For HBO Max’s official The Comeback video podcast, media personality and pop culture insider Evan Ross Katz has snagged interviews with all the show’s key creative talent including creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King.
For the season three finale, also the series finale, Katz got the chance to quiz Kudrow as her character, Hollywood star Valerie Cherish. Towards the end of the episode, Katz surprises Cherish by throwing in a question from a super fan, none other than Jennifer Aniston, Kudrow’s longtime close friend from their Friends days.
“Hi, Valerie. My name is Jen Aniston. And I’m such a huge fan,” she says in the clip, which appears to have been filmed on the set of Aniston’s The Morning Show. “My question is: Is it lonelier at the top or in the middle?”
Cherish is shocked that someone as famous as Aniston would be throwing in a question for her. At least at first. “I don’t even know what she asked me anymore because it’s Jennifer Aniston who’s a fan. Well, why not? Well, why not? Why shouldn’t she be? Oh my. That’s just thrilling. I can’t even think because that was Jennifer Aniston. Okay? Jennifer Aniston talking to me like a peer. Aw, she’s so sweet. I mean, we are peers. And we were on the same stage. We have a connection. Isn’t that funny? It’s more than just physical presence. Never better. But what did she ask?”
Cherish then asks Katz if she can have a copy of the video “for my socials.”
“Great caption: Me and my new friend sitting together on the top.”
It’s an amusing moment, and one that sees Cherish commenting on how her show How’s That?! filmed on the same Stage 24 on the Warner Bros. as Friends, which is nodded to on The Comeback. Ahead of the season premiere, Kudrow sat for a cover story with The Hollywood Reporter. Aniston jumped on the phone for it to explain why she is such a fan of Kudrow, and Cherish. “She breaks my heart. She also makes me laugh. She is relatable, lovable and adored.”
The full podcast interview, which features a chat with The Comeback star and executive producer Dan Bucatinsky, can be found here.