Confessions of a ‘Friends’ creator

In this episode:

  • Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of “Friends”, got emotional when she admitted she regrets the lack of diversity on the show.
  • From Obama to Oprah, celebrities are stepping up as speakers at virtual graduation ceremonies.
  • And Chris Cuomo was caught literally caught with his pants – and everything else – down.

      

Here’s a closer look at some of today’s stories:

Friends lacked diversity

“Friends” and “Grace and Frankie” creator Marta Kauffman teared up when asked about what she wished she’d known when she started her career during a powerful panel discussion with female showrunners.

“I wish I knew then what I know today,” Kauffman, 63, said during an ATX TV…from the Couch panel, as she apologized for tearing up. “Sorry, I just wish I knew then what I know now. I would’ve made very different decisions.”

She continued, “I mean we’ve always encouraged people of diversity in our company, but I didn’t do enough and now all I can think about is what can I do? What can I do differently? How can I run my show in a new way? And that’s something I not only wish I knew when I started showrunning, but I wish I knew all the way up through last year.”

A-list graduation speakers

During YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” virtual graduation, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter made a powerful statement on the Black Lives Matter movement and sexism in the music industry.

The singer started by congratulating the high school seniors who persevered through an unprecedented time in the country.

“Congratulations to the class of 2020, you have arrived here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed Black human being. And you still made it, we’re so proud of you,” she said.

Cuomo’s birthday-suit broadcast

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was apparently caught naked in the garden of his Hamptons mansion during a social media yoga session filmed by his wife, Cristina Greeven Cuomo.

The younger brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seemingly seen in a screengrab strutting his stuff in the buff outside his Southampton home.

The 49-year-old was allegedly seen au naturel outside, captured from behind through the large windows of their home, during an Instagram Live yoga video shot by Cristina. The video was deleted quickly after it was filmed around May 27, but not before some eagle-eyed followers grabbed a stark-naked screenshot.

Reps for the host of “Cuomo Prime Time” at CNN and his wife didn’t respond to multiple calls and emails to confirm it is the news anchor’s distinguished derriere, though Page Six has been working to get to the bottom of this birthday-suit broadcast.

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