David Arquette opened up about his relationship with ex-wife Courteney Cox during a recent SiriusXM radio interview with Andy Cohen after the host asked if he ever felt “inferior” or “less-than” because of the Alabama-born actress’ success on “Friends.”

The sitcom was one of the highest-rated shows on TV during its 10-season run on NBC, 1994-2004. It provided a breakthrough role for Cox, who was born and raised in Birmingham, and cemented her fame as an actress. Her character, Monica Geller, was a neat-freak chef who could be bossy, obsessive, anxious, wacky, kind and caring.

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Cox and Arquette married in 1999 and divorced in 2013. They have one child together. The couple appeared in several projects together including the “Scream” movie franchise, “3000 Miles to Graceland” and one episode of “Friends” (“The One with the Jam”).

During the interview, Cohen asked Arquette how he handled Cox’s success as he navigated his own career path in Hollywood.

“Two actors together, I would imagine…really hard just to kind of navigate being a couple with another actor,” Cohen said. “Maybe one is having great success, while another one is having success but not as big. Did you go through times when she was on ‘Friends’ when you felt inferior or less-than based on how successful that show was?”

“Yeah, absolutely,” Arquette said. “It’s difficult. In terms of like, I don’t know, I have some of the traditional male things where I want to, like, you know, provide and pick up the check and, you know…be the breadwinner.

“In the acting world, in general, you’re always going on this roller coaster of popularity and, you know, not able to get a job. So it’s like this weird thing. And then when you’re, you know, comparing yourself to someone’s who’s at the top of the television iconic world, it’s kind of hard to put yourself there. So there was definitely learning and dealing with that and a lot of, like, pain and arguments or, you know, ego early on.”

Cohen asked Arquette how the couple worked through those struggles.

“I don’t know,” he said. “A lot of it has to do with the way you’re taking things, the way you’re saying things, the way you’re responding to things, the way you’re allowing other outside influences affect how you feel about yourself. I think building confidence, focusing on yourself, working out some of the pain and trauma that I had so that I could open up and own, sort of, what makes me happy, what my needs are, where my boundaries are.”

Arquette said they ended their relationship amicably, putting their child first.

The pair recently appeared in the 2022 sequel “Scream.”

Watch the segment.

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