There Were Originally Only Four Friends
Ever notice the strange implication throughout the show that Chandler is gay? There’s that episode where he accidentally self-hypnotizes using women’s quitting smoking tapes and starts acting like a woman. Then there’s the one where everyone tells him that he comes off as gay, but there are many, many, many others.
The reason is because originally, there were only four main friends: Ross, Rachel, Monica, and Joey, with Chandler and Phoebe as supporting characters, the former of whom was gay.
Things got changed around in production and Chandler was turned straight, but once upon a time, he was supposed to be the token gay guy and there were only supposed to be four main friends.
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