Random Celebrity Friends

Reba & Jada

Nice Reba is really awful to waitstaff.

That's all I need to know.

Stephen Colbert and (now dead) country music superstar Toby Keith.

Meryl Streep and Tracy Ullman are in the same friend group…

Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis are BFF’s (which is funny when you consider they respectively started in the original and remade versions of Freaky Friday)…

Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone (whom she calls “Coopsie” apparently)

Christina Applegate and Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, and a handful of other actresses in their early 50’s

Hugh & Javanka

R2, Is she? Theres been DLers who have served her in the past and they said she was really friendly.

Not news to me, but always thought Michelle Williams and Busy Phillips were an odd BFF pair.

Bonnie Franklin and Maggie Smith

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg

R7: Before Michelle Williams was a critically acclaimed actress, she was a B-list child star. She and Busy have been friends since they were teenagers…back when they had way more in common.

Speaking of Michelle Williams, she’s close friends with Jeremy Strong (Kendall Roy), whom she leaned on for support after Heath Ledger’s death—although the 2 never dated.

Yeah I’ve only heard Reba was super nice to everyone like R6

Never heard anything to back up R2

Sigourney Weaver and Selina Cadell.

Mindy Cohn and Angelina Jolie shocks me

R2 is full of shit

R8. Maggie was friends with Alice Ghostley…they were in a Broadway show together as youngin’s.

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg

Will & Reba could be the next Martha & Snoop

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were best friends with Melissa Etheridge.

Candy Spelling and Josh Flagg.

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I've read that Jim Morrison and Harrison Ford were friends. I was pleasantly surprised by that.

Prince Philip and Meghan Duchess of Sussex

Jennifer Aniston and Kathy Najimy.

R16 see R9

Alexander skarsgard and Jack mcbreyer

Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer.

Gwyneth, Jay Z, and Beyoncé.

Sisters in law Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie.

Jimmy Fallon & Drew Barrymore

R30 that one doesn’t surprise me

[quote] From an PR Agent, I recently learned that Reba McEntire has been good friends with Will Smith since the early 90s, when they hosted an awards show together.

Yeah, I'm friends with Reba's hairdresser. Reba told him on the downlow that Will is gay.

Aaron Rodgers and Brian Baumgartner (Kevin from the office)

I feel like Marlon Brando and Wally Cox owns this thread.

Christopher Reeves and Robin Williams

Colin Farrell and Liz Taylor.

Ziwe and Emrata

Ed Sheeran and Jamie Foxx.

Celebrations with odd/a lot of friends include Jen Aniston, Ed Sheeran, Blake Lively, Taylor Swift,

John Kerry and Morgan Fairchild (they even dated for a while).

Angelina Jolie and Mindy Cohn --

I'd be more surprised if Angelina Jolie had a good-looking, woman actress friend. Someone who was on her own level, looks-wise, vs. Mindy Cohn. E.g., Gwyneth Paltrow. I don't think GP is that good-looking, but you know what I mean.

Jack McBreyer seems to have a lot of friends too but Taylor Swift definitely leads with the largest group of seemingly real friends.

Until May, 2012 - Sophia Loren, Donna Summer and Sly Stallone. At a dinner held at Loren's home, Summer and her Italian husband Bruce Sudano were treated to an Italian feast. Sudano 'jokingly' asked Loren to teach his wife how to cook Italian - Loren was more than happy to do so. She extended the invite to anyone else who wanted to learn authentic Italian cooking - and Stallone accepted. Every Saturday, Loren gave them lessons on cooking and baking - and at the end of the day, their families would join them at Loren's home for 'the ultimate Italian dinner'. Summer said by spending so much quality time with Loren and Stallone, the three of them became 'best friends', bonding over cooking and baking. In the mid-90s, when Summer moved east (Nashville), the weekly gatherings ended - yet their friendship remained as firm as ever. According to her memoir, she adored Loren and Stallone, and their families.

Remember reading about some of the people at Jeff Bezos' birthday party and wondering what he had in common with any of those people

Pedro and Sarah

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are best friends with Jerry Seinfeld and his wife.

Bette Middle and anyone but Maggie Smith because Maggie was always so jealous of Bette…..

Courtney Cox and Ed Sheeran.

Hmm ... Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are also friends (I think) with Andy Cohen. I doubt Andy Cohen gets invited to socialize with Jerry Seinfeld, though.

John Mayer and Andy Cohen are inseparable.

Toward the end of this interview, Fran Lebowitz talks about her friendship with Dolly Parton.

Andy Cohen + Kelly Ripa + Anderson Cooper + Mark Consuelos

Ripa And Coops

It's not a surprise that fag hag Kelly would be friends with a gay guy

Andy goes way way back though with Sarah Jessica Parker. I ran into them in the Hamptons at the beach. Andy invited me to join them for a drink. Extremely friendly and loves people.

All of these pics make me wish I had friends.

R47, that’s so gloriously stupid and next level. I love you.

Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham.

R30, well excuuuuse me.

Cameron Diaz and Nicole Ritchie being friends isn’t exactly random. They’re sisters-in-law.

Rihanna and Jim Parsons (they were friends even before they did that movie)

Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez

Liam Neeson and Seth MacFarlane

Liza on Madonna:

"I think she’s terrific. When I'm chatting to her, she's just normal, the opposite of grand. We'll meet in a restaurant with friends. Or hang out at a party. She's always interesting and interested. She's smart as hell and keeps her eyes peeled. She misses nothing."

Michael Jackson and Liza

Michael Jackson and Katharine Hepburn

Kerri Kenney and P!nk are best friends.

Amy Sedaris and Justin Thereaux are very tight.

Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Fry. They became friends when Stephen guest starred on 24.

Friends Diana Ross and Meatloaf used to babysit each other's children, and Miss Ross still remains close to his daughter and grandson.

Fran Lebowitz and Toni Morrison were good friends

Tony Hawk’s son is married to Frances Bean Cobain.

Please learn the meaning of random. Thank you.

Jen Aniston is close friends with Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka.

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff and Farah Pahlavi, impératrice en exil

R35 there's something so beautiful about that photo!

Yes, and it’s totally not random!

Dionne Warwick and Cher.

In the 70s, they lived next door to each other - two single moms raising kids the same age. Their kids were best friends, spending time at both homes. and these celebrity moms bonded as well. In her memoir, Dionne mentioned how she and Cher would 'alternate' driving the kids to school in the morning, and picking them up in the afternoon; the two moms could count on each other for the safety of all the kids. Many evenings and weekends, the two families would have dinner together. As the kids grew older, they grew apart but remain friends to this day - she and Cher remained friends as well.

Dionne and Cher

Jasmine Guy and Kirstie Alley remained close after Jasmine chucked a ham attached to a string and tempted Kirstie off her roof.

It was after the Travolta breakup and Jasmine let her blame Thetans.

Was Michael Jackson friends with Katherine Hepburn? I remember reading something about him asking Liz Taylor to introduce him to (then senile) Katherine Hepburn and she said no. I don't think that guy had any real friends.

Cher & Tina Turner.

OP Lifetime subscriptions to: People, US, Hello,OK.

There are no "celebrity friendships" They are mutual money making projects and scripted photo ops to promote them. Once the project is completed these people never speak to each other again. Unless they "marry" but that's usually to promote a project too.

I think you pop culture obsessives/elder gays are being overly strict in what constitutes random. I had no idea Robin Williams went to Juliards so that was surprising and Christopher Reeves seemed like an earlier generation.

Cunt.

Katharine Hepburn was good friends with Cynthia McFadden and even named her as executor of her will. Cynthia was adopted by a Connecticut family as a child so it was rumored she was Hepburns biological daughter.

[quote] Michael Jackson and Liza

Random? They are practically twins!

Madonna and Rita and Tom Hanks.

La Toya Jackson and Kathy Hilton.

R86, Kathy was close with Michael too. So odd to think of those two being friends. Michael hated Madonna because she was "mean to children" but loved Kathy Hilton?

Drew Barrymore is best friends with Nancy Juvenen—Jimmy Fallon’s wife. I think they spend holidays together, etc.

R41, Angelina and Mindy Cohn are close because she’s tight with James Haven, Angie’s brother. She strikes me as a person who mostly spends time with family and their friends—doesn’t strike me as a person with a lot of friends.

This photo of Andy Cohen’s mom steaming John Mayer’s shirt is making me jealous—of having such a close friend. This thread is unexpectedly sweet and reading Mayer’s speech for Andy’s walk of fame ceremony actually kind of makes me like him.

Andy’s mom and Mayer

Barbra Streisand and Karen Grassle.

When Gaylor was with Karlie Kloss.

Cher & Meryl Streep

Linda Lavin and Polly Holliday.

Liza and Joan Collins - doesn't make sense to me.

Random: made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision.

Y’all way off on this thread.

Belinda Carlisle and Sandra Bernhard

Liza and Joan Collins somehow make sense.

As do Belinda and Sandra, R99.

I am still jealous of the Goyard tote Belinda carries everywhere.

Ed Sheeran and Courtney Cox live together?! That’s odd. (Not sure about random since it would me a decision to move in together.)

Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell.

Alice Cooper and Groucho Marx. Frank Zappa and Daniel Schorr.

Pope Benedict XVI and Azealia Banks

Courteney Cox in Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark video

[quote] Please learn the meaning of random. Thank you.

Exactly! There’s nothing random about Taylor Swift and her girl squad.

Madonna and Jessica Seinfeld

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shannon Doherty.

P!nk & Kerri Kenney

M and Cher definitely win this. It’s very sweet how they do honestly seem to be friends and respect each other… also it’s cute how Cher refers to M as “Mary Louise” in her Oscar speech and how excited M was when Cher won (over her).

Where are the male friendships?

John travolta and pitbull. Love John, seems like a really sweet guy.

Jay Z and Chris Martin are true friends who travel together, have dinner, know each others families, see each other on holidays.

. Chris & blue ivy

They say my Hollywood “friends” murdered me.

Bryan Singer and Michael Jackson

Jeffrey Epstein and Chris Tucker

Reba Scientology?

If the butterfly courted the bee and the owl the porcupine. Then the world would be upside down.

[quote]Rihanna and Jim Parsons (they were friends even before they did that movie)

What movie?

r120 I googled that

R112, ewww.

Didn’t Gwyneth fall out with Jay Z and Beyoncé after the “N—— in Paris” tweet?

[quote]Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were best friends with Melissa Etheridge.

Only in Melissa’s mind.

Prince and Tamron Hall.

Did yall know the legendary soul entertainer James Brown was Al Sharpton’s dad. lol yes he said this on MSNBC when Brown died.

R123, I think Gwyneth lost Jay and Bey in the concious uncoupling. I think the primary friend was Chris Martin.

That must be how Coldplay ended up on Super Bowl haltime with Beyonce and Bruno Mars, appropos of nothing.

Even if it’s not your style of music, Beyonce and Bruno Mars put on a good show. Then Chris Martin jumped on stage at the end, having contributed nothing.

Coldplay is terrible.

[quote] Cynthia was adopted by a Connecticut family as a child so it was rumored she was Hepburns biological daughter.

That bullshit story has been debunked many times. There are photos of Hepburn at the time McFadden was in utero and Hepburn was obviously not pregnant.

Furthermore, Hepburn was 49 years old when McFadden was born and this was long before fertility treatments of any kind.

I didn't know until the Grammys that Meryl Streep is Mark Ronson's mother-in-law.

Happily, only one person fell for R125's fantasy.

[quote] Christopher Reeves

Just stop, you ignoramus!

I’s sorry R132, Christopher Sleeves. Happy?

Could an ignoramus know who are friend?

Joy Behar and Alan Alda

Eve Plumb and Mindy Cohn

Eve Plumb and Kate Flannery (Meredith, The Office)

Joan Rivers and Prince Charles and Camilla

Any Star trek related oddball friendships?

Pitbull must be throwing that 🕺 back out.

[quote] Eve Plumb and Mindy Cohn

I wonder if Eve Plumb is friends with Angelina Jolie, then.

Maureen McCormack wrote in her book about her close friendship with Bobby Brown, who she met when they did Celebrity Fit Club together.

Rosie and Madonna make sense to me.

Madonna and Charles Barkley.

Johnny Depp and MBS

Chloe Lattanzi & Paris Jackson

Christopher Reeves and Sally Fields.

Clay Aiken and Arsenio Hall became allies on The Apprentice. IIRC, Meatloaf was the asshole.

Mindy Cohn & Deidre Hall are close friends...which seems a little random, or surprising. Apparently, they've been friends since meeting at a NBC event the mid-1980s when "Our House" debuted. Dee pops up on Mindy's Instagram periodically, usually hiking together Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades, and they even took a trip to Zion National Park together several years ago.

R146, it's nice to see that Mindy was able to forgive Dierdre for dismissing her from her acting workshops with Jaclyn Smith. Deirdre and Jaclyn have intensive acting workshops at one anothers' homes wherein they workshop scenes from Moliere, Ionescu, and Mamet and then give one another lengthy acting notes afterwards. Mindy was invited to participate but was eventually asked not to return because her acting was not up to the standards of Hall and Smith. I believe Hall said it 'lacked urgency' and 'realness'.

Bob Newhart and Don Rickles were best friends and neighbors. Their wives and children were also very good friends.

[QUOTE]IIRC, Meatloaf was the asshole.

He supported Trump. Then he got Covid and died. True story.

My dad told me that Meatloaf set the record for the world's fattest rock star. That was when I was like 6 when he released that horrible song "I would do anything for love". That's all I remember about him.

Belinda Carlisle said 90% of her friends are LGBTs so happy hunting thru her Little Black Book =

It's kinda random all of Julia Roberts's celebrity friends are A-list males.

Marlon Brando and Wally Cox

Eleanor Roosevelt and Myrna Loy were close friends.

Mary Kay Place and and 80's pop star Tiffany, I think they jointly own a property in Pontremoli Italy.

Jackie Onassis and Carly Simon

Jackie was Carlys' best friend.

Thankfully, Jackie was unaware of this.

However, she did wonder how a crazy lady got passed security and onto a private beach.

“she did wonder how a crazy lady got passed security“

Oh, dear.

Did anyone see Reba and Will joking with each other on social media? Super random buddies.

Austin Kevitch and twink superstars

Walton Goggins, Sam Rockwell and Pedro Pascal

Chaka Khan and Joni Mitchell.

Chaka Khan and Joni Mitchell.

[quote]r47 Bette Middle and anyone but Maggie Smith because Maggie was always so jealous of Bette….

Yes. I believe Smith had campaigned hard for the role of The Rose, back in the day.

Mindy Cohn and Anjelina Jolie are the most surprising to me.

[quote]Taylor Swift definitely leads with the largest group of seemingly real friends.

Nah, most of the girl squad now have nothing to do with her.

[quote] also it’s cute how Cher refers to M as “Mary Louise” in her Oscar speech and how excited M was when Cher won (over her).

You mean M was excited Cher won over Glenn Close.

Bette Midler and Reba are also really great friends. Reba might be one of the only people who can handle the Divine Miss M.

Thread takeaway: everyone loves Reba and Mindy Cohn.

Craig Ferguson and Joel McHale. They talked about going to parties at each other's homes and other activities their families did together on Craig's show.

Craig Ferguson and Carrie Fisher. Their personal friendship and socializing also mentioned during Carrie's appearances on his show.

[quote]Bonnie Franklin and Maggie Smith

Bonnie and Lauren Bacall apparently remained good friends after doing Applause. In fact, Bonnie remained close with just about everyone in that cast, including Penny Fuller and LeeRoy Reams.

Ones which always have surprised me:

*Meryl Streep and Catherine O'Hara (became close during the filming of "Heartburn")

*Melissa Gilbert and Warren Beatty (which was the case in the 1980s--no idea if they're still good friends)

*King Charles III (when he was Prince of Wales) and the late Joan Rivers

Alice Cooper and Jean Stapleton

Helen Mirren and Vin Diesel.

Wow, Reba sure can pick 'em.

Montgomery Clift and Nancy Walker were very close.

This will be lost on a lot of people who aren't old movie fans but Alan Ladd and William Bendix were best friends.

I was surprised many years ago that Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart were, but that's become common knowledge now.

Jennifer Jones and Charles Bickford (who were in The Song of Bernadette, later Duel in the Sun together) were close. So were Jones and Sally Kellerman, later

Judy Garland and June Allyson.

Bogart and Garland, Clifton Webb and Bogart, Laurence Olivier and Bogart.

Nancy Sinatra and Morrissey.

Too bad Meatloaf didn’t eat him for dinner.

How can "nice" Reba be buddies with assholes Will and Jada?

Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito

Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates

Bette Davis and Elizabeth Montgomery

Donna Summer, Sophia Loren and Sylvester Stallone.

Summer said in her 2003 memoir that the three of them lived 'nearby' each other in LA in the 80s, and Loren would invite both celebrities and their spouses to dinner every now and then. After one of the dinners, Summer commented she wished she could cook Italian dishes like Loren's because her husband and her in-laws (all New York Italian) would be so impressed. Loren said she's be happy to teach her - and set a date for the following weekend. Stallone asked if he could join - he wanted to be a better cook. Loren invited him. The three of them would meet and Loren would teach them a new dish every week. They would talk and laugh for hours. Their spouses would join in later, and the three couples would enjoy their Saturday night dinner.

^^^ 5:14 is where Liz Montgomery talks about how she adored Bette Davis and how nice to her she was.

Tom Arnold and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Agnes Morehead and Debbie Reynolds

Carrie Fisher and Penny Marshall

Katharine Hepburn and Meredith Viera.

Liza Minnelli and Joan Collins.

Trump and Putin.

R190

Wow! 190 posts to become a Trump thread.

[quote]Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates

How is that random? They are in the same profession and have appeared in many projects together.

Armond Assante and Lyle Lovett.

[quote] Michael Jackson and Liza

Is it really random if it looks like they were seperated at birth?

JLo and…

Melania and Stormy.

Natalie Portman and Jared Kushman

Although politics may have ended that particular friendship

^Damn! Kushner of course.

My only defense is he’s so repulsive even my keyboard rejected his name.

Donna Summer and Bruce Springsteen.

I remember in a 1979 RS interview, he said she was the best female singer he ever heard (shortly after she released 'Bad Girls' album). Said he played her new album constantly, all day. He said he'd love to work with her some day. Springsteen the rocker and the Queen of Disco ?

Later, she said that in 1982, she got a call from his manager saying he wanted to record with her - and he wanted to drop off a song to her which he wrote. She honestly thought someone was 'punking' her and didn't believe the caller. (She had never met Springsteen, but she and her husband loved his music). The next day, there's a knock on her door and she finds out Springsteen is waiting for her in her living room. She couldn't believe it - she was afraid to enter the room and greet him, as she was in such awe. But she did - the two of them talked for hours and then recorded their duet a few days later. He didn't like it, so she recorded the song as a solo (the song was 1982's "Protection").

They remained friends for the next 30 years. The night she died, he opened his concert in South America to her hit 'Last Dance' in honor of his friend.

R192 A lot of the people mentioned in the thread are in the same profession.

R191 get a sense of humor bitch. 1st warning.

Mark Goddard and Buddy Hackett

R172 King Charles III (when he was Prince of Wales) and the late Jimmy Savile

Brian Epstein and the Four Tops

Because the last original member died last week (Abdul 'Duke' Fakir), I remember reading a biography on Brian Epstein where the author stated that the Beatles manager was a huge fan and they would all eventually became good friends.

Olivia Newton John and Sam Kinison

Jay-z and Chris Martin

The Jazzy Vegetarian and Sean Penn.

Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich

Barbra Streisand and Karen Grassle.