{"id":2342478,"date":"2026-03-23T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2342478"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:20:36","slug":"lisa-kudrow-says-shes-changed-her-mind-regarding-whether-ross-and-rachel-were-on-a-break-on-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lisa-kudrow-says-shes-changed-her-mind-regarding-whether-ross-and-rachel-were-on-a-break-on-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow Says She&#8217;s Changed Her Mind Regarding Whether Ross and Rachel Were &#8216;On a Break&#8217; on \u201cFriends\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lisa Kudrow is offering her renewed opinion on a great <em>Friends<\/em> debate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a new interview, the actress was asked whether she thought Ross Geller and Rachel Green were indeed &#8220;on a break&#8221; when Ross slept with another woman in season 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Kudrow earlier said yes, she now says she&#8217;s &#8220;switched&#8221; how she feels about the issue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lisa-kudrow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lisa Kudrow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lisa Kudrow&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Lisa Kudrow<\/a> is weighing in \u2014 again \u2014 on the greatest debate in all 10 seasons of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/friends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Friends;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Friends&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Friends<\/a>: <\/em>whether Ross and Rachel were on a break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As any <em>Friends <\/em>fan can recall, the devastating breakup between Ross (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/david-schwimmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Schwimmer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;David Schwimmer&quot;}\" class=\"link \">David Schwimmer<\/a>) and Rachel (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jennifer-aniston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Aniston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Aniston&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jennifer Aniston<\/a>) in season 3 centered around one question: Were they on a break when Ross slept with another woman?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the show, Rachel made clear that she felt the couple were not broken up when Ross had slept with another woman (&#8220;hot copy girl&#8221; Chloe). Ross, however, insisted they were \u201con a break,\u201d and that warranted him being with another woman. Even when faced with a reconciliation in season 4, Ross couldn\u2019t bring himself to fess up to being in the wrong, ensuring the iconic couple wouldn\u2019t date again (besides a one-night stand in which they conceived baby Emma) until the series finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;free daily newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 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 dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-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><i>Friends<br \/>Credit: Danny Feld\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kudrow had said in the 2021 <em>Friends <\/em>reunion special that the couple <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eiqpnVV87e8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was indeed on a break at the time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;was indeed on a break at the time&quot;}\" class=\"link \">was indeed on a break at the time<\/a> \u2014 an opinion backed up by the other cast members, including Aniston and Schwimmer as well as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/courteney-cox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Courteney Cox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Courteney Cox&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Courteney Cox<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/matt-le-blanc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt LeBlanc;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Matt LeBlanc&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Matt LeBlanc<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/matthew-perry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matthew Perry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Matthew Perry&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Matthew Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/etnow\/status\/2035042434259075406?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Tonight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Tonight&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Tonight<\/a> recently, 62-year-old Kudrow said, \u201cI\u2019ve switched,\u201d when asked where she stands on the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRoss was ridiculous, what a baby! You can\u2019t plan a future with that guy,&#8221; Kudrow told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2019 \u2014 in honor of the NBC comedy\u2019s 25th anniversary \u2014 dating app Plenty of Fish surveyed 1,865 people, and the results proved that Ross won the debate on this one: They <em>were<\/em> on a break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of the singles <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/friends-fans-agree-ross-rachel-break\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:surveyed at the time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;surveyed at the time&quot;}\" class=\"link \">surveyed at the time<\/a>, 60% believed that Ross was in the right. However, women sided more with Rachel, with 44% believing he cheated, versus 36% of men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kudrow has previously shared that she didn&#8217;t re-watch the show until after the death of co-star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/matthew-perry-movies-tv-shows-life-in-photos-8384112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Perry of an accidental drug overdose;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Perry of an accidental drug overdose&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Perry of an accidental drug overdose<\/a> in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGod forbid anybody walk into my house and saw me watching my show, I&#8217;d be mortified,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lisa-kudrow-only-saw-entire-friends-cast-once-between-finale-and-25th-reunion-8759340\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:joked in 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;joked in 2024&quot;}\" class=\"link \">joked in 2024<\/a>. \u201cBut after Matthew passed away, there were marathons and I wanted to watch. It felt like part of the remembering, grieving, remembering, all that, and just enjoying, and celebrating. And, boy, I appreciated everybody on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLike, Ben!\u201d she continued. \u201cSchwimmer\u2019s hilarious. Matt LeBlanc is making me laugh out loud. Jennifer, come on! She&#8217;s so good. Look what she just did, she&#8217;s so good. And Courteney, it&#8217;s like, oh my god, you&#8217;re hilarious. How did you never get nominated for an Emmy? And Matthew, of course. Genius. At the time he was blowing me away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lisa-kudrow-changed-mind-ross-and-rachel-on-a-break-11931200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/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 malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Lisa Kudrow is offering her renewed opinion on a great Friends debate In a new interview, the actress was asked whether she thought Ross Geller and Rachel Green were indeed &#8220;on a break&#8221; when Ross slept with another woman in season 3 While Kudrow earlier said yes, she now says she&#8217;s &#8220;switched&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2342481,"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":[25177],"tags":[26739,26742,26741,338684,27003,380438,433207],"class_list":["post-2342478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-david-schwimmer","tag-friends","tag-jennifer-aniston","tag-lisa-kudrow","tag-matthew-perry","tag-rachel-green","tag-ross-geller"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lisa-Kudrow-Says-Shes-Changed-Her-Mind-Regarding-Whether-Ross.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342478","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=2342478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342482,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342478\/revisions\/2342482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}