be friends

“I don’t think that Nora would say the answer to her question is ‘No, men and women can’t be friends,’” Weiss says.

“I think she’s saying they can, and I think Harry and Sally are friends, and we see them be friends for 12 years and they happen to end up together. And I think in ‘Sweethearts,’ I’m saying, ‘Yes, man.’

In "The Today Show's" coverage of their spicy viral moment, they provide the backstory on how Cher and Lucille Ball came to be friends, writing, "You may be wondering how exactly Ball and Cher even knew each other. Cher writes she had known the legendary sitcom star since she was little and that they attended an election results party for the 1972 presidential election hosted by Jack Benny, which Cher writes she didn’t want to attend."

It can be friends, colleagues, aunts, uncles, neighbours or Chris Martin from Coldplay.

“When we first started getting to be friends, before he got his Warner deal, he already knew what songs were going on his second album,” Alvin said.