Matt LeBlanc Responds To Critics Calling Friends ‘Homophobic’ And ‘Sexist’

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Since the beginning of this year Friends is on Netflix and people were thrilled.
It wasn’t that much later when angry tweets and articles rose to the surface, calling Friends ‘homophobic’, ‘transphobic’ and ‘sexist’.

Matt LeBlanc, Joey Tribbiani in the sitcom, spoke to the BBC about the new series of Top Gear, and was asked about what he thought of these allegations.

He had the following to say about it:

“I’ve heard those rumours too about people taking pot shots at Friends, but I don’t want to get into that. I disagree with all that. On Friends we steered clear of that kind of thing, too. Friends was about themes that stand the test of time – trust, love, relationships, betrayal, family and things like that.”

Adding to that LeBlanc said that he tries to avoid any type of humour that could be misconstrued as potentially negative.

“I don’t want to make jokes that make people go, ‘Ooh, that’s not my bag.’ I don’t like that, I run from that kind of stuff.
Because that joke isn’t going to be relevant in six months. You talk about ‘Hey man, you lied to me,’ or ‘Wasn’t that fun?’ – that’ll always be relevant.”

What do you think of the show, now that you see it in this era?
Let us know if you agree or that you are still binge-watching the sitcom.