Courteney Cox became a household name with her performance as the obsessive-compulsive Monica Geller on NBC’s popular sitcom ‘Friends.’ The character became immensely popular and earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award. Around that time, she was married to actor David Arquette.
Recently, the 51-year-old actor revealed that he felt insecure because of the massive success Cox was enjoying from the sitcom. The couple was married between 1999 and 2013. So let us find out in detail what Arquette said about Cox’s fame and why he felt that way.
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David Arquette Talks About His Ex-Courteney Cox
In his appearance on SiriusXM’s ‘Andy Cohen Live‘, David Arquette admitted that he struggled in his relationship with Courteney Cox because of the level of success she was experiencing at that time with ‘Friends.’
“Yeah, absolutely. It’s difficult,” he said. “I have some of the traditional male things where I want to like, you know, provide and pick up the cheque and, you know, be the breadwinner.”
He added, “In the acting world in general, you’re always going on this rollercoaster of popularity and, you know, not able to get a job.” Arquette then stated that “comparing yourself to someone who’s at the, you know, top of the television, iconic world, it’s kinda hard to put yourself there, so there was definitely like learning and dealing with that and a lot of pain and, you know, arguments or, you know, ego, early on.”
When the two were together, Cox and Arquette even started their own production company called Coquette Productions. After their divorce, Cox married Johnny McDaid while Arquette tied the knot with Christina McLarty.
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Cox Attended The Walk Of Fame With Jennifer Aniston And Lisa Kudrow
In February this year, Cox was honored at the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her achievements in a long career. Cox was accompanied by her ‘Friends‘ co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow.
She got the 2,750th star at the event where Aniston took to stage to talk about her friendship with Cox. “To be friends with Courteney is to be family with Courteney,” she said.
Aniston further added, “She was immediately inclusive — warm, loving interested in everything about you. I was really nervous to meet her because I was a huge fan.”
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