{"id":1987463,"date":"2025-08-29T21:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1987463"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:44:55","slug":"zoe-kravitz-slams-super-homophobic-jokes-on-friends-says-to-keep-that-in-the-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zoe-kravitz-slams-super-homophobic-jokes-on-friends-says-to-keep-that-in-the-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Kravitz Slams \u2018Super Homophobic Jokes\u2019 On \u2018Friends,\u2019 Says to \u2018Keep That\u2019 in the \u201990s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Zo\u00eb Kravitz<\/strong> is making enemies of <em>Friends<\/em> fans!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While promoting her new 1998-set movie, <em>Caught Stealing<\/em>, the actress told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zoe-kravitz-friends-jokes-didnt-age-well-since-1990s-exclusive-11800065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>People<\/em><\/a> that she\u2019s \u201creally nostalgic\u201d for the final decade of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But when asked what she would leave behind in the \u201990s, Kravitz, 36, named the iconic sitcom. \u201cSuper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UB8UtSJV0Nc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:homophobic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">homophobic<\/a> jokes on mainstream television,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you watch <em>Friends<\/em> now, you\u2019re like, \u2018Whoa, that\u2019s\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her costar <strong>Austin Butler<\/strong>, 34, replied, \u201cWow, even <em>Friends<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOh, so much in <em>Friends<\/em>,\u201d the <em>Batman<\/em> star said. \u201cLike, things that aren\u2019t punchlines are punchlines. It\u2019s wild. So maybe that? We can keep that there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Butler agreed: \u201cThat\u2019s crazy. Yeah, keep that in the \u201990s!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">PF1\/WENN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kravitz isn\u2019t alone in her observations: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2019\/9\/20\/20875107\/friends-25th-anniversary-polarizing-legacy-homophobia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Other;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Other<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/arts\/how-friends-failed-me-no-representation-is-better-than-bad-representation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:critics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">critics<\/a> have called out the show, which aired from 1994 to 2004, for frequently poking fun of Ross (<strong>David Schwimmer<\/strong>) because his ex-wife, Carol, married a woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one episode, Ross is uncomfortable that Rachel (<strong>Jennifer Aniston<\/strong>) hires a male nanny for their daughter and assumes the man is gay. He also campaigns to fire the man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In another running joke, characters frequently assumed Chandler (<strong>Matthew Perry<\/strong>) was gay. <strong>Kathleen Turner<\/strong> also played Chandler\u2019s father, Charles, a transgender woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though Schwimmer, 58, defended the show for being \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d in a 2020 interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2020\/jan\/27\/david-schwimmer-im-very-aware-of-my-privilege-as-a-heterosexual-white-male\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, the show\u2019s co-creator, <strong>Marta Kauffman<\/strong>, 68, admitted to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/pop-culture\/2019\/04\/29\/friends-marta-kauffman-anniversary-finale-sports-moments-thanksgiving\/81634081007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:USA Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a> in 2019 that \u201cevery time I watch an episode, there\u2019s something I wish I could have changed. All the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zo\u00eb Kravitz is making enemies of Friends fans! While promoting her new 1998-set movie, Caught Stealing, the actress told People that she\u2019s \u201creally nostalgic\u201d for the final decade of the 20th century. But when asked what she would leave behind in the \u201990s, Kravitz, 36, named the iconic sitcom. \u201cSuper homophobic jokes on mainstream television,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1987464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[311575,26739,26742,358166,317342],"class_list":["post-1987463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-austin-butler","tag-david-schwimmer","tag-friends","tag-mainstream-television","tag-zoe-kravitz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756503895_Zoe-Kravitz-Slams-\u2018Super-Homophobic-Jokes-On-\u2018Friends-Says-to.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}