​Baby Emma From Friends Assures Us She’s Finally Woken Up From The ‘Best Nap Of All Time’

Hoepfully some of you decided to see in the new year by watching S10E04 of Friends, cuing it up so that midnight coincided exactly with Chandler telling Emma: "Hi, Emma. It's the year 2020. Are you still enjoying your nap?"

The idea started circulating online after Netflix India suggested it in the run-up to New Year's Eve.

And now Noelle Sheldon - one of the twins who played Emma Geller-Green in the long-running sitcom - is even getting in on the joke, having taken to Instagram to assure us she 'just woke up from the best nap of all time', while wishing everyone a happy new year.

Sharing a Photoshopped picture of herself enjoyed a coffee in Central Perk, Noelle wrote: "Just woke up from the best nap of all time, happy 2020!! (ft. my poorly done photoshop).

"Hope everyone has an excellent year full of family, friends, and laughter!!"

Her twin sister Cali also joined in, commenting: "Finally."

Noelle Sheldon/Instagram

The reference comes from the fourth episode of season 10, aka 'The One with the Cake', in which Ross and Rachel throw their daughter Emma a birthday party and want everyone to be there for it - but the rest of the gang already have plans.

Chandler and Monica want to head off on a romantic weekend, so when they're asked to film a special message to Emma for her 18th birthday, they're less than overjoyed.

Monica follows Chandler's quip with: "We're Aunt Monica and Uncle Chandler, by the way - you may not recognise us because we haven't spoken to your parents in 17 years."

Chandler adds: "We used to be married but then we missed a weekend away together and things kind of unravelled... Because of you."

Noelle and Cali are still acting occasionally, having recently featured in Jordan Peele horror Us.

Noelle Sheldon/Instagram

Cali Sheldon/Instagram

But they haven't turned their back on their past, often posting Friends throwbacks on Instagram - including one snap that Noelle shared, which was captioned: "The one where Emma got cloned."

In another of Noelle's, they pose next to the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Jennifer Aniston, who played their on-screen mum in the show.

Cali also posted a few behind-the-scenes shots from the programme when it was celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Topics: Entertainment, TV and Film, Friends

Jess Hardiman

Jess is a journalist at LADbible who graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics - indecisiveness at its finest, right there. She also works for FOODbible and its sister page Seitanists, which are both a safe haven for her to channel a love for homemade pasta, fennel and everything else in between. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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