‘Friends’ Star Shares Matthew Perry’s ‘Hilarious’ Reaction to Breastfeeding Scene

Jane Sibbett is recalling the moment she left her Friends costar Matthew Perry “blushing.”

In an interview with The Sun timed to the hit sitcom’s 30th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 22, the 61-year-old actress — who played Carol Willick — reflected on a few of her memorable scenes, including one during the season 2 episode titled “The One with the Breast Milk.”

While the scene called for Perry’s character Chandler and Matt LeBlanc‘s character Joey to react uncomfortably to Carol breastfeeding Ben — the baby she shared with David Schwimmer’s Ross — Sibbett made a surprising improvisation during the scene.

“I actually tried to nurse the babies — with their mother’s permission — and that’s why you get such a hilarious reaction from Matt Perry,” Sibbett told The Sun. “He was like, ‘Whoa, Sibbett’s breast is out.’ He thought I was going to pantomime breastfeeding, but didn’t know I’d do it for real.”

As Sibbett explained, the baby “had no idea what was going on and reacted,” which was why she also found Perry’s reaction to be “so funny.”

“You can almost see him blush if you look at that take closely enough,” she added. “It’s so hilarious. I mean, I’m sure he’d seen breasts before but he’d never seen me whip mine — my big milky breast out — that was funny.”

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Earlier this week, show creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane reflected on the series’ 30th anniversary in an interview with Today, and Kauffman called Perry’s 2023 death “a huge loss” that makes the milestone anniversary “a little fraught.” Perry died after an accidental drug overdose on Oct. 28 at the age of 54.

“He made us laugh every day,” Crane said of the late star, as Kauffman recalled how “David always said [Matthew] was the funniest man in a room.”

“He’d been fighting the good fight for so long, and it did really look like, from the reunion, that he had finally found some peace,” executive producer Kevin Bright added.

While speaking with The Times for a 30th-anniversary retrospective of the iconic TV series, Kauffman, 67, detailed how she hopes fans honor Perry.

“Two things come to mind. One of them is to donate to drug treatment centers — let’s fight the disease,” she said.

“And the second way is to watch Friends and remember [Perry] not as a man who died like that but as a man who was hilariously funny and brought joy to everybody,” she added.