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Black Twitter Reminds David Schwimmer About The Existence Of ‘Living Single’ After He Suggests An All-Black Or All-Asian Reboot Of ‘Friends’

Jade WhitesideBy Jade Whiteside2020/01/29
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You can always count on Black Twitter to get their point across when it comes to making a statement, and Tuesday was no different as they went in and stuck up for “Living Single.”

In a new interview with The Guardian, David Schwimmer, who starred as Ross on the hit sitcom “Friends,” talked about the success of the show and how the impact of the show has aged over the years. During the interview, it was mentioned that the show was a part of the pre-“woke” era when it comes to the topic of race.

David responded and said that he had always pushed for more diversity back in the day. He said, “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends. But I was well aware of the lack of diversity and I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of color. One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian American woman, and later I dated African American women. That was a very conscious push on my part.”

Now ya’ll know Twitter pulled out the receipts to remind David that “Friends” was actually an all-white version of “Living Single,” which was an all-black cast. Basically reminding him that the concept already existed before “Friends” came along in 1994.

One of the many people to remind David was Erika Alexander, who starred as Maxine Shaw on “Living Single.” She took to Twitter and said, “Hey @DavidSchwimmer @FriendsTV – r u seriously telling me you’ve never heard of #LivingSingle? We invented the template! Yr welcome bro.”

Hey ⁦@DavidSchwimmer ⁦@FriendsTV⁩ – r u seriously telling me you’ve never heard of #LivingSingle? We invented the template! Yr welcome bro. 😉 David Schwimmer 2 The Guardian: “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends” https://t.co/r8W1ZHBwoy

— Erika Alexander (@EAlexTheGreat) January 28, 2020

In another tweet, she shared a link to an article where she compared the success of “Living Single” to “Friends.”

⁦@DavidSchwimmer⁩ 4 yr edutainment. Help me school him ⁦@IAMQUEENLATIFAH⁩ ⁦@kimcoles⁩ ⁦@KimVFields⁩ ⁦#TCCarson #JohnHenton ⁦@warnerbrostv⁩ #elvisdidntinventrocknroll https://t.co/MRJQBnULlU

— Erika Alexander (@EAlexTheGreat) January 28, 2020

Check out what people are saying below:

Can someone explain to David Schwimmer that Friends WAS an all-white reboot of the all-Black Living Single? https://t.co/A82J5Q3kWo

— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 28, 2020

Soooo, do we tell them that Friends was a gentrified version of Living Single?

pic.twitter.com/I8RgjaFnB0

— DearRDG (@DearRDG) January 29, 2020

DAMN IT, I SAW “LIVING SINGLE” TRENDING AND GOT ALL EXCITED BUT IT’S JUST Y’ALL TALKING ABOUT “COLONIZERS.” pic.twitter.com/julGwXbs7k

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) January 29, 2020

Who is going to tell Dave he was in the All-White reboot of Living Single?https://t.co/dcuRtTkKjp pic.twitter.com/ZI1XYZF1xb

— the flavor is red (@RedIsNotAFlavor) January 28, 2020

The fact that Living Single is trending nationwide because of that David Schwimmer comment… When Twitter does what it’s supposed to >>

— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) January 29, 2020

David Schwimmer: there should be like a all-black or all-Asian reboot of Friends….

Living single: pic.twitter.com/6GKsgqEqJU

— Big Girl Slay 💋 (@Biggirlslay) January 28, 2020

Me watching Twitter hand David Schwimmer his ass for pretending like he didn't know of or that they stole Living Single: pic.twitter.com/a1iAMZwcf6

— Genderless G. (@VigorousMental) January 28, 2020

David Schwimmer clearly doesn’t know that the “all-black” reboot of Friends that he wants was already done and was called Living Single…which btw inspired Friends pic.twitter.com/uDQz2oxqID

— Joshua Chenault (@joshuachenault1) January 28, 2020

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