Sad Reality Of Chandler Bing’s Life from FRIENDS

Sudeept Raj
3 min readJun 16, 2021

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Chandler Bing

Chandler Bing is no doubt the funniest character in the group. The ‘Chan Chan Man’ can make you laugh with every word he speaks or even when he doesn’t speak! Somehow before the show started, the directors thought of keeping the characters of Chandler and Phoebe as sidekicks. But they couldn’t afford to do it after the pilot show!

He was funny no doubt, but do you think his life was as good as it should be? Don’t you think he deserved better? From what we know from the show, his life was not so great until the time he loved Monica. Right from his childhood to his marriage, he has faced something or the other. And worst of all, hardly anyone takes him seriously!

Some facts about Matthew Perry’s life before playing the iconic role of Chandler Bing.

Chandler’s Childhood Was Terrible According To Him

Chandler’s childhood is not discussed much, but from what we know, it doesn’t seem to be a wonderful one. Just at the age of 9, he had to witness the divorce of his parents. And to make things worse, his parents announced it to him over Thanksgiving dinner!

The events from his childhood haunted him badly throughout his life. He was so traumatized that he decided not to celebrate thanksgiving ever again. Considering the character he was, who couldn’t interact with people easily, felt insecure about a lot of stuff, and more. We can easily predict how difficult his childhood must have been.

His Friends Ignored Things About Him A Lot

Yes, they did! You can’t defend them because his friends were really ignorant of him. A simple instance to prove it is that hardly anyone knew what he did for a living.

Not just that, everyone forgot that his birthday comes before Rachel’s, and no one choose to throw a party for him, but they were doing it for Rachel.

Chandler’s Masculinity Was Often Questioned

We have often heard statements coming out from Chandler like “If I were a guy.” Most of us might blame him, but if you deeply see things, his friends and his life are to be blamed for this condition.

He might incline to a few feminine things but that doesn’t entitle others to tag him oddly. Ross, Joey, and Phoebe never felt sorry for they singled out Chandler on occasions.

The Women He Loved Cheated On Him

Chandler fell in love with Kathy and Janice, but both of them somehow cheated on him. They both did not confess until they got caught. So it looks like Chandler never had a great experience when it comes to true love. Of course, until he fell in love with Monica!

Here you can read the full article and get to know what other tragedy happens with him.

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