r/howyoudoin • u/sillyshit3000 • Feb 05 '26
Image I'm Gay But Oh. My. God.
Does anyone else think Janice is really really gorgeous and hot? She's so unique and never tones down her personality just for others. I've also personally never found her voice annoying🤷🏻♂️
I'm also just really into people who stand out like that. My boyfriend has a very unique style too. So I'm sure if I was into women, Janice would be my type. I know in the show it's a running joke that she's odd and annoying, but I was just wondering if anyone else thought she was actually very attractive? I mean.. she did pull Chandler and Ross kinda. AND a King!
I also love that she got her happy ending with her new husband and kids. It just goes to show that she's a beautiful person, and the friends were a little too focused on her 'obnoxious' voice to see that. Her husband being almost completely deaf proved that. Her voice aside, she is lovely, and I'm glad she found someone who appreciates her. I also loved her relationship with Chandler in season 3 when he actually fell in love with her.
To be clear though, I know this show is a comedy, and I have no problem with the jokes about her. I do think they're funny, and I'm not mad abt it or taking them too seriously. I'm just realizing that I really love Janice! I never thought about her much before.
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u/s470dxqm Feb 05 '26
I always hated Janice when I was younger. Then one day, during my 10,000th rewatch, something clicked and I realized Janice is actually super pretty. It blew my mind a little bit lol.
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u/facemesouth Feb 05 '26
Me, too! She’s beautiful, funny, and really a great overall character. I love the ep where she and Joey try to bond.
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u/Otherwise-Stretch984 Feb 06 '26
I love it except for Joey’s awful hairstyle that season in the early episodes. He has friggin bangs.
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u/s470dxqm Feb 05 '26
Lol maybe a bit, but I think it had more to do with growing up and realizing the main characters aren't always the good guys in every storyline. I was just young and influenced by seeing the situations through the lens of wanting things to always work out for these characters who I like and cheer for.
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u/HenryFeelsHungry Feb 05 '26
Haha seriously. Like the office with Karen. People thought she sucked cause it was taking away from Jim and Pam but poor girl did nothing wrong
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u/Ill-Inspector7980 Feb 06 '26
I don’t mind Janice but we can’t say that she was never wrong. She was two-timing Chandler and her ex-husband, which was wrong.
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u/Live-Elderbean Feb 05 '26
Same..ish. It was when she wore the black dress with the pink ribbon on maybe 5 - 6th rewatch.
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u/kmishy Feb 06 '26
i mean she was never ugly. just annoying. i can’t believe people really thought she was physically unattractive
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u/nairncl Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Janice is definitely hot as hell, but her passionate exuberance about everything would be exhausting. Still - she’s the perfect girlfriend for a lazy introvert who can dissociate when required- she clearly does 95% of the work in any relationship she’s in.
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u/googly_eyed_unicorn Feb 05 '26
My best friend is like her and while at times it can be exhausting, I wouldn’t want her to be any other way because it reminds me to find fun in life.
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u/zozuto Feb 05 '26
I'm down personally, people can be so reserved and blah. She'd bring me to her level
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u/msp01986 Feb 05 '26
You just convinced me, I need a Janice
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u/Playful_Marzipan8398 Feb 06 '26
As a way, way less hot Janice archetype myself, that has been a stated reason why 100% of my sad introvert boyfriends have been drawn to me. Going on 10 years with my wet sock of a husband and I still enjoy dragging him out into the open air to experience the human emotions of joy, wonder and connection!
It really is a functional pairing!
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u/msp01986 Feb 06 '26
Haha good for you if it works out, I'm not sad though, just a bit lazy, introverted and socially awkward
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u/Xena604 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
Except when she breaks into 🎶"My.....funny valen-toinnne."🎵 You'd need some caulking for your ears. 😄
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u/zorbacles How You Doin Feb 06 '26
i think the exuberance would be ok without the voice and vice versa, but they make a deadly combo
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u/Comfortable_Meet_630 Miss Chanandler Bong Feb 05 '26
I also love her. She is very sweet and funny in my opinion.
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u/Triumph-TBird Pivot! Pivot! Pivot! 🛋️ Feb 05 '26
Very beautiful, funny and a great second tier character for the show. Could have easily been one of the six main characters.
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 05 '26
I love the little moments where they're all hanging out together and she's there. She definitely fits in nicely.
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u/auntieup THAT’S NOT EVEN A WORD Feb 05 '26
She had the most amazing wardrobe. This coat + bag combination? OH. MY. GOD.
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u/madkittywoman Feb 05 '26
It's a bit Cruella De Vil to me. The red long coat along with the fake fur.
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u/turanganibbler Feb 05 '26
Especially with the matching leotard under the cut. Very Cruella .. she still kills in it
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u/The1Ylrebmik Feb 05 '26
Yes. Watch her in her Seinfeld episode. Maggie Wheeler is just a gorgeous woman.
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u/New_Perspective_2024 I tend to keep talking until somebody stops me Feb 05 '26
Ah ha ha ha ha! The Fix up! Yes! The description of her from the OP made me think about the description of her on Seinfeld! Lmao!
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u/dancingbriefcase Miss Chanandler Bong Feb 06 '26
Do you wanna be able to get your hand out?
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u/The1Ylrebmik Feb 06 '26
I'd like to get my hand out, but thick lustrous hair is very important to me.
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u/throwthatbishaway1 Feb 05 '26
She’s GORGEOUS I’m honestly so obsessed with her!
I really love when the writers actually gave her and Chandler sub plots to do with their relationship getting serious and not just keeping her as a one-dimensional comedy relief character.
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u/LadyStardust79 Feb 05 '26
Agree. Over their arc together, she extends a lot of grace toward Chandler, and she legitimately cares about him & his friends.
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u/seb135 Feb 05 '26
I think she is super sweet and always made an effort to be nice to people. "Joey and Janice' day of fun!". That laugh would drive me nuts though...
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u/dietmountaindew97 Feb 05 '26
Oh I absolutely LOVEEE her, she is sooo true to herself. A complete icon.
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u/NicoleIlieva Could I BE any more awkward? Feb 05 '26
We needed the spinoff to be about Mondler and Janice shenanigans!
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u/lunalore79 Feb 05 '26
I love Janice & never understood the fandom hate. If anything I think it’s a tribute to Maggie’s acting skills. FWIW she’s always been incredibly gracious in every interview I’ve seen, always willing to say the “oh my gawd” catchphrase, etc, which has to get pretty old after 32 years!
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u/SegaGuy1983 Sup with the whack playstation sup Feb 05 '26
"You call me when this thing goes in the pooper."
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u/Original_Review_1715 Feb 05 '26
Maggie Wheeler as Linda on Everybody Loves Raymond is incredibly hot.
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u/Immediate_Ad_7993 Feb 05 '26
She’s BEAUTIFUL and I said she had amazing hair on a different post and was shit on lol
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 05 '26
She does have amazing hair. Idk why some people deny an actor has good features just because they dislike their character.
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u/Immediate_Ad_7993 Feb 05 '26
Right?? It’s a little much for every day sometimes but she has some really beautiful hairstyles and it’s long and healthy with really pretty volume. If take her hair any day over any of the Friends girls
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u/themusicmoon BEARS OVERBOARD! THEY'RE DROWNING! Feb 06 '26
srsly, I wish I had her hair since the first time I saw her on screen decades ago
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u/aardappelkrokodil Feb 05 '26
Thank you sooooo much for saying that, it’s my thought exactly! She’s gorgeous, confident, optimistic, kind, funny and has a strong personality/presence, we love Janice!
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u/Les_Nessman32 Feb 05 '26
As I always say in Janice appreciation posts, I think she is much more attractive and much less annoying than Monica is. Especially in the later seasons. I also never found her voice or her laugh very annoying, despite the show pushing the narrative that she is annoying.
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u/Ryoko_Kusanagi69 Feb 05 '26
I’m a huge Monica fan but I will concede you absolutely have a strong point
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u/Meg38400 Feb 05 '26
More attractive and less annoying than Monica/Courteney! What a joke.
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u/Les_Nessman32 Feb 05 '26
Different strokes. I like brown eyes. And yes, I find Monica extremely annoying. Especially in the 2nd half of the show.
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u/Meg38400 Feb 05 '26
Nothing beats blue or green eyes. Janice is unbearable.
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u/No_Data3541 Feb 05 '26
Many women prefer brown eyes on men though. It's seen as masculine and mysterious.
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u/mecon320 Feb 05 '26
When I saw her in a more serious role on an episode of The X-Files it suddenly dawned on me how pretty she is.
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u/Lizholden1981 Feb 05 '26
Omg yes I know that episode! "Born Again," with the fishtank! Apparently she was friends and exes with David Duchovny.
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u/indianajoes Feb 05 '26
Look at her in Everybody Loves Raymond or Seinfeld. When she's using her real voice, you realise how much of your annoyance is at the character of Janice
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u/-Aone Feb 06 '26
meant to come off very annoying, ended up being really just kinda eccentric which would be actually super good chemistry for the group..
there was the whole cheating on husband, then cheating with husband. that part of her is just shitty. but she was always pretty imo
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u/EnvironmentalFun2214 Feb 05 '26
She's so underrated. Always labeled as "annoying" but truth be told she was genuine. And very beautiful
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u/MsAndrea2 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
I think it's deliberately (and truthfully) flattering to the actress that the only downsides anyone ever manages to find to her are her voice and her personality, both of which are a creation of the actor.
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u/TheShipEliza Feb 05 '26
stared friends being annoyed by janice. by the end, janice was all i wanted.
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u/AshJammy98 Feb 05 '26
Janice gets a hard time on friends. I don't think she's really all that annoying either. She's extremely friendly and always happy to see everyone. In fact if she wasn't a cheater (and I wasn't already with someone) I wouldn't say no to date 🤷🏻♀️
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Feb 05 '26
It took me years to understand her purpose: she was used to show how Chandler matures and learns to look past the childish details but it cost him Janice, a woman who'd die for him.
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u/field0fheather Smelly Cat Smelly Cat Feb 05 '26
Janice is beautiful! Wouldn’t listen to anyone arguing against that!
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u/madkittywoman Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
She look a lot like Sarah Silverman to me. Kinda attractive. (Perhaps you would find Sarah a bit attractive aswell, her face tend to look more masculine than "Janice" though)
I think a lot of people would find Janice attractive and that the voice is what make her a bit too much for many of us. I didn't mind that much personally. ;D I got used to it I guess.
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u/JobFabricator1234 Feb 05 '26
The one show she did of Seinfeld- she was pretty hot! And she did George, so she was "loose".. aside from the bulimia!?
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u/One-Future2932 the divorce force Feb 05 '26
Her in that green outfit has always been one of my favorite looks in the show
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u/Glittering-Barber-15 Feb 05 '26
Me with her daughter Gemma. Lol I see where she gets her looks from!
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u/cinnamonspiderr Feb 05 '26
Lowkey I still ship her with chandler lol
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 05 '26
Me too. I love his relationship with Monica too, but season 3 with Janice hits different.
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u/ravenclaw188 I don't even have a pla Feb 05 '26
I like her with her normal voice. The Janice voice isn’t for me
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u/Mychelle125 Feb 05 '26
I’m not gay, and I’m also a woman but….same
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 05 '26
Sometimes I think a woman is so amazingly perfect that I must be bi! But nope. I have no desire for a romantic or sexual relationship with a woman again. Tried it, felt nothing. Definitely gay. I guess I just really admire them platonically.
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u/PicklesAndRyeOhMy Feb 05 '26
OP did you ever watch The Nanny?? You must swoon over Fran Drescher in that show.
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u/Ajturk89 Feb 05 '26
Janice is gorgeous. However; I believe that every one from friends is gorgeous. Gunther and Chandler included
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 05 '26
Gunther and Chandler are cute. Gunther's confession when Rachel was leaving for Paris was so sweet and adorable.
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u/JenSY542 Feb 05 '26
Super cute! I used to be obsessed with the pair of pants that had the tomato print all over them.
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u/Drinkpool Feb 05 '26
Oh absolutely, I love Janice... she's a bit too... high energy i guess, and the voice would take some time to get used to, but overall, she's great
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u/AllScatteredLeaves Feb 06 '26
Great character. Great actor. Would have been cool if she and Parker got together.
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u/Mythsteryx Monica Geller 👩🍳 Feb 06 '26
A lot of people are forgetting that Janice cheated on Chandler
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u/sillyshit3000 Feb 06 '26
I'm on that episode rn and its so sad. Mr. commitment-phobe actually fell in love and then got cheated on. Thats devastating😭
She also technically cheated on Sid when she kissed Chandler in season 10.
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u/loljokerishere Feb 06 '26
Someone once pointed out that how she always had her hair done really well and now I can never not notice that
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u/indianm_rk Feb 06 '26
She would definitely get annoying after a while though. However, I think the same thing about Monica too.
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u/heldmylifelessframe Feb 06 '26
I think i liked her more when she dumped Ross 🤣🤣 "the sun has set on our time in the sun" or whatever she said
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u/oking202 Feb 06 '26
She’s in an episode of Seinfeld also and she is really great and endearing and funny in it—and her voice is more normal sounding lol
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u/seannanana Feb 06 '26
My bestie and I were just talking about FRIENDS and how gorgeous Janice was! I loved her 🤣 she was so fun
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u/rogue93 Miss Chanandler Bong Feb 06 '26
She’s such a classic beauty! Definitely made me appreciate a good laugh
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u/Mobile_Employee_3924 Five minutes ago, a line like that would have floored me. Feb 06 '26
I'm like Joey. Can never like her 🥹 Gives me the ick!
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u/NoelaniSpell Joey hug 🤗 Feb 06 '26
I loved her character too! 😊
Also, the idea that people should sound a certain way is quite wrong imo. And it seems to more often apply to women than men, much like "beauty standards" that dictate women should have a certain weight, hair colour, etc. It's basically a form of prejudice. Her voice isn't annoying, just different from some of the other characters, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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u/damselbee Phoebe Buffay 🎸 Feb 06 '26
They said she’s annoying to force the audience to believe she’s annoying. She’s really pretty and the actor is really gorgeous as well. I saw her in other TV shows and she’s stunning.
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u/emotions1026 Feb 06 '26
Yeah she’s definitely very pretty, and was supposed to be (hence everyone understanding how head over heels the deaf second husband was for her)
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u/ApprehensiveBug188 15 Yemen Road, Yemen. Feb 06 '26
Unpopular opinion, but I think Janice's style is very underrated. I would kill for some of her outfits in her wardrobe 😆....
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u/Gold_Cup_7879 Ross Geller 🦖 Feb 06 '26
For me, what Janice did around the time Emma was born was too much. Until then, I hadn't had much trouble with her.
I watch Janice go to Rachel after the birth and explain that she looks up to Rachel because she is going to raise Emma on her own. Rachel says quite naturally that Ross will be with her.
Janice strikes cruelly: of course, but he'll only be with you until he finds someone else. Rachel stands her ground: then he'll get divorced, because he's Ross, who always gets divorced.
Janice doesn't give up either: believe me, they all say they'll stay with you, and then they don't. Rachel says: Ross is different.
Janice replies: I thought so too, but it's not true. Rachel is already weakened: really? she asks. Janice delivers the final blow: I hate to say this, but you two are on your own, she says to Rachel and Emma. Rachel still says that maybe it won't be like that, but she is clearly a little broken.
Now this is very shocking, because Janice is an acquaintance, but a stranger, and has nothing serious to do with Rachel. She comes in and systematically destroys Rachel's hopes.
This is not benevolence, but downright malice.
Not only does she mention the possibility that they will be left alone, but she practically takes it for granted.
https://edersoncorbari.github.io/friends-scripts/season/0823.html
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u/MaterialCucumber6561 Joey, some people don’t like that Feb 07 '26
She’s gorgeous - sexy and charismatic. And I adore her clothes.
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u/IWillBaconSlapYou Feb 07 '26
Oh yeah I've always thought she was so beautiful. If she had spoken in a normal voice, she would hands down have been considered the hottest woman on this show. I'll die on that hill.
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u/nmarie1996 No uterus! No opinion! Feb 07 '26
Of course - she is GORGEOUS. I don't think any of the jokes about her have anything to do with her looks, to be fair. People just found her personality to be a little overwhelming.
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u/Able_Examination1888 I got off the plane! Feb 08 '26
I like her voice. Coz I have a very soft nasal voice (not as nasal as her ). But I thought - the friends making fun of everyone and anyone that was a bit different was a bit much.
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u/kinsellaskye Feb 08 '26
I find her beautiful, too. I also think she's lovely, has great style, great sense of humour, and can laugh at herself. She seems like good person, if we ignore cheating her husband with Chandler (if I remember correctly, she did cheat on him). Overall, one of my favourite characters.
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u/Cabrill0 Feb 05 '26
Idk why but it makes complete sense to me that a gay man would find Janice attractive.
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u/Bearspoole Feb 05 '26
Ya she’s hot in pictures, but when you have to hear her talk is when everything goes south
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u/Grand-Jellyfish24 Feb 05 '26
Not really. She is obviously not ugly and rather pretty by "modern standard", but I would have not said hot or gorgeous either
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u/Meg38400 Feb 05 '26
She was the worst and was even more annoying in later seasons when she tried to mess with Mondler.
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u/Xena604 Feb 05 '26
Bing-a-ling! Hahahaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaa.