ANISTON’S EMOTIONAL RETURN TO ‘FRIENDS’ SETS

WASHINGTON : It’s not only the fans of the beloved sitcom ‘Friends’ who are still reminiscing the reunion special, but also the Emmy-winning star Jennifer Aniston, who is recalling her ‘emotional’ return to the sets of the show almost after 17 years.

People Magazine reported that Aniston recently appeared on Gayle King’s SiriusXM show, where she opened up about stepping onto the set of the iconic sitcom again for the first time in 17 years. “It was a sucker punch in the heart in a way,” Aniston said of the experience, which was filmed for ‘Friends: The Reunion’, now streaming on HBO Max.

She went on to explain that being in that space took an emotional toll on everyone, not just her. “It was for all of us, I think. Even Courteney [Cox] we got tears out of! And I don’t even know she’s so, you know, not emotional,” the 52-year-old actor said.

Aniston told King that everyone was excited to return to the sets like, “This is going to be so fun to walk onto the set and they’re bringing all of the sets out from storage and putting it all back together. We romanticised it.”

Aniston played Rachel Green in ‘Friends’, which originally aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004. The beloved sitcom followed the story of six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City.