Selena Gomez Confirms Jennifer Aniston'sFriendsScene Inspired Her 'Losing Face' Ahead of 2024 Emmys

Mar. 15, 2025

Selena Gomez onThe Tonight Show(left); Jennifer Aniston.Photo:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/Youtube; Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/Youtube; Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty

Selena Gomezreally isaFriendssuperfan.

Ahead of Sunday’s2024 Emmy Awards— where she is nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series forOnly Murders in the Building— the actress practiced her “losing face” during an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and fans couldn’t help but notice the similarities between her reaction and a belovedFriendsscene.

In season 7 of the sitcom,Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel works with Joey (Matt LeBlanc) to prepare him for the Soapy Awards, where he’s been nominated. In the scene, she tells Joey how he should act if he loses, and Gomez seemed to copy all of the character’s mannerisms on the Tuesday, Sept. 10 episode of Fallon’s show.

After fan speculation about whether it was just a coincidence that Gomez’s losing face was so similar to Rachel’s, she addressed it on her Instagram Stories.

“Facts. @jenniferaniston taught me too lo',” Gomez, 32, wrote over a clip that highlighted the similarities between her losing face and the one Rachel demonstrated inFriends.

In the sitcom scene, Rachel tells Joey he should “probably start practicing [his] gracious loser face,” for when “the cameras are on you and you wanna look disappointed but also that your colleague deserved to win.”

During the the cast’s appearance onThe Tonight Show, Fallon asked Gomez and her costarsMartin ShortandSteve Martinto practice the same thing.

Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Greene on “Friends.".NBC

NBC

Gomez has long been outspoken about her love ofFriends— and her admiration of Aniston, 55, whoshe has been friends with for years.

In 2020, whenAniston subbed in as guest host ofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, Gomez said she grew up watchingFriends"at 10:30 every night on Thursday with my mom and I cried when the whole season was over.”

“Rachel was my life,” she admitted, and Aniston told her, “Selena, you’ve always been so sweet. You really are a genuine fan and it’s amazing.”

At this year’s Emmys, both the actresses are nominated in major categories for their work — Gomez forOnly Murders in the Buildingand Aniston forThe Morning Show— but they won’t be competing against each other.

She also thanked the Hulu show “for giving me Mabel.”

Selena Gomez (left) and Jennifer Aniston at the 81st Golden Globe Awards.Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

The actress later toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat it’s “crazy” to be nominated. “I was just honored to be on such a show that was recognized. I feel so lucky, because there are so many great shows, and to even be considered, to have an opportunity like this, is such an honor.”

She alsorevealed the sweet gift her costars sent following her nomination. “I received flowers from [Short and Martin]. I’m in L.A., Marty’s always all over the world, and Steve is in New York. So, obviously, we can’t be together, but we’ll celebrate when we’re back together again.”

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The 2024 Emmy Awards will air live on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com