Jane Sibbett has recalled the fervent backlash from portraying a lesbian character on Friends. The actress portrayed Ross Gellar’s first former wife, Carol Willick, on the long-running NBC sitcom for seven years.
In a recent interview with Now to Love, Sibbett said she experienced resistance from mainstream media about playing an LGBTQ+ character, as well as from members of her own family. “It became apparent soon after [the show premiered] there was suddenly a responsibility about being able to stand up against all of the people that were saying this was wrong, including my own father who had a really hard time with that,” she explained. “I was going toe to toe with people on talk shows in America, who were saying this and this and this is