"Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman has apologized for not including any Black actors in the highly-popular '90s sitcom. Kauffman, 65, claimed she had a hard time understanding the "difficult and frustrating" criticism and chalked it up to "Friends" being singled out.
Now, she's apologizing and pledging $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University. "I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years," Kauffman said in a Zoom interview with the Los Angeles Times. "Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy.
It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago." Executive Producer David Crane, left, and David Schwimmer directing an episode of "Friends" with executive producer Marta Kauffman. (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal) "Friends" was set in New York City and followed a group of six friends living in the city.
Kauffman's pledge will go to support the university's African and African American Studies program. "It took me a long time to begin to understand how I internalized systemic racism," Kauffman said in a statement to Brandeis University.
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