Los Angeles, Aug 6 : “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow has described the “jarring” emotions she experienced while filming the cult American sitcom with co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox. The 59-year-old actress actor, who soared to global recognition in the mid-1990s due to her role of Phoebe Buffay, revealed that her body’s perception changed after she got the role, as reported by mirror.co.uk.
Kudrow said on her interview on the Popcrushed podcast she was a victim of body dysmorphia.She added that she incorrectly believed she was”stick” like her father and sister.
“I didn’t notice it.I didn’t have any waist.I didn’t even notice it in any way.I believed that I was thin and could do whatever I wanted,” she explained.
“And I’d glance at photos and think”Wow, these pictures actually alter reality’.It was not until Friends that I realized that I didn’t look the way I thought I did.That’s what made me so shocked and I was like”I’ve got to lose weight? I need to eat right? Shoot’.”
In response to a question about whether the media affected her change in opinion, Lisa explained it was due to watching her on TV’ as well as watching the way that the female trio appeared in clothes.
Kudrow claimed she requested Aniston who played Rachel Green and Cox, who played Monica Gellar to accompany her for various fittings and offer their expertise.At that point, she realized it wasn’t just about fitting’.
She also said: “I’m not trying to claim that I’m overweight, but neither am I trying to.I wasn’t.I was just unaware of what form of my body.”
Kudrow later revealed that she finally accepted her body when she reached her 40s she told her self: “Do what you need to do in order to be healthy, however this is the body you have, and it’s fine.”
It follows Aniston recently disclosed that the girls had the same salad each day for 10 years when filming.
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