Friends reunion star Matt LeBlanc goes viral as fans insist he looks like a typical Irish dad

FRIENDS star Matt LeBlanc has gone viral after fans compared him to an Irish dad or uncle on Twitter.

Viewers have been very taken with the pose he adopted in one moment during the reunion show, with his arms folded and a smirk on his face.

The shot has been reposted hundreds of times with Matt, who played Joey in Friends, inserted into other scenes too.

One shared the pic, writing: "Matt leblanc is your uncle when your parents forced your 6 year old self to stand up in front of the adults after a family dinner and sing a song you just learned in primary school."

Another said: "Matt LeBlanc is your uncle at a wedding buying you too many beers and getting your name mixed up with your siblings while rolling his eyes lovingly at your aunt drunkenly flailing to Dancing Queen."

A third tweeted: "matt le blanc looks like a fella you’d end up having a deep conversation with in the residents bar after a wedding.

"Ten pints deep and he’s giving you the best advice you’ll ever get. you’ll never meet him again but his sage wisdom sticks with you forever."

One other wrote: "Matt leblanc is your uncle when your parents forced your 6 year old self to stand up in front of the adults after a family dinner and sing a song you just learned in primary school."

The Friends reunion last week saw Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe - or at least the actors who play them - back on screens for a special episode called The One Where They Get Back Together.