--- ---  # Monica's 2019 Realization About Her Old _Friends_ Apartment Is Too Real  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 22, 2019 5:36 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 06: Courteney Cox attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "Dumplin'" held at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 06, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 06: Courteney Cox attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "Dumplin'" held at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 06, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Michael Tran—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 22, 2019 5:36 PM UTC Monica Gellar’s enviable [West Village apartment](http://time.com/5209157/friends-monica-purple-apartment-reason/) was the primary hang-out destination for the cast of [_Friends_](http://time.com/collection-post/3101660/friends/)and also the basis for many unrealistic ideas about what it would cost to live as a hip twenty-something in downtown Manhattan. Now, it appears that not even Monica can afford the rent on the beloved show’s apartment. In an Instagram video posted by Monica’s real-life counterpart, actress [Courteney Cox](http://time.com/3829967/courtney-cox-friends-ellen-degeneres-show/) on Thursday, _Friends_ fans can watch Cox walk towards her old television digs on the corner of Bedford and Grove as the camera pans up to the famous apartment and a soundbite from the show plays in the background. In the cheeky caption, Cox wryly noted the effects of New York City’s real estate market while paying homage to the format of each _Friends_ episode title: “The One Where My Rent Went Up $12,000.” Watch Cox’s full visit to the _Friends_ apartment on Instagram below. Courteney Cox Visits the 'Friends' Apartment on Instagram ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5556980/courteney-cox-monica-gellar-friends-apartment-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5556980/courteney-cox-monica-gellar-friends-apartment-instagram/"},"headline":"Monica's 2019 Realization About Her Old Friends Apartment Is Too Real","datePublished":"2019-03-22T17:36:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:17.088Z","description":"\"The One Where My Rent Went Up $12,000\"","url":"https://time.com/5556980/courteney-cox-monica-gellar-friends-apartment-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86a1b6082af23022/6989472322fb855ef2e27fae/courteney-cox-friends-apartment-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86a1b6082af23022/6989472322fb855ef2e27fae/courteney-cox-friends-apartment-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Netflix's \"Dumplin'\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Netflix's \"Dumplin'\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5556980/courteney-cox-monica-gellar-friends-apartment-instagram/","name":"Monica's 2019 Realization About Her Old Friends Apartment Is Too Real"}}]}] ```