’s infamous passive agressive statements.
She is notoriously known to fight dirty (her own words) and for using just enough words to make people realise who she speaks about without actually naming them.
She still looks really pretty but she definitely looks…altered. Still frames aren’t so bad but it’s really disconcerting to see her speaking on video. She’s like a doll where only the mouth moves.
At some angles she looks like a cat. Weird.
I thought the same thing, like that cat woman person who went over the edge with plastic surgery. So sad that no matter what she is saying, all you can do is focus on her face. Let this be a warning girls, just say no to Botox. Ah geez, I just had a flash of Joan Rivers’ face…stop it Courtney.
I get depressed when I think about how many absolutely beautiful women in Hollywood ruin their faces. A million women would give their right arm to look like these celebs and they’re not happy in their own skin. Sigh.
I’m surprised she wants to marry again. Nice that the daughter is happy with it though.
Well, to be fair, she’s never actually married a grown-up before.
I kind of thought Aniston was referring to Nicole Kidman when she talked about bad plastic surgery. Remember all those interviews after that Adam Sandler movie they did together, where they talked about what good friends they had become?
That sounds like a pretty dull birthday dinner for a little girl, though. No wonder Coco was bored and falling asleep. I thought her haircut on Friends was cute, and it looked really good on her. The long, center parted hair only looked good on Lisa Kudrow, though. I really hated when Courtney and Jennifer did it, that style just looks so bad on them, and still does 15 years later.
I know right?? If you’re the godmother, you should not have a SALAD course for a kids birthday dinner!!! ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
So true. That center part , long haired look is even harder to pull off than going bald, because not only do you have to have a perfect oval or heart shaped face that’s not too long, but you also have to have great hair. Lisa Kudrow could pull it off, so could the young Jane Seymour and the young Kate Jackson. The look doesn’t work for Anniston and certainly not for Goop.
Her face!!!!!!
Lookin’ a little too much like Janice Dickenson, no?
i only clicked on the story because all i could think about is HER FACE!!!!
holy hell she looks like a cross between “all natural” megan fox and joycelyn wildenstein.
The fact that she thinks Snow Patrol are ‘rock n roll’ is more ageing than anything else.
zing!
ITA
Very sweet story. Love that he involved her little girl and a close friend. It is true that Cox looks altered, a nice way to put it. In the top pic, she is approaching Jocelyn Wildenstein terrority, which is sad to see. Body/face dysmorphic disorder must be rampant in LA.
She’s really getting into Joan rivers territory. What a shame…
This is going to sound snarky too, but it’s not meant to be. She has those cute Tori Amos ears.
I recently watched one of the last episodes where she and Chandler get the house out in the suburbs – I could definitely tell she had work done then, so she’s been getting tweaked for at least ten years or more. It is sad. Incidentally, yesterday also marked the very first airing of Veronica Mars ten years ago. I would have rather seen a story on that lol.
She looked different in the last season because she was pregnant and looked a lot younger and fresher with a bit of extra weight.
She only went crazy with the procedures after she and David separated. Dude is a mess but it seems like he helped her with a lot of her insecurities. She always said David would beg her not to mess with her face, and as soon as he was out of the picture she started going crazy with injectables.
In the bottom pic she looks like a brunette Jenny McCarthy.
I still think that she is attractive but she totally fked her face. At least she’s happy?
Awww, that’s a really cute story. I love that her fiance asked her daughter’s permission, and gave her a ring too.
she´s hardly recognizable in the head picture. WTF Courtney WHY????
CC and her fiance don’t look like there is a 12 year difference in their ages…In that last picture, he is giving me a Daniel Day Lewis vibe! Who else thinks they will have a baby via surrogate? I know CC wanted more kids, but had many problems…I wish them well!
That is a cute story. Congrats to them, and it sounds like they’re all happy.
When I think about “Monica” and “hairstyle” I still think of the one where Phoebe gave her a Dudley Moore cut by mistake instead of Demi Moore.
Wow, CC used to be so stunningly beautiful. I bet if she had just let herself age naturally she still would be. Why, Courtney, why?? The plastic cat woman look does nothing for you (or anyone for that matter). Sigh…
When “Friends” was being conceived Courteney Cox was supposed to have played the lead character (Rachel), which the entire show would revolve around.
The Ross, Joey and Monica characters were intended only as supporting roles.
Phoebe and Chandler would have been featured much less frequently, primarily as comic relief.
To be honest, I wouldn’t have recognized her either if she walked right in front of me. It’s a shame that she did that to her face. I always considered her the Beautiful Friend. For reference, look at the Dancing in the Dark video (Springsteen). She wore minimal make up and she stood out!
such a bummer to see she, too, has gone down that road.
they really all do start to look alike and it’s frankly creepy.