Friends, Monkey Trainer Lashes Out David Schwimmer For Complaining About Marcel Calls Him Despicable

Mike Morris even went on to say that the monkeys had no issues getting along with the other Friends – namely Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc.

NBC's Friends holds a special place within our hearts. So do all of its characters, primary and secondary. Marcel, the monkey is a side character that we all love. He's not a human but an animal. In season 1, The One With The Monkey, Marcel was first seen as David Swimer.

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Ross complained about his experience working with capuchins during the Friends reunion episode. Mike Morris, the animal handler has slammed Ross for being bitter towards animals. (For those not aware, Marcel was played by Katie and Monkey by two capuchin monkeys). He called Schwimmer " despicable."

Mike Morris, a member of Friends' David, spoke out in an interview with The Sun about comments he made regarding Marcel during HBO Max’s Friends reunion special. Ross said that he did five episodes, and the first two episodes were with David Schwimmer. He seemed to be a bit bitter after that.

He said, "I think David Schwimmer probably had some trouble with the monkey. It's just my opinion." He was very friendly with the monkey for the first few episodes. The monkey started to get a lot more laughs after that. It could have been throwing him off, or [he] was getting jealous. I don't know. I think it was one of these two.

Mike Morris said that the monkeys were able to get along with other Friends, namely Jennifer Aniston or Matt LeBlanc. He stated, "We had had to rehearse together with the monkey alone and then [Schwimmer] wouldn't come in and it would be different, so it made things harder."

David Schwimmer was called 'despicable' by the animal handler. "The other capuchin that played Marcel was Monkey. He died recently from cancer. So Schwimmer was talking ill about the dead when he made these comments [in the reunion]. It is a shame that he continues to speak ill about her.

Friends Schwimmer, for the uninitiated, recalled his experiences working with animals during the Friends reunion special. He stated, "I love animals. I love primates. I don't have anything against animals. I love animals. Here was the problem. It was a trained monkey, so it had to do its job correctly. But, what would happen? We would choreograph bits of timed out and then the monkey would mess up. We'd need to start over because the monkey failed to do its job right.

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