The BIZARRE reason why Courteney Cox sold her home
Courteney Cox has opened up about an experience with the paranormal in her personal life, and how it prompted her to make a life-altering decision: to sell her home.
The former Friends star was asked about her experience with ghosts during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she was promoting her new horror comedy series, Shining Vale.
“Are you a believer in ghosts? Have you had a ghost experience?” Kimmel asked.
“I have had one. I didn’t believe it at first, but I lived in this house in Laurel Canyon, which is in LA, obviously,” Cox replied.
Courteney Cox told Jimmy Kimmel about her brush with the paranormal while promoting her new show. Image: Jimmy Kimmel Live (YouTube)
She added that its residents included late burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee and famed singer Carole King.
“[King] said that there had been a divorce and that was really ugly and there was a ghost in the house, and I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever’,” Cox continued.
“But other people who would stay there with me like … friends of mine said they felt an encounter with a woman (who) was sitting on the edge of the bed, and I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever’.”
She shared that King even came over and held a seance with her, but that she was too starstruck to be fully immersed in the experience.
It wasn’t until later that Cox had her own experience with the ghost her friends had been talking about.
“I was at the house one day, not being a big believer, and the doorbell rang and it was a UPS guy,” she recalled.
“I opened the door and he said, ‘Do you know this house is haunted?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah why?’
“And he goes, ‘Because there’s someone standing behind you’.
“And I was like, ‘Let’s sell’.”
After her story elicited gasps from the audience, Kimmel asked whether it was really the reason why Cox offloaded the home.
“Probably,” she quipped in reply.
“You don’t think of it the same way. You start seeing things,” she added.
You can watch the full interview below.
Image: Jimmy Kimmel Live (YouTube)