People Are FINALLY Realizing That These Iconic On-Screen BFFs Are Toxic
People Are FINALLY Realizing That These Iconic On-Screen BFFs Are Toxic
Remy TepnerSun, August 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
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©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionI don't know about you, but one thing I loooove about rewatching movies is seeing all the details and dynamics I might have missed the first time around. I also notice which characters totally suck *cough* Gabrielle Union in 10 Things I Hate About You *cough*. Redditor u/Outside_Ad_424 recently asked, "Who is your pick for Worst Best Friend In Film?" Here are 18 of the most aggravating and eye-opening answers:1. "Rhiannon in Easy A. She basically got really salty when Olive started gaining a (fake) promiscuous reputation and joined the religious club in trying to shame her out of the school. She did not deserve an apology letter in the slightest."
Sony Pictures Entertainment2. "Rocky’s friend Paulie honestly has to be one of the worst friends I’ve seen in a movie. I literally have no idea why Rocky ever kept him around. It was a completely one-sided relationship. Paulie continuously had raging outbursts at Rocky; he was jealous, rude, and the reason Rocky and Adrian lost all their money and their home. He’s just awful."
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3. Lilly from The Princess Diaries is just the worst. She harshly criticized Mia any time she attempted to interact socially with anyone that wasn't her. When Mia got the makeover, Lilly was so overtly cruel and mocking that Mia tried to make herself as small as possible. When Lilly found out that Mia was in line for the throne, her immediate thought was how it could benefit her. She also said 'I thought we were done talking about that?' when Mia brought up the death of her father, which happened TWO MONTHS before the start of the film. The worst!!"
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection4. "Ned in Spider-Man SUCKED as a best friend. He's the exact type of 'friend' that NBA and NFL athletes hate: they no longer see their friend as a friend but as a tool for their own success. He promised he'd be discreet about Peter being Spider-Man, and then basically did everything to jeopardize Peter's secret identity. He also frothed at the mouth at being the 'guy in the chair,' wanting to be a part of this amazing journey. When Peter finally gave him the chance, he rejected it outright. Ned DEMANDED it, got it, then rejected it. WTF NED??"
© Marvel Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection5. "Freddie Fernandez in The Karate Kid. He immediately befriended Daniel, invited him to a beach party, then watched him get his ass kicked by Johnny (the bully). He talked shit about him, left him lying on the sand after he lost, and then disappeared until he was cheering on Daniel during the final competition."
©Columbia Pictures6. "Cady's friends in Mean Girls were jerks once she got popular. Janis was so fucked up. Cady definitely got lost in the sauce, but Janis sent her down that path for her own vindictive reasons. Cady's true friends were the fucking mathletes until Janis and Damian came around and realized they fucked up too at the end of the movie."
©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection7. "Ed in Shaun of the Dead is about the worst friend to a main character I have ever seen. He was lazy, useless, and pretty much everything you hate about your friends. He did show some minor character development, and as the film went on, you started to sympathize with the whole gang, but he still screwed up throughout the film and repeatedly got everyone in trouble."
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8. "The boyfriend and friends in The Devil Wears Prada. They knew from the start Andy was going to work for a renowned bitch who would make her life hell for the next year. Instead of being supportive, they whined that she no longer had time for them and that her priorities had changed. Even when she brought them incredible free goodies from work that they openly fawned over, they took the opportunity to steal her phone and screw her over. When she called them out for their shitty behavior, they retorted that she'd changed and was no longer any fun."
20th Century Pictures9. "Lester 'Worm' Murphy in Rounders. He pushed Mike (a former gambling addict) to play a game of poker and created debts in his name without his consent. In the end, he fled, leaving Mike to deal with the trouble he created, and there was a real possibility Mike could have been killed."
© Miramax / courtesy Everett Collection10. "Nadine's friend Krista in The Edge of Seventeen. The way she handled dating Nadine's older brother was pretty horrible, given their history as friends and her firsthand knowledge of the family's complicated dynamics."
Courtesy Everett Collection11. "Jules in My Best Friend's Wedding. She spent an entire weekend attempting to sabotage her 'best friend's' engagement and the wedding arrangement. She could have married him years before, but waited until he was engaged to suddenly decide she was in love with him."
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12. "Nicky Santoro in Casino is about the worst type of 'friend' you can have. He never listened to Ace's warnings about being subtle with crime and keeping it away from him. Not only that, but when he started to fuck up, he had the balls to get angry with Ace! Oh, and he slept with Ace's wife. So, he's about the lowest of the low, really."
©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection13. "Juno from The Descent. Fucked her best friend's husband, was so self-involved that she didn't bother reaching out to said best friend when her husband and child were killed in an accident, then got her entire friend group trapped in an unexplored cave system purely to satisfy her own ego. She can eat shit."
©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection14. "Darcy in Something Borrowed. She was a self-centered and toxic bitch. To be fair, they were both awful to each other. The only redeemable character in the whole film was Ethan."
©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection15. "Alicia in Drive Me Crazy. She was a snob. She was happy that her friend's crush fell for a cheerleader of the opposing team, broke up that relationship by telling the cheerleader that his parents are part of a doomsday cult, then made out with the crush and blamed him. She was just a horrible, horrible friend."
©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection16. "Ferris Bueller totally screwed his best friend Cameron by convincing him to get out of bed when he was sick and wreck his dad's Ferrari."
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17. "Fernand in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo. He was jealous of Edmund because he was genuinely happy, despite his humble upbringing. Fernand was a rich prick who always got everything he wanted and couldn't stand that, so he framed Edmund and got him sent to jail just so he could steal his girlfriend."
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection18. And lastly, "Dewey in School of Rock. If that whole 'fake substitute teacher' scenario hadn't worked out, Ned's career would have been ruined. As it was, Dewey was a total leech and shitty roommate to Ned and his girlfriend."
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