Don’t call him Joey!

On Tuesday night, a UK Mirror reporter made the mistake of calling ‘Friends’ star Matt LeBlanc Joey, the character he played on the hit comedy.

The incident started when the 43-year-old actor clumsily knocked into the reporter’s table, sending glasses flying. “You all right, Joey? How YOU do-in?” the reporter joked. But LeBlanc wasn’t laughing and allegedly raged, “I’m not Joey. Don’t you dare call me Joey. The papers say I’m finished, so don’t call me f**king Joey. I want to leave that all behind. I’m moving on.”

And he didn’t stop there. “I’m not Joey. For the last time. I’m not f**king Joey. It’s Matt. Matt LeBlanc. Joey’s in the past. I’m trying to do something new,” he yelled.

In a recent interview, LeBlanc insisted he didn’t mind still being linked with his famous ‘Friends’ alter-ego, saying, “If people really believe me as that character, I have done my job. I don’t look on it as a negative thing. I take it as a compliment.”

Sounds like it!

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Matt LeBlanc, now 43, is finally comfortable enough to show his true colors. Gray hair. He’s been dying his hair to cover up his gray since his days on the hit sitcom Friends.

But LeBlanc has a big secret bottled up. “I dyed my hair the whole time on Friends,” he admitted Thursday at a Television Critics’ Panel in Beverly Hills for his new Showtime series Episodes.

“I just was sick of doing it,” LeBlanc explained of darkening his locks.

And his 4-year TV hiatus was just what the doctor ordered, he said. “When Joey ended, I took a lot of time off…I just really was kinda burned out. I just wanted to be a dad.”

LeBlanc has a 6-year-old daughter, Marina, with his ex-wife Melissa McKnight. “We have a great bond, and it’s the best thing in my life.”

On Episodes, LeBlanc plays a character named…Matt LeBlanc. “It’s a character,” he added. “It’s not me. It’s the public’s perception of me more than really me.”

What do you think of Matt’s gray hair? I think he looks great! But then again he looked great the other way too. He’s just a good looking guy all the way around!

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Matt LeBlanc has quietly settled a legal spat with his former business manager.

Camille Cerio claimed the actor owed her over $1 million in commission after breaching a contract.

Her suit prompted an angry Le Blanc to call for Cerio to undergo a mental evaluation in July, insisting his former aide was suffering from a “major depressive disorder”.

But the two parties settled the matter out of court at the end of last month, and the agreement papers have just been filed in Los Angeles.

Details of the settlement have not been disclosed.

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Matt LeBlanc has hit back at his former business manager’s claims he owes her commission by requesting a judge order her to undergo a mental evaluation.

Camille Cerio filed suit against the former Friends star for breach of contract last August, claiming he stopped paying her in 2000 and now owes her fees of over $1 million.

But in a motion filed on Tuesday, LeBlanc alleges Cerio has a “major depressive disorder” and asks that she be evaluated by a court-appointed psychologist.

A hearing is set for August 13th, reports TMZ.com.

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It looks as if a movie adaptation of the massively popular TV series Friends could soon be hitting cinema screens.

According to the Daily Mail, the cast feel compelled to reprise their roles after the recent success of the Sex and the City movie, despite David Schwimmer previously claiming he would rather not play Ross again.

Schwimmer will be joined by Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow to begin filming “within the next 18 months”, says an insider.

“Jennifer, Courteney and the rest of the cast are keen to reprise their roles, under the right circumstances,” said a source.

“The box office success of Sex And The City has really got their wheels spinning about how a Friends film could be just as big, if done right.”

However, it has also been suggested that Jennifer Aniston was initially not as keen as other cast members to return, but the source noted the “huge payday” may have changed her mind.

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