You can see in the snap that Courteney is wearing a ring on her left hand, because she was still married to her ex-husband, David Arquette, at the time.'' This is one aspect which the fans seemed to have missed and all the tabloids and gossip columns churned more stories.

Twitter member Emma, who glimpsed the pair, wrote: "matthew looks at courteney the same way chandler looks at monica and i don't know what to do with myself".

Reveries of a Chandler/Monica real-life romance clouded nearly everyone's mind after reports sprung up on Thursday alleging the two were "hooking up." However, E! Cox had been engaged to Snow Patrol musician Johnny Mc Daid for a year after six months of dating, but E! Still, the false report didn't stop fans of the show from totally losing it on social media.

Still, the timing seemed almost too perfect for the faux pair that we couldn't help but wish it into reality. Hours after the news broke of the pair's split, the actress stepped out without her diamond sparkler, confirming for any onlookers that the wedding would never happen.

While they got their happily-ever-after ending on the small screen, tying the knot and going on to have twins, it looks like in real life, love is News, a source has confirmed that the rumours are no more than that, despite Courtney recently becoming single after her split from rocker Johnny Mc Daid.

Courteney, 51, recently split from her Snow Patrol guitarist fiancé after a year and a half.