Friends fans floored as they learn Jennifer Aniston dated co star before he joined sitcom

it's been more than two decades since Jennifer Aniston's relationship with a future friend's co-star ended but some fans say they have only just found out about the romance Jennifer now 55 played Rachel Green on the Beloved NBC sium which ran from 1994 to 2004 over its 10 seasons she worked alongside various colleagues including actor Tate Donovan Now 60 whom she had dated for 2 years Tate known for shows like the o C and for voicing the title character in Disney's Hercules had a guest role as Joshua Bergen on the fourth season of friends in episodes that aired back in 1998 Joshua was introduced as a love interest for Rachel who he hired as a personal shopper the two characters went on to briefly date but ended up parting ways later in the season prior to working together Jennifer and Tate had themselves dated in real life for two years after having met in 1995 and he has previously said that his role on the show came amid their breakup more than two decades on from them parting ways some fans took to Reddit earlier this year to share that they had only just found out about the relationship alongside a screenshot of an article about the pair one person wrote I apologize if this was already common knowledge I genuinely had no idea and thought it was pretty interesting Soo responded oh my God is this why I feel like I'm dying every time time I watch anything related to this Ark a third said I never knew this this whole story line is probably the least favorite of my wife and I but this is interesting that makes Jenny a very good actress in the show she really sold Rachel's affection for Joshua one fan wrote whilst another said I only learned about this a few weeks ago weirdly enough makes sense why they had such awkward chemistry similarly one fan said this explains why their scenes are so awkward others however shared that they had already known about the relationship with one person writing I've heard of this before but it's still interesting to think about another teased over fans just discovering the romance today I learned a common fact people have known about for decades speaking about his role on Friends Tate told US Weekly in 2018 the only bummer was Jennifer and I were breaking up at the time and so that was tricky to sort of act and act like we are just meeting each other and falling in love or whatever interested in each other when we're sort of breaking up he said that it was just tough and dispelled the idea that the former couple had dated after meeting on friends tapate told the outlet in fact we had dated for 2 years before then and it was over by the time we were on friends together