'Friends' reunion reveals two cast members almost hooked up during the first season

During the highly-anticipated Friends reunion, which debuted on HBO MAX Thursday, the cast dropped some major bombshells. It turns out, long before Ross and Rachel were an item, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston were just two young actors crushing hard on each other. Even though Ross and Rachel went on to make a baby, the two actors claim they were never more than friends. Schwimmer said, ""It was two ships passing, because one of us was always in a relationship. We never crossed that boundary"

Matt LeBlanc also had an onset crush, but of a different kind. The actor revealed that he dislocated his shoulder while jumping on a chair, which he blamed on the cast skipping their ritual pre-taping huddle. LeBlanc said, "There was one thing we did every show, that we didn't do that night before we started." "Our huddle," Lisa Kudrow chimed in before LeBlanc continued, "We didn't do it that night."

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DAVID SCHWIMMER: Yeah, the first season, I had a major crush on Jen.

JENNIFER ANISTON: It was recipro--

DAVID SCHWIMMER: We both-- at some point we were both crushing hard on each other.

KYLIE MAR: During the highly anticipated Friends reunion, which debuted on HBO Max Thursday, the cast dropped some major bombshells. Turns out, long before Ross and Rachel were an item, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston were just two young actors crushing on each other.

JENNIFER ANISTON: I remember saying one time to David, it's going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television. Sure enough. First time, we kissed was in that coffee shop.

KYLIE MAR: Even though Ross and Rachel went on to make a baby, the two actors claimed they were never more than just friends.

DAVID SCHWIMMER: But it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship and we never crossed that boundary, you know, we respected that. But we both--

MATT LEBLANC: [CENSORED]

KYLIE MAR: Matt LeBlanc also had an onset crush, but of a different kind. The actor revealed that he dislocated his shoulder while jumping on a chair, which he blamed on the cast skipping their ritual pre-taping hug.

MATT LEBLANC: There was one thing that we did every show that we didn't do that night before we started.

JENNIFER ANISTON: Our huddle.

MATT LEBLANC: We didn't do it that time.

JENNIFER ANISTON: We didn't do the huddle.

LISA KUDROW: We didn't do it?

MATT LEBLANC: That's the one time we didn't do it.

LISA KUDROW: Then after that, we were like, do we need to do the huddle? And he'd say, yeah.

MATT LEBLANC: Yeah, we do.

LISA KUDROW: Cause I don't want anything else falling off.

KYLIE MAR: The reunion was almost entirely about the cast but they had to pivot when Lady Gaga dropped by to sing Phoebe's hit song, Smelly Cat.

LADY GAGA & LISA KUDROW: Smelly cat, smelly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat, smelly cat, it's not your fault.

KYLIE MAR: Even though the reunion became available to stream in the middle of the night, people immediately took to Twitter to share their joy with one fan tweeting, "This is how you do a reunion show! Perfect mix of reminiscence, new facts, new footage. I was ready to hate watch but this is so perfect. " While the six actors were friends on TV for ten glorious seasons, Lisa Kudrow made it clear they are totally fine with just being friends in real life now.

LISA KUDROW: They ended the show very nicely. Everyone's lives are very nice and they would have to unravel all those good things in order for there to be stories. And, yeah, I don't want anyone's happy ending unraveled. Yeah. Also, at my age to say like floopy-- stop.