Lisa Kudrow talks body image during Friends - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Lisa Kudrow discusses the body image issues she experienced during the Friends years By Sophie Hines - August 11, 2022 Lisa Kudrow may be best known for her bubbly, quirky character of Phoebe on Friends, but in real life playing the role wasn’t all laughs for the actress. In fact, as she revealed in a recent interview, it gave Lisa a few body hang-ups – hardly surprising in an era when body-shaming of celebrities was rife and thinness was held up as the ideal to an even greater extent than now. Speaking on the Podcrushed podcast, which is co-hosted by actor Penn Badgley, Lisa said seeing her body on screen was quite a shock. ‘It wasn’t until Friends that I realised, “Oh, I don’t look like I thought how I thought I looked” and that’s what was so jarring. ‘Seeing myself on the show and seeing myself in clothes and seeing Courteney and Jennifer, I thought, “Oh, they know tailoring so they can discuss it with the costume designer about where exactly to take it in”,’ she said. As a result, Lisa asked her female co-stars to join her at fittings so they could help advise on costume alterations, but then she realised her issues were ‘not just about tailoring’. ‘I’m not trying to say I was overweight’ Lisa added. ‘I was not. I just had no idea of the actual shape of my body.’ The actress explained that her attitude started to change in late thirties and forties. ‘I just realised it’s okay, this is just what I look like [and] that’s okay. I mean, do what you need to do to be healthy but if this is your body, it’s okay.’ Wise words indeed! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved