The cast of Friends was always required to bring the laughs. This wasn't always easy for Courteney Cox in her role as Monica Geller. Photo / Getty Images
The cast of Friends was always required to bring the laughs. This wasn't always easy for Courteney Cox in her role as Monica Geller. Photo / Getty Images
In her role as neurotic chef Monica Geller in hit series Friends, Courteney Cox's character battled fertility issues with on-screen husband Chandler Bing.
But in real life, Cox would endure devastating fertility struggles too.
According to The Sun, following her marriage to David Arquette in 1999, Cox had seven miscarriagesthat were the result of antibodies attacking as her pregnancies tried to progress.
Cox has revealed one of the toughest things about this time in her life - at the height of Friends fame - was having to come to work each day and be funny for an audience, rather than address her heartbreak.
"I remember one time I just had a miscarriage and Rachel was giving birth.
"Oh my God, it was terrible having to be funny."
She has gone on to speak openly about her experiences, sharing that: "I had a lot of miscarriages and I don't think that's something people shouldn't talk about because it's β¦ unfortunate, but it happens.
"I just think it's important to get things out there so people can realise they're not alone."
