« Friends » actress Courteney Cox is learning how to navigate life as an empty nester.
Cox, 60, admitted she didn’t initially understand how difficult the transition would be.
« It’s weird because people get upset the first year your kid goes off to school, » she said at the Inc. 5000 45th Annual Conference & Gala, according to People.
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« I was like, ‘What’s the big deal? She doesn’t talk to me anyway. She’s always in her room.’ »
Cox continued to explain that she now understands how tough it is to send daughter Coco Arquette, 20, away to school.
« I was like, ‘What’s the big deal? She doesn’t talk to me anyway. She’s always in her room.’ »
« Then she comes home after her first year in college … she was all mature and talking more, » Cox added. « And, I mean, she’s incredible. She’s a really special, smart, funny kid.
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« But then I was like, ‘I don’t want you to go back to college.’ … The second year was harder for me. »
Cox shares her only daughter with ex-husband David Arquette.
In June, Cox and Arquette took to Instagram to celebrate their daughter’s 20th birthday.
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« Happy birthday to my beautiful, sweet, kind, sensitive and creative Coco. You never cease to make me laugh. I love you sooooo much co to the lo, » Cox wrote on Instagram with a carousel of photos of her daughter throughout the years.
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Arquette posted a video montage of Coco on social media at the time.
« Happy Birthday Coco!!! I love you and can’t believe you’re 20 today! I hope you have the best birthday and celebrate your brilliance!!!! »
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Cox’s recent comments at the event come nearly a year after « Friends » co-star Matthew Perry died.
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In May, she spoke out about her beloved friend.
« I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. He’s just so funny. He is genuinely a huge heart. Obviously struggled, » she told « CBS Mornings » at the time.
« I’m so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years. He visits me a lot, if we believe in that. »
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On « Friends, » Cox and Perry’s characters, Monica and Chandler, eventually became a couple, sharing intimate and hilarious moments in the latter half of the series.
Perry died in October 2023 at age 54. His cause of death was determined to be from the « acute effects of ketamine » and an apparent drowning at his home.