LISA KUDROW - LISA KUDROW'S DRUNKEN ANTICS

FRIENDS star LISA KUDROW remains embarrassed about her 40th birthday party - because she got drunk on whisky at the bash.

The actress turned 40 on 30 July (03) and opted to mark the occasion on 6 September (03) in a joint party with her friend JAMIE by renting a beach house in Malibu, California, and playing host to an array of guests, including her Friends castmates DAVID SCHWIMMER, MATT LeBLANC and his pregnant wife MELISSA, COURTENEY COX and husband DAVID ARQUETTE and JENNIFER ANISTON.

But the celebrations took a slight turn for the worse when Kudrow was served by a very generous bartender.

She says, "I got drunk, I don't do that a lot. It was great! Scotch is my drink and the bartender handed me a pitcher practically. It was like a water glass filled with scotch. Those of us who know, know that that's not how you serve scotch. But I drank it!"

"Then I got up and I said thank you to everyone for coming. So I get up and I'm saying thank you to everybody and I just start making fun of the bartenders and saying, 'They don't know what they're doing - look what they gave me!' I was making fun of them when maybe they were just being nice, like, 'It's your birthday here!' Luckily Jamie then took over and said nice things."