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36 TV Storylines So Bad, Even The Actors And Writers Themselves Admitted They Effed Up

January 17, 2026

Posted 28 minutes ago36 TV Storylines So Bad, Even The Actors And Writers Themselves Admitted They Effed Up"And I was just sort of at the time like, 'This is what the money's for, right?'"by Hannah MarderBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. The Friends cast was not a fan of the Joey and Rachel romantic storyline (which fans also hated) — particularly Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey. "LeBlanc said it felt incestuous (especially uncomfortable after so many years of cultivating a brotherly bond with the female characters)," wrote Kelsey Miller in her book I'll Be There for You: The One About Friends.

Varys in Game of Thrones captioned "Varys wasn't the all-knowing character he had been" and Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer captioned "disliked buffy's season 6 arc"

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Bright, one of the show's executive producers, also said LeBlanc "did not want to do that story" and was "firmly against it" as Joey was "Ross' friend, and ...
the type of friend that Joey is would never go and take someone else's girlfriend." LeBlanc also told Vanity Fair, "It felt wildly inappropriate" as "That's Rachel.
She was supposed to be with Ross." Aniston was also hesitant.
NBC Series co-creator David Crane recalled LeBlanc saying, 'It’s wrong.

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