Lisa Kudrow: ‘Mom texted from beyond’: ‘Friends’ star Lisa Kudrow recalls receiving eerie messages from her late mother |

The ‘FRIENDS’ actress shared that unusual words repeatedly appeared in her phone’s text box after her mother’s death, leaving her wondering if they carried a deeper meaning.Image credit (Lisa Kudrow Instagram)

Lisa Kudrow is best known for her iconic role as Phoebe Buffay on the hit sitcom ‘FRIENDS’, where her character was often involved in unusual and spiritual storylines. Now, she has shared a deeply personal and mysterious experience involving her late mother that has captivated audiences and sparked conversations about communication from beyond the grave.During a recent appearance on actor and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik’s podcast, Lisa Kudrow revealed an extraordinary claim: she believed she had received text messages from her mother after her demise. The actress recounted a series of strange incidents involving her phone where words and messages appeared without her typing them, leading her, her husband and her friends to wonder if her mother was communicating with her from another realm or dimension.

Kudrow reflected on a series of unexplained phone incidents that happened after her mother’s passing, saying the moments stayed with her over the years.Image credit (Lisa Kudrow Instagram)

Lisa Kudrow recounts mysterious text messages appearing on her phone

Kudrow recalled losing her mother during COVID and remembered feeling left out when her family believed they had received spiritual signs of her mother’s presence at the time of her passing. When her mother passed away, her brother received the call around 2:30 am or 3 am, while he was awake; her father was awake, her husband was awake, and an alarm went off at her sister’s home, waking them as well. However, Kudrow had only woken up because her brother called her. “I said it wasn’t weird. She flew around and woke everyone up when she passed,” Kudrow recalled telling her loved ones, before adding, “Except she didn’t wake me up.”A day or two after the funeral, while putting together a slideshow in her mother’s memory, Kudrow experienced something unusual. She was responding to texts when she saw “MOM” written in the message box, even though she had not typed it. “There was no cursor or anything, and I was thinking, ‘I didn’t write that. Delete. Delete. Delete,'” she shared on Mayim Bialik’s podcast. The incident occurred again, and then a third time, leaving her puzzled and intrigued by what was happening.

The actress revealed that her husband and close friends believed the mysterious messages on her phone could have been a sign from her late mother.Image credit (Lisa Kudrow Instagram)

Lisa Kudrow’s friends and family suggest otherworldly explanation for text messages

A few days later, Kudrow remained upset that her mother had seemed to wake everyone except her. She complained to her husband that her phone was acting strangely and recounted the incident to her husband and friends. Their response was remarkable: “Lisa, your mom texted you from beyond.” During lockdown, another incident occurred when she noticed “XOXOXO” appear in a message box even though she had not typed it. Her mother had never signed messages that way, but a day later, her father shared an old letter from her mother where nearly half the page was filled with “XOXOXOXO”.She also recalled a similar incident on her 60th birthday, when she found a string of jumbled letters in a text box that she interpreted as a possible birthday message from her mother. After arranging the letters, she felt they resembled a birthday greeting. Kudrow noted that she calls her son Julian “JU” and interpreted the letters as another possible message from her mother, taking a screenshot this time as documentation.

Kudrow shared how losing her mother during COVID made her question a series of unusual experiences that followed in the days after the funeral.Image credit (Lisa Kudrow Instagram)

Lisa Kudrow’s experience mirrors her ‘FRIENDS’ character PhoebeThe actress’s claims reminded many ‘FRIENDS’ fans of her character Phoebe Buffay, who in one memorable episode becomes convinced that her mother has been reincarnated as a cat. In that storyline, Phoebe tells her friends, “I believe this is my mother. Even if I am wrong, who cares? Just be a friend. Okay? Just be supportive.” Kudrow acknowledged that her experiences could be interpreted in many different ways, but she remained open to the possibility that her mother was communicating with her from another realm or dimension. “While we don’t know what it is, we know it’s something. Telepathy or not, they are communicating in another realm, dimension, or something on the hill. Why would you want to shut it down?” she said on the podcast.Kudrow has remained one of television’s most beloved stars since ‘FRIENDS’, with recent projects including the dark comedy series ‘No Good Deed’.