Friends Fans Agree That This Is the Most Hypocritical Character on the Show

Summary

• The characters on Friends had many irritating qualities that made them so fun to follow.
• However, one character proved to be hypocritical in certain ways.
• His personal history may have had something to do with his views.

When it first aired in 1994, Friends became an instant hit and went on to gain worldwide popularity. Monica, Chandler, Joey, Rachel, Phoebe and Ross – the six friends from New York – were undoubtedly the main reason for the show's enormous popularity with international audiences. But what really made them so beloved was their flawed nature.

All six of them had plenty of annoying qualities that added to the dynamic of Friends. Monica's obsession with cleanliness and order, Rachel's Bamby naivety, Ross' combustible demeanor, Chandler's indecisiveness, Phoebe's aloofness, and Joey's inability to commit – these provided a lot of comic relief for the audience. But the characters also had traits that weren't so funny. For example, despite his apparent simplicity, Joey was very hypocritical.

The King of Double Standards

In general, Joey is the friendliest and most easy-going guy on Friends. He's always cheerful and never thinks about horrible things. As a result, the other characters like to be around him, and he'd probably be fun to be around in real life. But Joey has one really disturbing quality - he's a hypocrite.

Despite his kindness, there are things in which Joey does not extend the same courtesies to other people as he does to himself. Joey is a notoriously lecherous person. He sleeps around. And there's no woman he won't try to woo. But when it comes to the sexual freedom of the women around him, he wants them to be puritanical. This is especially true of Joey's numerous sisters, whose celibacy he protects with all the fervor of an Italian man.

The Big Brother Complex

When it comes to Joey's sisters, his hypocrisy becomes apparent. Joey thinks it is okay to date Phoebe's twin sister, Ursula, and does not find it abnormal to have a crush on Ross' sister, Monica. But when one of his own sisters, Mary-Angela, has a drunken affair with Chandler, Joey becomes furious and even intends to physically hurt his best friend.

Joey may have been overprotective of his sisters for a number of reasons. First of all, he's their older and only brother. But beyond that, he is their ultimate protector, since their father abandoned them all and their mother for a younger mistress. In this light, Joey may have felt it was his responsibility to act as a father figure to his sisters and protect them from any blackguard of a man.

But that doesn't make Joey any less hypocritical. And that's not a trait that adds depth to the character – it just makes him ugly.