Lena Waithe likens meeting Jennifer Aniston to meeting a former president

Lena Waithe is a shameless Friends superfan, but unlike most superfans, the 37-year-old called Jennifer Aniston "the homie" while visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night.

"I met her at The Morning Show premiere," Waithe recalled, "and I swear—you know how you see a president that's a former president, but you still gotta call them Mr. President? That's what it's like when she's out in the world. There's like an assembly line of people just waiting to pay their respects. They're bringing oils and sage. I was just like, this is amazing. Like, what is happening?"

Waithe added that she eventually got to speak with the "lovely" and "super chill" Aniston after the premiere but did not bring up Friends.

In present day, the Master of None star is cautiously excited for HBO Max's Friends: The Reunion to drop tomorrow (May 27):

"I'm gonna watch it, but I'll tell the Friends cast this: they gotta bring the heat because Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion ... set the bar pretty high. They set the bar. They brought the thunder. It was like a therapeutic session. Childhood memories. Like, I just hope somebody from the Friends cast got something they wanna get off their chest. If not, I don't really know what we're doing here."

Waithe also touched on the third season of Master of None, which dropped Sunday (May 23) and focuses solely on her character named Denise. Season 3 comes just over four years after Season 2.

The YouTube description for the official trailer explained the "Moments in Love" five-episode arc:

"The Emmy Award-winning MASTER OF NONE returns with a new season that chronicles the relationship of Denise (Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe) and her partner Alicia (BAFTA winner Naomi Ackie). Directed by series co-creator and Emmy winner Aziz Ansari, and scripted by Ansari and Waithe, this new season is a modern love story that intimately illustrates the ups and downs of marriage, struggles with fertility, and personal growth both together and apart. Fleeting romantic highs meet crushing personal losses while existential questions of love and living are raised."