A long-awaited reunion show announced earlier this year, which is set to arrive on the HBO Max streaming service, has been delayed due to theThe much-loved sitcom, which ran from 1994 to 2004, is still popular today - but has been criticised in recent years for not featuring more black and Asian characters.All six stars - Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry, as well as Aniston, Cox, Kudrow and Schwimmer - are all white, as was the majority of the supporting cast.
In June, one of the show's creators, Marta Kauffman, reportedly became tearful when asked about the issue. According to US media reports, she said:"I wish I knew then what I know today. Sorry, I just wish I knew then what I know now. I would've made very different decisions."The cast of Friends, clockwise from top left: Matt LeBlanc , David Schwimmer , Jennifer Aniston , Lisa Kudrow , Courteney Cox , Matthew Perry
Both Kudrow and Schwimmer have addressed the lack of diversity on the show, with Schwimmer telling The Guardian in 2019 that he was"well aware" of the issue and had spoken about it with producers. He said:"One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian American woman and later I dated African American women. That was a very conscious push on my part."saying it was"progressive" at the time but would not feature an all-white cast if it was made today
Is it for South African then .
And that will prove what? Black Lives Actors?
How patronising and insulting.
That's transphobic
Oh FFS. Still as many others have said, The Crosby Show, Fresh Prince should be good with an all white cast. As it’s all about fairness this should be good.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Tripe
Why exactly
How about an all-Chinese cast? Or an all-Indian cast?
Friends was not exactly white anyway. Let them have it.
Why?
I can’t wait!
Why would you? Diversity bollox
Bet they don’t get the same salary - completely pointless
What a load of woke virtue signaling muppets!
Why?
Why?
This is getting beyond the joke now.
Dull
Why?🙄you could literally make an entire new show for your tokenitic pandering but instead you want to pull ‘one off’ patronising stunts or alter & change already successful & established shows simply because you decide the original casts skin is suddenly unacceptable...😬🤔
So what's next making Desmond's with an all white cast, fairs fair after all.
😂😂😂😂😂 Christ
What a stupid thing . Total nonsense . What if we did an all white Fresh Prince ? Would you call it racist
Reacted and failed
And will people refer to it as 'Black Friends'? WHY? Don't Black people have 'friends?' Some of my 'best friends' are black people. Should it matter what color your friends are? Should it matter what race those actors are? Should it matter who watches it or advertises on it?
Why Why ? Why ? If I was black I’d be embarrassed.
Do black people not think this is so condescending? Why stop at one show let’s do every single show ever made ....... and what would it achieve
Honestly what is going on these us getting more stupid by the day do you not understand it’s making people more racist and making a mockery of black people
Why?
How about the Cosby show or Desmonds with a full white cast then? Absolute state of 2020
Wtf?
Gonna go iron my head.
Should there be white versions of black films? No because they wouldn’t be relevant. Some incredibly daft shit happening this year.
One of the most famous episodes of The Jefferson’s is set to be re-enacted with an all-white cast.
So they are picking the actors purely based on the colour of their skin. Isn’t this racist?
I want this just as much as I’ve been wanting that all white remake of the fresh prince.... said absolutely nobody.
Racist
Why?
Why ?
Copy and paste! Bigotry of low expectations at its best 🤦
How ridiculous. Won’t be watching that then!
Um, okay why?
I wanna see dads army with black chicks.
Will it just be Sarah Silverman, Justin Trudeau and Jimmy Kimmel in blackface?
Why? What’s the point? Nothing allowed to be white anymore. Ridiculous.
Sounds even shitter than friends was.
I guess the show 'Living Single' passed the woke virtue signallers by then.
Massive
What is the matter with people and this obsession with black ethnicity. Why do they want to replace everything with black actors.
My god!!!! Pathetic
Lol
Why ? Friends was already based on an all black show that came BEFORE it.
Shall we re do Desmonds with all white cast? Let's see how that goes down.
This is racist and just dumb af
And will it be called Sista's
Is that really News? justsaying
Hahaha, take that white people!
More ‘Woke’ crap, give it a rest please 😡
why not all white?
Something else I won’t be watching.
Why do a makeover when there have been loads of original sitcoms with all black casts? Just do a new one.
Pointless exercise.
SocialM85897394 WTAF is this all about, the world has gone mad
Haha fvck off 🤦🏼♂️😂
Stupid & pointless
Why is this necessary?
So will they have a white person play Charlie the female palaeontologist?
Why? What waste of time and money. What next, 'Different Strokes' with 2 white kids, one a dwarf adult? 'The Fresh Prince of Belfast'? People are sick of this sh1t by now.
It was shite before, I imagine it’ll be just as shite second time round
SocialM85897394 Why?
SocialM85897394 This is all to drum up votes for the Democrats. No other reason. And yet they say its the Republicans stirring racial problems.
Just why ?
Never watched the white version , so i won't loose any sleep , all this shit & altering history is just being done to get a reaction How about the BBC remake the film Malcolm X staring Peter Kay ?
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL what has the western world come to
Why Just to prove what exactly ?
Why why why🤣
Is Friends racist now?
It will be as funny as a black African selling his fellow Africans into slavery
Can we do the same for the fresh Prince of Bel Air ?
SocialM85897394 Let's do it with all TV programs All films Then set up their own channels their own cinemas and everybody happy
Is that 'The one where we ambush cops'?
SocialM85897394 Racist
Is that 'The one where we go looting'?
Why? Will a totally white cast be redoing an episode of the Cosby Show. Or the Fresh Prince? 🙄
Why? What was wrong with it.
Keep separating yourselves from the rest! Segregation I thought blacks did not want. Is that not what the 60s were all about? Yet you keep separating yourselves which really is fine with me. Anyway, I'm convinced that blacks are the biggest and most racist group.
Why? 🙈🤡
How about we celebrate by going black face?
'The One Where No One's Ready' - to be stabbed
Why?
😂
What a waste of time for so many reasons
Why are they doing this, it’s gone a bit far we are all equal why all blacks? I am sure a lot of them do not want this segregation that is what is happening. We did not have a major problem in this country.
Isn't this racist ?
Why? Another example of looking at things and replacing or remaking them just because of someone's race, or the colour of someone's skin. Will we see a film called White Panther? Or would that be seen as racist?
Why?
Now imagine the outrage if they decided to film black panther with an all white cast 🤣
Weird.
Completely bonkers. If we were going in the right direction we'd see the character and not fixate on skin. Sad.
Won't be up for any diversity awards then!
Oh for god sake
I suspect somebody is going to lose a lot of money doing this.
Why?
Black fetishism.
Everybody asking why. But the answer is obvious: to stoke racial division. The blm virus is replicating exponentially.
Clown world ups its game again.
Cultural appropriation!!!!!!!!!!!
Why?
Why? Will The Fresh Prince of Bel Air be re-enacted with an all-white cast? Absolutely ludicrous and pointless.
So will white chicks be white actors
And then everyone slowly clapped, and racism ended forever... jesus. Hollyweird is OBSESSED with skin colour, rather than CONTENT OF CHARACTER, you know that 'little thing' Dr King wanted us to focus on. ONLY ONE RACE...THE HUMAN RACE.
Why?
Does that mean Desmonds is going to be remade with a all white cast then,🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Don’t get it :/
I honestly don't think its a clever idea. Friends has been done and its finished. Time for something new.
Why
The comments section 🙄
Django to be re-filmed with a white actor taking the lead role next? FFS.
WHY?
Pointless
Why can I ask !!!
I thought this was a joke when I saw it yesterday.🤣 They seriously couldn't appease these people any more could they? 😡
I don’t get it...why? Jumping on the bandwagon for publicity?
Haha all the racists are out! Sums of racists to be fair as dumb dumbs who hide their faces on social media to spout venom. If you actually can read and read the article you might learn something 🙄🙄
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Can we do the same thing with The Cosby Show?
I’m looking forward to the all Native American cast version too....where Ross sells Manhattan for a few beads and trinkets....
I'll bet the BBC are already in talks to air that crap! DefundTheBBC AllLivesMatter
Why?
Why?
Quite simply why?
What a load of BOLLOX bloody black this black that
How stupid is that?
Can't wait for the all-black remake of Golden Girls. What'll they call it? Black Girls Matter? Golden Blacks? Suggestions?
Cell block H or Porridge would be better.
So original...
What a load of bollocks
Why? Oh yeah, too many white people
I’m sorry but if I was black I’d be getting embarrassed with all this shit now
Why?
😂😂 OMG this shit just gets more cringeworthy
It’s going to be a zoom call full of actors for a charity. Read the article people
Nobody will watch it ffs.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ok. Who's going to star in the all white cast of an episode of Black-ish?
Why? For what purpose?
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Why? First Golden Girls now this? Should there be an Asian remake too? What is the point of this? There are plenty of GREAT Black sitcoms in the 1990s.
Finally the “Friends” are Inclusive!!
Why?
Because Hollywood can’t come up with anything original?
Cultural appropriation.
BLM are successfully turning the world 'RACIST'
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Gasp Gasp 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
stop making barriers, our differences doesn't make us enemies.
Cultural appropriation 😏
Dear God, is this the route now? 🤣
“WE WERE ON A BREAK......ING AND ENTERING SPREE”
Always stealing white people’s stuff. They can’t create, only destroy.
Oh FFS. And how about an all white cast of the Cosby Show? Or all white Fresh Prince of Belair? Or maybe Japanese in case they feel left out? Or Fijian?
Why
Great news now to have an all WHITE cast do a reading of black panther
WTF?
Can you imagine if they re-did fresh prince of bel-air with all white people?
?
Idiots
Why Let's reenact Fresh Prince with an all white cast. What's the point?
I don’t like Sky for publishing this as they know precisely what they’re doing, getting clicks by infuriating morons. But I don’t like myself for reading the comments, which I knew would have been hammered with ham hands by ill-educated, fearful bigots.
Why!
Why?
Put together an immense, talented cast filled with POC, incredible writers and a committed production, but make something new and worth talking about. Not reboots, one off specials that just belittle both sides, something completely unique and substantial.
Hahahahahaha why? If white people reinacted any famous black performances? ......oh oh!!
Gays want to gay everything up on tv bAfricans want to black everything up on tv and women want to womanize every thing on the Tv that’s why people don’t watch tv Anymore !!!
Get woke, Go broke.
As a POC, I'm all for inclusivity - but this is asinine. It's the exact opposite of what we're fighting for - to be included, not segregated. All * versions of movies/tv whatever is hurting the cause, not helping it.
Why ? And why isn’t anyone challenging this craziness. Can you imagine the outrage if they changed the cast of fresh prince of bel air, family matters etc with an all white cast. ?
Why ?
Envy
Again I won’t be watching that shit
No thanks
Why?
Thats racist
I honestly feel sorry for black people, all they get are white peoples second hand TV episodes and characters.
😴
Because RACE is important.. to racists.
LeeMonaghan1
Weird
Why?
Why!?
Ffs here we go again 🙄
Is this satire? 🤣🤣🤣
That's racist
Pathetic !!!
To be shown on zoom, come on 😂
Why? Are they saying black people cant enjoy a program if it’s got white people in? What’s next? All lesbian cast? All blonds? All disabled?
What about re-enacting roots with a all white cast they would still whinge about it
Could I BE anymore virtue signalling
I’m really looking forward to the ( All white one off ) of Desmonds !!!! conley459 🤦🏼♂️
Who cares?
😂😂😂
Stupid
Should they remake the Fresh Prince of Bel Air with an all-white cast or all-asian cast ?
Faaaaaastastic. I can’t wait. 🙄
Why
Why
Why? Really why?
Insane
Well , as cringey as it sounds , its goal is good, I just hope its actually funny
Who gives a shit
Thunderbirds .stingray .joe 90 will never be shown again
Why?
FS! Suppose we’ll all have to pretend it’s much funnier than the ‘all white’ version... 🙄🙄🙄
In other words, 'they are not talented. So, they just claim they were victims and they steal other people's idea.' Nice move. Now, you're gonna ruin my favorite show with your dirty identity politics. Damn!
So are we doing that for fresh prince with will smith then cause that was all black cast ... getting silly now
Really because its a crime to have 6 white friends And when white people are not included in black movies that is ok .. diversity is so forced this days ..
Let's repaint DaVinci's Mona Lisa in Black too.
So how about renactjng the black and white minstrels. Oh no because that's racist.
WHY,, and would that be racist? Btw.Playing your game
Why some people lose their knickers over this? Just don't watch.
We could have the black and white minstrel show with the real Al Jolson
I agree with diversity but this is just silly. Are we going to re-enact the Cosby Show with an all white cast? Is it so hard to come up with new ideas?
That's racist
Go away.... What is the point of this? Surely a black episode of a new sitcom would have more meaning than copies of great work with white actors. Hollywood really is bored at the moment isn't it.... Look forward, stop looking back!
Why?
The bottom line is such a show wouldn't be made today and considering how popular it is that is a sad reflection of where this obsession with all things black as led us.
All white remake of roots next
Will they redo white chicks with white people blackened up
Who asked for this?
Why ?
Woke bollocks.
La la la la la la la la
So its going to be original? How the hell does this make a difference? Let's redo 12 years a slave and choose a white cast and call it empowerment
Why?
Why are they always culturally appropriating white people and white people tv series Do they have no culture of their own?
How about making a brand new sit-com with all black characters that’s as good as or better than Friends.
The fucking worlds gone mad.
Why?
Why?
The new 'Black Panther' should be a white dude.
My god who cares, are we about to have Paul Rudd star in the fresh Prince with will ferrell as uncle Phil and David Spade as carlton. Ffs this is going to far.
This wont make it watchable or funny
And let’s remake Zulu! White men with spears attack a welsh regiment of black guardsmen? Starsky & Hutch with a white huggy bear?
What is the bloody point of this Just because of this black lives matter?. Jesus if it's that important to the producers or whoever came up with this lame idea, give the ethnic minorities their own version of friends!This doesn't make them feel too happy I shouldn't think
What a vile, shit-stirring organisation Sky News really is
Why?
Asked for by no one.
I’m not sure why it’s news or it’s been redone.
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How incredibly patronising to black people. Rather than exciting, original content with black actors cast on merit and talent; black people are selected to make an unwanted rehash of an outdated sitcom.
Why
Friggin’ weirdos...
Why? What a waste of time and money
Why?
Remember that all-black cast TV show ‘Desmonds’ from the early 1990s, let’s remake that with an all white cast shall we 🙄🙄
Will you bring up the lack of diversity in the show or does this only apply to white shows?
Do the Cosby show too ? Or Prince of bel air
How embarrassing
Grow up
Why?...
Why?
Enough already. All getting really boring and racist
Why? What’s the point?
😂😂
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Who asked or cares?
Why?
Why now, and not before?
Just call it LivingSingle rebooted ✊🏽🤷🏻♂️
White actors matter
Soooooooo boring now!
cultural appropriation. This must be stopped.
This is racist.
Still on the race baiting agenda.
Why ?
Really who care that's just fucking stupid
What's the fucking point
Jesus
So a cheaper version of friends ? Why not make their own successful series ?
It can't be any worse than the original.
When are we getting a white remake of Roots.
🙄 oh here we go... standby for the woke looney's in 3..2..1
Can you imagine remaking The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with all white actors, the uproar it would cause, this really isn't helping matters
Santa Claus is white with a white beard ..... is he next on the list ?
what a load of bollocks
Why ?
Its a shame to be honest, bet this would have been brilliant and very acceptable, but because of the BLM militant movement, everything they do now is tainted with this ' we are taking over now you white privileged bastard', which spoils everything.
more and more get radicalised by this bollocks every day
How is that not racist /discrimination?
Pathetic
About fuckin time too!!!! This will almost certainly end racism forever 🙄
Friends was unfunny American humour with it’s all white cast , pretty sure any reimagining with will be equally as dire
Why? Don't really get it but if all parties are happy with the arrangement...who am I to complain.
This is not equality..this is BS BlackLivesMatter
Black panther to be re-enacted with an all white supremacist cast.
The one where they all blacked up.
Pathetic
Why ?
d1721867183 😳👀
Blah, blah, blah, blah.....
So is this a thing now? What next the 3 musketeers with an all black cast?
Bloody ridiculous!! So this isn’t racist then, why is it all one way?!!
Why.?
Why? Why? Why? Craziness is rife.
Can't be any worse.
Why don't they reshoot a Cosby Show episode with an all white cast. At least they can be rid of Bill Cosby!
Why why why? So pointless. Why not just give the money that it will cost to make this to education in school about racism.
Why?
Twist is that Ross dumps Rachel, leaving her to raise 5 kids on welfare, and the rest of the gang are killed in a drug deal gone wrong.
Sounds racist.
Why?
Virtue signal received.
why not create something new instead or reusing what’s already been done ?
They already did the first part of episode when Jay-Z released Moonlight.
And the US senate will then perform Wutang's entire back catalogue. Yay. Racism fixed.
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