Courteney Cox responds to Kanye West claiming her hit sitcom Friends ‘wasn’t funny’ with hilarious Instagram video

Courteney Cox responds to a resurfaced tweet by Kanye West from October 2020, where he claims that the sitcom ‘Friends’ wasn’t funny
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Friends actress Courteney Cox, 58, has amusingly clapped back at Kanye West’s comments about the iconic sitcom not being funny.

The actress, who is from Alabama, has created a skit and posted it to her Instagram in retaliation to an old tweet in which Kanye claimed Friends “wasn’t funny.”

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It all started when West shared an image of a text, which he apparently wrote, but, he revealed that it was actually fabricated, in the caption, he wrote:  “[I] actually didn’t write the teeet that said “Friends wasn’t funny either.”

Producer/Actor Courteney Cox from Starz’ ‘Shining Vale’ attends Deadline Contenders Television at Paramount Studios on April 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Deadline Hollywood )Producer/Actor Courteney Cox from Starz’ ‘Shining Vale’ attends Deadline Contenders Television at Paramount Studios on April 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Deadline Hollywood )
Producer/Actor Courteney Cox from Starz’ ‘Shining Vale’ attends Deadline Contenders Television at Paramount Studios on April 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Deadline Hollywood )

However, he followed it up, by saying,”but I wish I had.”

This post caught the attention of Friends’ actress, who went on to create a humorous skit for her 12 million Instagram followers.

Courteney, who played Monica Gellar in Friends, is seen in her kitchen scrolling through her instagram feed, and coming across the comments made by Ye (commonly known as Kanye West).

The actress, who lives in Malibu, is shown listening and humming along to the song Heartless by Kanye West, when she discovers the post.

Courteney Cox highlighted Kanye West’s comment in her video (Photo Credit: Instagram / courteneycoxofficial / kanyewest)Courteney Cox highlighted Kanye West’s comment in her video (Photo Credit: Instagram / courteneycoxofficial / kanyewest)
Courteney Cox highlighted Kanye West’s comment in her video (Photo Credit: Instagram / courteneycoxofficial / kanyewest)
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A close-up of the post is then flashed on-screen, with Kanye’s account handle and the comment highlighted.

The short video ends, with Cox raising an eyebrow, she then promptly turns off the Ye music and leaves the kitchen.

American rapper Kanye West poses before Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show on March 6, 2015 in Paris. (Photo credit: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images)American rapper Kanye West poses before Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show on March 6, 2015 in Paris. (Photo credit: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images)
American rapper Kanye West poses before Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show on March 6, 2015 in Paris. (Photo credit: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images)

She amusingly captioned the video: “I bet the old Kayne thought Friends was funny,” and added a sad face emoji.

The rapper posted the original tweet in October 2020, in response to Cox’s Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston posting a photo of herself voting for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Cast members from “Friends,” which won Outstanding Comedy, series - pose at the 54th Annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles 22 September 2002.  From L to R are David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Mathew Perry, Courtney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc. (Photo credit LEE CELANO/AFP via Getty Images)Cast members from “Friends,” which won Outstanding Comedy, series - pose at the 54th Annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles 22 September 2002.  From L to R are David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Mathew Perry, Courtney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc. (Photo credit LEE CELANO/AFP via Getty Images)
Cast members from “Friends,” which won Outstanding Comedy, series - pose at the 54th Annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles 22 September 2002. From L to R are David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Mathew Perry, Courtney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc. (Photo credit LEE CELANO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Aniston, 53, then went on to explain her reasons for voting for them, and ended the post by saying, “P.S. It’s not funny to vote for Kanye. I don’t know how else to say it. Please be responsible.”

This triggered the rapper, and he tweeted a screengrab of a Vanity Fair article about the post, before tweeting “Friends wasn’t funny either,” which has since been deleted, and he has now denied that he even wrote it.

Courteney Cox is currently starring in Amazon Prime Video, comedy-horror series, ‘Shining Vale’, alongside Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino.

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