Courteney Cox Jokes 'Old Kanye West Thought 'Friends' Was Funny' After Rapper Denies Insulting Show

Mar. 15, 2025

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Courteney Coxhas playfully called outKanye West’s supposed dislike ofFriends.

The actress, 58, joked about the musician, 45, in anInstagram videoon Tuesday that showed her reading one of West’s recent Instagram posts.

The line Cox singles out from the since-deleted post read, “I actually didn’t write the [tweet] that said ‘Friendswasn’t funny either’ but wish I had.”

While listening to West’s 2008 song “Heartless,” Cox zooms in on the words “Friends. Wasn’t. Funny.” With that, she turns off the song.

“I bet the old Kanye thoughtFriendswas funny,” she captioned the video, adding a sad face emoji.

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The “Friendswasn’t funny” tweet surfaced on the Internet in 2020 after Cox’s costarJennifer Anistonannouncedher endorsementofJoe Bidenover then-PresidentDonald Trump.

Anavid Trump supporter, West hadvisited the White Housein October 2018 and went as far as to run his own 2020 presidential campaign that made it onto ballots in some states that year.

Around the same time, fans had begun referencing the “Old Kanye” in order to differentiate between the rapper’s early work and his evolving persona, including aChristian rap album.

Aniston warned her followers of West’s presidential bid: “It’s not funny to vote for Kanye. I don’t know how else to say it. Please be responsible.”

Someone then fabricated West’s Twitter to make it seem like West was slammingFriends.

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West’s comment came in the middle of anInstagram rant— mainly pertaining to his professional relationships with brands Gap and Adidas. Many of the posts have since been deleted from his Instagram feed.

source: people.com