Matt LeBlanc Caught in Foul-Mouthed 'Friends' Rant

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 23rd 2010 08:00AM

Matt LeBlanc is not joking around when he says he wants to put his 'Friends' past behind him. On Tuesday evening, a UK Mirror reporter called him Joey, the character he played on the hit TV series, and LeBlanc went crazy.

The incident started when the 43-year-old actor clumsily knocked into the reporter's table, sending glasses flying. "You all right, Joey? How YOU do-in?" the reporter joked. But LeBlanc wasn't laughing and allegedly raged, "I'm not Joey. Don't you dare call me Joey. The papers say I'm finished, so don't call me f**king Joey. I want to leave that all behind. I'm moving on."

And he didn't stop there. "I'm not Joey. For the last time. I'm not f**king Joey. It's Matt. Matt LeBlanc. Joey's in the past. I'm trying to do something new," he yelled.

In a recent interview, LeBlanc insisted he didn't mind still being linked with his famous 'Friends' alter-ego, saying, "If people really believe me as that character, I have done my job. I don't look on it as a negative thing. I take it as a compliment."

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Thursday 23 September

By Lori

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Matt is looking old!

By marian

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i miss joey. this picture of him is very nice even with the gray hair.

By Anne

If this story is really true, then I chalk it up to Matt LeBlanc just having a bad day. We all have those.

By GUS

I bet Gilligan never acted that way...

By Jocelyn

I'm with you Fiona! He looks hot with the graying hair.

By joeywannabe

Matt LeBlanc a.k.a JOEY 'da has been!~ has always been the biggest dumbest D bag! His role was to play stupid. Stupid is as Stupid does. Forrest Gump says Hes like a box of chcocolate you never know what you'll get. Nice dumb Joey Mean Disoriented Joey. Run Forrest Run Joey gonna get "cha!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Martha

GET! OVER! IT! MATT! "Joey" made you famous! You've been typecast, we get it!! Get a role that requires real acting, show us what you've got, then maybe you can be just "Matt". Until then, be happy that people remember you at all! Or someday you might be telling people "Don't you remember me???? I was Joey on Friends!!!".

By ML

Get a job, Joey

By lookyloo

I actually understand that a lot of these stars cope with a lot of stress in finding new projects and such. But then again, so do we all, and we're not all so well paid. Put the stress aside and "act" likeable, it might even help you move forward Joey, err, Matt.

By Greg

MAN! Don't get so upset. People call me "Matt LaBlanc" all the time. I just give them my best f**king impression of you and wait for one of them to b*tch slap me.

By Dean

Its all for publicity folks.

By jaime

maybe he is not sc financial secure now..

By Tom O

If Matt wants to put his Past as Joey behind him, Stop taking the residule checks from his Friends T. V. Show

By tja

lighten up "J o e y"

By Sonia

If he can't get a movie deal, he shouldn't take it out on reporters. He should change his image not to mention his gray hair.

By mallie

he looks better now than he ever did ... yum

By Sylvia

"Joey", child... Get a grip! You made millions on a hit show and you have nothing to prove. Put your ego in check!

By mark

I thought Matt did an excellent job on Friends, he is one of our greatest actors....He has an unbelievable range.. He can portray characters anywhere from Joey all the way to Joey with a heavier accent...

By DJ

Shut up & deal with it Matt!
It did put food on your table,
pay your bills, etc. for years
and years - lighten up! At least
people KNOW who you are & not
all actors can claim that!!!

By SiastaEg

Good, I want to leave that terrible show behind too.

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