The actress played Joey Tribbiani’s stalker Erika in ‘The one after the super bowl: Part 1’, episode of the series.

Andre Agassi

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As described by her, “In the scene, I [Erika] am supposed to lick Joey’s fingers, because they’re the hands of a genius, and I want to devour them, and I’m a nut. He was cute—he was, like, ‘I’ve washed my hands and they’re all clean.’ I was, like, ‘I had a mint!”

Besides being a big career moment for the actress, this scene caused some turmoil in her relationship with Agassi, who could not stand seeing Shields act this way with her co-actor. 

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She said, “Andre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out. He said, ‘Everybody’s making fun of me. You made a fool of me by that behaviour.’ I’m, like, ‘It’s comedy! What is the matter with you?’ I learned later that he was addicted to crystal meth at that point, so that irrational behaviour I’m sure had something to do with that.”