News | Entertainment
23 Nov 2025 4:56
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Lisa Kudrow's son used to call Jennifer Aniston "Mommy"

    The 57-year-old actress was often accompanied to work on the set of 'Friends' by her only child Julian, now 23, and though she loved the bond he developed with her castmate, she admitted it led to some confusion from the youngster


    Appearing on 'Conan', host Conan O'Brien said: "He got a little confused. I know that he really was obsessed with Jen."

    Lisa - who was pregnant during the fourth season of the show -

    confirmed: "He'd fly into her lap. Well, she's a love bug, and that made sense. And I was always glad for anyone that Julien felt love for and felt from."

    "But then at home, she'd be on TV, and he'd go, 'Mommy!'"

    The actress - who is married to Michel Stern - revealed Julian has seen episodes of the show in recent years so he could talk to his friends about it, and she joked he was more impressed by everyone else's performances than her own portrayal of Phoebe Buffay.

    She said: "I know he hasn't seen every episode. I know for a while, in school, people were watching it. And he kind of felt like he had to, so that he can participate in what everyone else was watching. And he did really think that everybody else was very funny on the show."

    Jennifer was among the stars to wish Julian a Happy Birthday when her friend and former co-star shared some photos of him on Instagram to mark the occasion earlier this month.

    The 'Morning Show' star commented on the 7 May post: "Happy Birthday, Juls!!! Feels like yesterday that you arrived.(sic)"

    The 'Easy A' actress recently admitted she'd got "more sensitive" when she had her son and stopped finding things as funny as she used to.

    She said: “When I became a mother, everything changed. The instant my son arrived, I thought, 'Oh, OK, now I get it. Nothing else is ever going to be as important as this.'

    “And my outlook on life changed too - one thing that's kind of sad is that a lot of things that I had found funny before just stopped being funny to me then, and there were a lot of things on TV and in the movies that I couldn't watch anymore.

    "Any sort of doctor shows with kids ending up in the emergency room, anything that involved children getting hurt. Before, I'd been able to see movies such as 'Sophie's Choice' and 'Schindler's List' - I couldn't even begin to watch them now. I guess I got sensitive!"

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     22 Nov: Glenn Close has insisted her new drama series All's Fair is "pretty f***ing good" - despite a barrage of negative reviews
     22 Nov: Billy Bob Thornton was wounded from all the plates that were chucked at him whilst filming a fiery family dinner scene in the Landman season two episode Death and a Sunset
     22 Nov: Pete Davidson is girlfriend Elsie Hewitt's "personal toe cracker"
     22 Nov: Jonathan Bailey felt "scared and alone" growing up gay in school
     22 Nov: Blair Underwood is raising a bison herd like cattle
     22 Nov: Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is trying not to be distracted by her estranged husband Justin Trudeau's romance with Katy Perry.
     22 Nov: Michael J Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan advised their son Sam Fox and his wife Molly Milstein to laugh at something daily if they want a long-and-happy marriage
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Wallace Sititi is imploring his side to sign off 20-25 on a high More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Meat exports have reached a record high, despite Donald Trump's recently-scrapped tariffs More...



     Today's News

    Cricket:
    The West Indies have been bowled out for 161 by the Black Caps in the final one-day cricket match in Hamilton 21:56

    Entertainment:
    Glenn Close has insisted her new drama series All's Fair is "pretty f***ing good" - despite a barrage of negative reviews 21:55

    Entertainment:
    Billy Bob Thornton was wounded from all the plates that were chucked at him whilst filming a fiery family dinner scene in the Landman season two episode Death and a Sunset 21:25

    Environment:
    Rain's caused havoc in Formula One qualifying at the Las Vegas Grand Prix  21:16

    Entertainment:
    Pete Davidson is girlfriend Elsie Hewitt's "personal toe cracker" 20:55

    Entertainment:
    Jonathan Bailey felt "scared and alone" growing up gay in school 20:25

    Entertainment:
    Blair Underwood is raising a bison herd like cattle 19:55

    Entertainment:
    Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is trying not to be distracted by her estranged husband Justin Trudeau's romance with Katy Perry. 19:25

    Living & Travel:
    Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father 18:56

    Entertainment:
    Michael J Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan advised their son Sam Fox and his wife Molly Milstein to laugh at something daily if they want a long-and-happy marriage 18:55


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd