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Friends followed the lives of a group of young adults (Monica, Phoebe, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, and Ross) living in New York City and doing their best to juggle their personal, professional, and social lives while also dealing with everything adulthood threw their way. Though some topics and jokes haven’t aged well, Friends continues to be relatable to most viewers, who revisit it as many times as they can – and with these revisions, new plot holes and inconsistencies have come to light, such as the show’s celebrity paradoxes.
Because Friends wasn’t set in an alternate universe nor anything like that, the main characters mentioned many actors, TV shows, and movies throughout the series, which made some celebrity cameos a bit confusing.
Friends’ Biggest Celebrity Paradoxes
Many popular actors and actresses stopped by the set of Friends for a guest appearance, such as The One With Frank Jr”, where Ross made his “freebie” list of famous women he was allowed to sleep with, which included Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon – both of which appeared in season 7. Winona Ryder played Melissa Warburton, Rachel’s sorority sister in “The One With Rachel’s Big Kiss”, and Susan Sarandon played Cecilia Monroe in “The One With Joey’s New Brain” (ironically, she played an actress).
Other celebrity cameos that don’t quite match with Friends was aware of their existence as actors, but once they showed up, everything had to change.