Such Demanding Little ‘Friends’

Posted Friday, December 14, 2001 at 10:08 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry recently made another demand with the sitcom’s writers, when he insisted a line in the script be cut.

The line, referring to Matt’s “expanding waistline,” seemed to offend the funny guy. I guess the fat jokes go around, as only year ago all fingers pointed to Matt LeBlanc as his cut bod went to a chubby one.

Matthew was fed-up with the ongoing jokes about his weight gain and the line was icing on the cake. After his tantrum, executives agreed to do away with the comment.

For $1 million an episode, it seems any line would be easy to overlook…