'Friends' star calls out beloved sitcom's leering, verbally abusive writers: 'Can't the b***h read?'
Beloved '90s comedy "Friends" may have been one big lovefest on screen — but behind the scenes, it was a toxic stew of verbal abuse and sexual harassment. At least, this is according to one of the stars of the blockbuster ensemble sitcom, which ran on NBC from 1994 to 2004. 'We know that back in the room the guys would be up late discussing their sexual fantasies.' Gag orders Apparently, the same writers who came up with now-iconic lines like, "We were on a break" and "How you doin'?" had brutal
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