Lisa Kudrow credited her Friends co-star Matt LeBlanc with helping her through a bit of fatigue she had with her beloved character

She admitted on SiriusXM’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name that it took ‘if not a year and a half, maybe two seasons, before I felt like I had Phoebe down’

Kudrow recalled that around season 2 or 3, she felt like she was slacking off and not putting in the same level of effort she had in the beginning. LeBlanc, noticing her struggles, approached her and asked what was wrong.

Kudrow confessed that she was being lazy and wasn’t doing the work she needed to do for Phoebe. LeBlanc’s response was a turning point for her, as he reassured her that she had already mastered the character and didn’t need to put in as much effort.

The conversation with LeBlanc was a wake-up call for Kudrow, who felt like she had been shaken out of her complacency. She compared it to someone slapping her back to reality, saying it was exactly what she needed.

Recently, Kudrow revealed that she has started re-watching Friends, but only because she wants to focus on the late Matthew Perry’s hilarious performances. She finds it too embarrassing to watch herself, but celebrating Perry’s comedic genius is a different story.

Kudrow recalled around season 2 or 3, ‘I’m like, “Something’s wrong,” ’cause I’m not doing the work I was doing’

‘And he went, ‘No, you know who the character is now. You don’t need to do the work you did. You got it,’ and I went, ‘What? Oh,’ added Kudrow

After their co-star Matthew Perry previously died at age 54 in October, Kudrow revealed last month that she’s begun re-watching Friends

Kudrow reflected on her time on set with Perry, remembering how they would laugh all day long, and how Perry’s goal was to make everyone laugh as much as possible. She cherished those moments, saying that they would often laugh so hard that tears would stream down their faces.

Friends, which aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004, remains one of the most popular sitcoms in history, and the cast reunited for a special on HBO Max in 2021.