Before he was the charmingly clueless Joey Tribbiani on Friends, Matt LeBlanc lived the final word struggle bus life. Picture this: a young LeBlanc all the way down to his last $11, auditioning for roles and doing his dental work. Yeah, you heard that right! The dude was broke enough to contemplate filing his teeth to save lots of a couple of dollars!
In a hilarious throwback moment on Conan, LeBlanc dropped the bombshell: “I assumed I used to be all the way down to $11.” Speak about a financial cliffhanger! He joked about how desperate things had gotten: “Even when I said, ‘All right, I’m going to go get a waiter job,’ that $11 would’ve disappeared before my first paycheck!” Are you able to imagine Joey saying that? Classic!
But here’s where it gets even higher. So, he was attempting to snag his first headshot when a photographer suggested he get that one tooth of his filed down. The catch? He didn’t have dental insurance. And reasonably than shelling out $80 to a dentist, LeBlanc’s frugal instincts kicked in. “I’m going to the drug store and buy a three-pack of emery boards,” he laughed, giving us a mental image of him filing his teeth prefer it was just one other Tuesday! That’s something Joey would do in a pinch, right?
Fast forward a bit, and it’s wild to think that the guy who once thought he’d be living off ramen eternally ended up playing a man who, paradoxically, struggled with acting gigs. But guess what? Joey’s big break got here when he snagged the Dr. Drake Ramoray role on Days of Our Lives, and identical to that, LeBlanc hit the jackpot!
Let’s not forget the epic Friends reunion on HBO Max, where the solid reminisced about their glory days. Many years later, it still rules TV! Matt LeBlanc’s journey from having just $11 to becoming Joey Tribbiani is an accurate underdog tale. He even filed his teeth for auditions—classic hustle! Here’s to LeBlanc’s grit and that unforgettable Joey charm!
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