“Friends” remains one of television’s all-time most beloved sitcoms, yet viewed through the lens of history it’s easy to criticize a show about six white pals for its tone-deaf lack of diversity.
One of the few guest stars of colour to appear on the show was Sherri Shepherd, who played a tour guide in the museum where Ross (David Schwimmer) works.
While having lunch with Joey (Matt LeBlanc), she utters one of the show’s most-remembered lines when she yells, “I shared my pudding with you, man!” As funny as Shepherd was in the episode, that remains her sole appearance on the show, and she has a theory that a postcard she sent to “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman, joking about the show’s lack of diversity, may have had something to do with
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