Jennifer Aniston muses on how ‘Friends’ would be a victim of cancel culture

Jennifer Aniston has taken a look back at her classic sitcom, ‘Friends’, which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004, and assessed that in today’s age of social justice warriors, the show would be a victim of cancel culture.

The 54-year-old actress played the rich-girl-gone-girl-next-door Rachel Green, who joins friends Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Joey, and Chandler in comedic coming-of-age antics as twenty- and thirty-somethings living in New York City.

The role instantly catapulted Aniston to stardom, as she landed roles in a litany of big screen features, which she is still making today — including ‘Murder Mystery 2′, a sequel to the 2020 original ‘Murder Mystery’ which co-stars funnyman, Adam Sandler, to be released March 31.

‘Friends’ too offensive for the younger generation?

While Aniston tours to promote her new movie, she is discussing roles past and how they fit into today’s overly sensitive mindset.

As far as Aniston’s estimation goes, a “whole generation” of people today think ‘Friends’ is “offensive”.

The actress told the AFP press during an interview that there were some scenes that would most certainly have led to the show being canceled if it were made in today’s climate.

“There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of ‘Friends’ and find them offensive,” Aniston said. “I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now.”

Elaborating on her assessment, Aniston said that the humor used in the show that the younger generation now finds offensive was “never intentional”.

“Others,” Aniston reflected, “well, we should have thought it through.”

Comedians have to be very careful not to offend

Jennifer Aniston further commented on the art of making comedy in today’s cancel culture society, emphasizing that entertainers now have to “be very careful” not to offend anybody — but that it kind of takes the fun out of life.

“Now, it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful,” the ‘Murder Mystery 2′ star revealed, “which makes it really hard for comedians because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life.”

Why so serious?

Aniston said frankly that ‘Friends’ didn’t kowtow to sensitivities because the show was supposed to be “about educating people on how ridiculous people were, and now we’re not allowed to do that.”

“We can’t take ourselves too seriously,” Aniston concluded. “Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided.”