He also reminded those who criticize the show to remember when it was made. The show ran from 1994 to 2004.
In an interview with UK's, the actor, 53, said he made conscious efforts to have more people of color on the show.
"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," he said."Maybe there should be an all-black 'Friends' or an all-Asian 'Friends.'"
Although he acknowledged that parts of the show were problematic, Schwimmer, who played Ross on the show, stood up for the series in pushing boundaries in other ways. "The truth is also that show was groundbreaking in its time for the way in which it handled so casually sex, protected sex, gay marriage and relationships. The pilot of the show was my character’s wife left him for a woman and there was a gay wedding, of my ex and her wife, that I attended," he said.
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