From Joey being reunited with his hand twin to Lada Gaga’s rendition of Smelly Cat: The best moments from the Friends Reunion to get you hyped

After 17 years of begging and praying that one day we will see Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc will one day come together for a Friends Reunion, that moment has arrived.

And even James Corden can’t ruin the fun.

It’s a two hour special filled with nothing but fun, tears and stunning cameos from the likes of David Beckham, Kit Harington and Lady Gaga. No biggie.

So to whet your appetite, we’ve compiled a list of the golden moments from the Friends Reunion and could you BE anymore excited? No. No you could not.

From a very special duet of Smelly Cat to the two co-stars who almost hooked up – here are the highlights from the long-overdue Friends Reunion.

The moment the cast reunite for the first time

There’s nothing quite like seeing an old friend and watching six of the very best come together for the first time is simply magical. David Schwimmer first enters Monica’s apartment, followed by Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, a very weepy Courteney Cox and then Matthew Perry.

The chemistry is instant and, actually, after concerns the Friends Reunion couldn’t live up to the hype, seeing the cast together really is all the special ever really needed to be worth the 17 year wait.

Mr Heckles is back from the dead!

Decked out in Monica and Rachel’s grumpy neighbour’s signature dressing gown, actor Larry Hankin surprises the cast for a brief second before storming back out in a huff and ranting: ‘You all owe me a cat and a waffle!’

It’s excellent.  

The One with The Table Reads

Courteney can barely contain her excitement as the cast recreate the moment Monica relayed to the others that Chandler peed on her jellyfish sting – the moment which caused many victims of a jellyfish sting to rush to their nearest pal in desperate need of their urine when, actually, it does absolutely nothing to heal the pain.

You live and you learn.

All the cast slide back into their characters as if it was the first day on a season 11 – it’s like being reacquainted with a long lost friend you never thought you’d see again.

Joey is reunited with his hand twin

Honestly, you’ll have ‘my hand is your hand, your hand is my hand…’ for weeks.

Lady Gaga performs Smelly Cat with Lisa Kudrow

Obviously it’s incredible. But more than that, Lady Gaga explains how Phoebe Buffay was a pioneer for misfits.

‘The person on Friends for, I don’t know if this is the right way to put it… the different ones’, she says. And she’s so right.

David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston were almost Ross and Rachel IRL

As James Corden points out, the cast was made up of six very attractive stars in their late twenties and naturally sparks were flying. But how on earth has it taken 27 years since Friends launched and Ross fell in love with Rachel to learn there was a blossoming romance between Jennifer and David behind the scenes?

‘The first season I had a major crush on Jen and at some point we were both crushing on each other,’ explains David. ‘But it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship and we never crossed that boundary. We always respected that.’

Jennifer jumps in and confirms: ‘I remember saying to David it’s going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually is going to be on national television. Sure enough first time we kissed was in that coffee shop.

‘But we just channelled all our love and adoration for each other into Ross and Rachel.’

Wtaf.

The Friends Reunion is available to stream NOW and will air on Sky One tonight at 8pm.

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