Think of this as, “The one where Courteney Cox sees a ghost.”
The classic sitcom “Friends” was known for its sarcastic catchphrases and de rigueur ‘90s irreverence. But there was nothing funny or snarky about Courteney Cox’s real-life ghost story.
The actress joined Jimmy Kimmel recently to discuss her latest STARZ series, “Shining Vale,” a spooky comedy about a dysfunctional family that moves into a haunted house. So of course, as Yahoo Entertainment reported, Kimmel had to ask if she actually believed in ghosts.
"I didn't believe at first," admitted Cox. "But I lived in this house in Laurel Canyon, which is in L.A., obviously, and it was Gypsy Rose Lee's house and Carole King.”
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"So Carole King came over to my house,” she continued, “and she said that there had been a divorce that was really ugly, and there was a ghost in the house. And I was like, 'Yeah, whatever.' But other people who would stay there with me, like friends of mine, said they felt an encounter with a woman who was sitting on the edge of the bed. And I was like, 'Yeah, whatever.'"
Cox played along with the stories to the point of engaging in a séance with King, but still had her doubts. That is until a nosey UPS delivery guy came a-knocking one day.
"The doorbell rang," said Cox. "It was a UPS guy or something, and I opened the door and he said, 'Do you know this house is haunted?' And I go, 'Yeah, why? Why do you think that?' And he goes, 'Because there is someone standing behind you.'"
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Kimmel’s studio audience gasped in loud unison, and Cox must’ve thought the same thing, as she followed with, "And I was like, 'Let's sell.'"
And she soon did, admitting, "I couldn't sleep there alone ever again.”
An aghast Kimmel could only respond, “What a terrible, terrible UPS guy.”
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