The secret behind Rachel and Ross’s crackling chemistry revealed!

Probably the best part of the Friends:TheReunion special, was the news that the chemistry between Rachel and Ross was for real! Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer were actually crushing hard on each other during the show! During the Reunion, host James Corden asked point-blank whether any of the cast members of the hit NBC sitcom, which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to

2004, ever engaged in off-screen romances with each other. To this the 52-year-old star

Aniston revealed: “I mean, in the first season, I had a major crush on Jen. At some point, we were crushing hard on each other. But it was like two ships passing, because one of us was always in a relationship and we never crossed that boundary. We respected that,” Schwimmer admitted. “Bulls***,” Matt LeBlanc joked under his breath.

The MurderMystery star then recalled a conversation she had with Schwimmer about their eventual first kiss. “Honestly, I remember saying one time to David, ‘It is going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television’. Sure enough, the first time we kissed was in that coffee shop,” said Aniston. She continued, “So we just channelled all of our adoration and love for each other into Ross and Rachel.”

Schwimmer agreed and pointed out that they refrained from getting into a full-blown affair as either of them was always im a relationship! He also remembered how he used to cosy up to Aniston during the first couple of years. “When we had breaks from rehearsal, there were moments where we would cuddle on the couch,” he said. “We would spoon and fall asleep on the couch,” Aniston added. As footage of a time that they snuggled together rolled, Schwimmer observed, “I am thinking, how did not everyone know we were crushing on each other?” To that, Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox both acknowledged that they all “knew” about the pair's attraction to one another. —ANI