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Courteney Cox looks loved up at the Brit Awards with Snow Patrol boyfriend Johnny McDaid in rare snap
FRIENDS star Courteney Cox made a rare red carpet appearance with her Snow Patrol boyfriend Johnny McDaid at tonight's Brits.
The US star, 57, has been on the promo trail in the UK this week for the rebooted slasher flick Scream and made time to attend the hottest music event of the year at London's O2.
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The couple, who have been together for eight years, cosied up for a snap on the red carpet in matching black outfits.
Johnny's band Snow Patrol have been nominated for six Brits in total but have never actually won one.
Their outing comes just days after Courteney told The John Bishop Show she wants a role in Downton Abbey - but only if she's a member of the aristocracy.
She said: "I want to be in Downton. I think I'd like to be a posh one - they've got better frocks.
"I wouldn't want to play another competitive neat freak."
Her come-and-get me might have come too late for the second Downton movie though, with many scenes already in the can.
is best known for playing chef and all-round control freak Monica Geller in US sitcom Friends.
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Over 10 seasons, viewers watched her obsessively organise best pals Joey, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler and brother Ross.
She also had a win-at-all-costs attitude that often played out with hilarious results - none more so than when she and Ross spectacularly failed to be the focus of a New Year's Eve TV show.
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In reality she's more chilled out and recently reflected on how she's become more understanding and a better listener in her relationship over the years.
She told : "I've learned you can't take a lot personally.
"I used to think, 'Oh well, if you loved me...' It's not really about you. People do things because of their own history and their own past. I had to learn that lesson for sure.
"I've learned that love is precious. As I've gotten older, I've realised that."
Courteney went on to praise her beau, hailing him as a "great listener, talented, smart and gorgeous".
She said: "I've never met someone more patient. He's a great advice-giver. I love his heart, his intentions. His morals. He's extremely talented and obviously musical, but he's a poet and a writer. He's just so smart, and I find that really sexy. And then he is gorgeous."
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