15 little-known facts about Phoebe that even die-hard ‘Friends’ fans may not know

• Phoebe Buffay has always been the quirkiest member of the “Friends” group.
• Phoebe was the only person in the group to get arrested and even mugged Ross when they first met.
• Actor Lisa Kudrow was actually pregnant during Phoebe’s scripted pregnancy.

Phoebe Buffay has always been known as the quirkiest member of the group on NBC’s  “Friends.”

Even long-time “Friends” fans may not know some of the most intriguing facts about Phoebe, played by Lisa Kudrow.

Phoebe once paused her vegetarian diet

Throughout the show, Phoebe repeatedly says that her father abandoned her.

Though Phoebe originally tries to reconnect with her father but ends up meeting her brother instead, she unexpectedly runs into her father at her grandmother’s funeral in the fifth season.

Since Phoebe already had an entire arc about wanting her dad in her life, it seemed that her father might have had a bigger part in the franchise, but he is never shown again after the funeral episode.

Phoebe’s stepfather is never shown

Lily remarried after Phoebe’s father left them.

Phoebe’s stepfather’s name is never given, though it’s mentioned that he is in prison at the start of the series.

Phoebe never contacts him, so it isn’t explained if he’s still in jail, has been released, or has died.

Phoebe has two different birthdays

On the season-two episode “The One With Phoebe’s Husband,” Phoebe reveals that she married a Canadian ice dancer she was friends with so he could get a green card.

They were married years before the show’s timeline, though Phoebe doesn’t say exactly when.

Given that Ross and Susan were only married for three years and divorced in season one, it’s likely that Phoebe’s wedding would have occurred sooner.

In this timeline, Phoebe would have been the first in the friend group to get married. She later marries who some beleive to be her third husband, Mike, during season 10.

At one point in the series, before she wed Mike, Phoebe may have alluded to once getting married in Vegas. 

She is the only friend who has been arrested

Phoebe often mentions that she used to live on the streets. The period of time that she spent experiencing homelessness is almost only brought up when Phoebe jokes about it.

She says that she stabbed a police officer and went to jail. A police officer she dates during season five also confirms that she has a criminal record.

Kudrow was actually pregnant during the season when Phoebe was

Kudrow was pregnant while filming the fourth season.

The “Friends” writers wrote Kudrow’s pregnancy into the story, in which Phoebe is a surrogate mother for her younger brother and his wife.

When she was younger, Phoebe mugged Ross

After Ross and Phoebe are mugged in season nine, Ross says the same thing happened to him as a teenager.

Phoebe realizes that she was the one who had mugged him and mentions that she held onto the comic she stole from him.

Ross was the first of the friends that Phoebe met