Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are the Hollywood couple everyone would have loved to have seen hook up off-screen.

However, despite the Friends stars' apparent crushing on each other, it just never materialised - and instead they "let their feelings play out" on screen.

That's the thoughts of Jennifer, 54, who has further opened up on the pair's relationship in the '90s and noughties.

They both confessed that they could have made a go of things if circumstances were different, but the timing just never fit.

Now, while chatting on Live with Kelly and Ryan last month, Jennifer discussed her crush on David, who played on-screen on-off lover Ross Geller.

Hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest asked the actress how she dealt with her feelings at the time. She responded: "We just let it play out on TV."

And when Seacrest further probed on the subject, he asked if the pair's first kiss was ever caught on camera.

"Yes," was the response, before she gushed "it was quite enjoyable actually" after Ripa asked if it was weird.

Jennifer and David were fresh-faced stars when the world watched as their on-off relationship evolve over the seasons.

During the reunion episode in May 2021, the duo finally admitted they had feelings for each other in real life.

David, 56, revealed: "I had a major crush on Jen," who, to fans' surprise, replied: "It was reciprocated."

Later in the reunion, show Jennifer confessed: "I remember saying one time to David, 'It's going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is on national television.' And sure enough, it was.

As the discussion with Ripa and Seacrest continued, Jennifer was asked about her feelings at meeting the rest of the cast at the Friends reunion show.

"It was a sucker punch," she explained, saying she found the whole situation more overwhelming than she expected.

"No one really expected what we were gonna feel. Because in your mind you're like, Ooh, time travel! That sounds really cool! And then you're there and you're like, Oh, that's really intense — because so much has happened since."