Friends may have finished more than ten years ago, but it is still very much a part of our cultural identity today.
Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of Friends , recently released some news that had Friends fans reeling.
As it turns out, the characters of Chandler and Monica were never intended to get married. The intention of the co-creator’s was for Chandler and Monica to have a quick fling, paving the way for jokes and awkward situations, Australian radio station 92.9 recently reported.
However, the first scene revealing the Friends fling in Season 4 brought such a reaction from the audience that the co-creators had to rethink their intentions for the storyline, Marta Kauffman explained.
“We had no idea what response [the fling] was going to get. We had to stop [filming] the show because people were screaming… We thought it was going to be funny and we were going to get rid of it. Suddenly the audience told us they had been waiting for [Chandler and Monica to get together] and we had to rethink how we were going to keep going and change the relationship.”
You’ll Never Guess Who Monica Was Actually Supposed To Marry (Spoiler: It’s Not Chandler) >> http://t.co/wbJOJoK0hY pic.twitter.com/TzBamsorVB
— Total Sorority Move (@totalsratmove) June 8, 2015
And as Cosmopolitan reminded us, Marta Kauffman previously said that the overriding Friends love story was never intended to be Ross and Rachel, or even Chandler and Monica – Friends was originally supposed to be a love story about Monica and Joey .
“They just seemed the most sexual of the characters.”
Without Chandler and Monica, Friends fans would never have been able to react to the many epic Chandler and Monica moments throughout the show.
I just cried watching Chandler & Monica get engaged on FRIENDS. the candles, the mood lighting. TV SHOW. ? #notreallife #stopitmeghanyoupansy — Meghan Sanett (@mmsanett) June 5, 2015
i love you monica. i love you too chandler. pic.twitter.com/6zm5IQul9t
— HAPPY 17TH ANDIE! (@honestlypotter) June 4, 2015
Chandler and Monica are the real relationship goals. Let’s be real here. — fire made flesh (@khyleesi_) June 4, 2015
Monica and Chandler are just so beautiful pic.twitter.com/P2ZeKQdLuY
— beth (@hesawthecomet) June 3, 2015
when Chandler asks Monica to marry him ?????? I can’t — karlaaa (@xo_athena) June 2, 2015
Monica dancing with her head in a turkey to cheer up Chandler and he says “You’re so great, I love you” I think is my favorite scene
— Lara Ackermann (@lareeeeyy) June 1, 2015
Even if you are the ultimate Chandler and Monica Friends fan, is there just a little part of you that would love to see what it would have looked like if Monica had found Joey in that London hotel room instead of Chandler? Or maybe you would have preferred to have seen Joey and Phoebe get together instead? There certainly were enough hints throughout the ten seasons of Friends that we had a Joey/Phoebe pairing to look forward to at the end.
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