Watch: Woke White Woman Who Created Friends Apologizes For Things She Should Not Have To Apologize For

By Eliana Regev | Saturday, 09 July 2022 05:15 AM
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Watch: Woke White Woman Who Created Friends Apologizes For Things She Should Not Have To Apologize For

The co-creator of the famous sitcom Friends has apologized again, this time for misgendering Chandler Bing’s transgender mother.

Marta Kauffman confessed she did not know pronouns at the show's creation.

"We kept referring to [Helena] as 'Chandler's father,' even though Chandler's father was trans," Kauffman said, according to HuffPost UK. "Pronouns were not yet something that I understood, so we didn't refer to that character as 'she.' That was a mistake."

Kauffman said she is now more aware of social concerns surrounding race and gender.

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"I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew," said Kauffman. "It's very important to me that where we are is a safe place, a tolerant place, where there's no yelling. I fired a guy on the spot for making a joke about a trans cameraperson. That just can’t happen."

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The television writer also recently apologized for the show’s lack of diversity, offering a $4 million donation in hopes of contributing to conversations regarding racial equality.

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Marta, who is also the creator of Netflix hit Grace And Frankie, said she now strives to create inclusive and diverse workplaces.

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“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew,” she said.

“It’s very important to me that where we are is a safe place, a tolerant place, where there’s no yelling.

“I fired a guy on the spot for making a joke about a trans cameraperson. That just can’t happen.”

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Back in 2019, Kathleen acknowledged she wouldn’t accept the role she played in 2001.

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In an interview on Watch What Happens Live, Kathleen said: “Of course, I wouldn’t do it [today] because there would be real people able to do [the part],” she explained.

Kathleen also said she was attracted to the role because she felt she would be a “woman playing a man playing a woman”, joking: “I [hadn’t] done that before.”

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She recently pledged $4 million (£3.3m) to fund an endowed chair at Brandeis University’s African and African American studies department after “admitting and accepting guilt” over the sitcom’s casting.

Marta told BBC World Service presenter Kim Chakanetsa: “Friends has been criticized in a number of ways. The biggest one being that we did not have enough representation of Black people."

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“And over the course of the last few years, I’ve gotten to the point where I can say unfortunately yes, I am guilty of that. And I’ll never make that mistake again."

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“I was clearly part of systemic racism in our business. I was unaware of that, which makes me feel stupid. That was a very valid, extremely difficult criticism which still… I get emotional about.”

She added: “If I knew then what I know now, there are certain things I would have changed. But I didn’t know them and I have since learned.”

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