Darius Rucker Is 'Still Laughing' About Fans Asking Friend Woody Harrelson to Take Their Picture

Mar. 15, 2025

Darius Rucker; Woody Harrelson.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty

Darius Rucker’s friendWoody Harrelsontakes a pretty good picture.The “Wagon Wheel” singer, 58, shared screengrabs froma fan’s TikTokon Wednesday, Jan. 15 in anInstagram postfrom a night out with theTrue Detectiveactor when he took a photo of him with fans — without recognizing Harrelson, 63.“Storytime. One time my friend & I saw Darius Rucker at a bar and we asked his friend to take a photo of us,” the text on the social media post read. “Darius was laughing and kept saying ‘I’m gonna tell this story.’ “The fans later realized who was taking the picture of Rucker and the fans: three-time Academy Award-nominated actor Harrelson.“We asked Woody Harrelson to take a photo OF us,” the text continued. “His friend.““Luckily,” the fans said, theWhite House Plumbersactor left them a selfie on their phone as well. Rucker captioned the post “Still laughing 😂 @woodyharrelson.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Country stars found the interaction hilarious. “I saw this on tiktok and cackled 😂,” singer Hannah Ellis wrote.Brothers Osborne’s TJ and John called the tale “incredible.“Fans recalled times when similar incidents happened to them. “One time my date at a Wizards game askedStephen A. Smithto take our photo and I think he almost spontaneously combusted,” one person said.Another wrote about not knowing they spent an elevator ride laughing it up withLarry Davidahead of his comedy set.Woody Harrelson and Darius Rucker.KMazur/WireImageRucker and Harrelson had been friends for decades. In Rucker’s 2024 memoirLife’s Too Short, he recalled whenHarrelson had saved him from drowningin Hawaii during a tour break in the late 1990s after getting stuck in a powerful current.“I feel as if some horrific giant squid has lashed itself around my body, circling and tightening its tentacles around my legs, dragging me under the water,” Rucker recalled.“I gulp and I gasp and I keep fighting. I fight and flail for I have no idea how long — ten minutes, fifteen — and then I hear a voice. Woody.“They wound up caught in the current and treaded water for 30 minutes until their friend Kirk came. Harrelson and Kirk could pull Rucker out of the current and back to the beach.

Darius Rucker’s friendWoody Harrelsontakes a pretty good picture.

The “Wagon Wheel” singer, 58, shared screengrabs froma fan’s TikTokon Wednesday, Jan. 15 in anInstagram postfrom a night out with theTrue Detectiveactor when he took a photo of him with fans — without recognizing Harrelson, 63.

“Storytime. One time my friend & I saw Darius Rucker at a bar and we asked his friend to take a photo of us,” the text on the social media post read. “Darius was laughing and kept saying ‘I’m gonna tell this story.’ "

The fans later realized who was taking the picture of Rucker and the fans: three-time Academy Award-nominated actor Harrelson.

“We asked Woody Harrelson to take a photo OF us,” the text continued. “His friend.”

“Luckily,” the fans said, theWhite House Plumbersactor left them a selfie on their phone as well. Rucker captioned the post “Still laughing 😂 @woodyharrelson.”

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Country stars found the interaction hilarious. “I saw this on tiktok and cackled 😂,” singer Hannah Ellis wrote.Brothers Osborne’s TJ and John called the tale “incredible.”

Fans recalled times when similar incidents happened to them. “One time my date at a Wizards game askedStephen A. Smithto take our photo and I think he almost spontaneously combusted,” one person said.

Another wrote about not knowing they spent an elevator ride laughing it up withLarry Davidahead of his comedy set.

Woody Harrelson and Darius Rucker.KMazur/WireImage

KMazur/WireImage

Rucker and Harrelson had been friends for decades. In Rucker’s 2024 memoirLife’s Too Short, he recalled whenHarrelson had saved him from drowningin Hawaii during a tour break in the late 1990s after getting stuck in a powerful current.

“I feel as if some horrific giant squid has lashed itself around my body, circling and tightening its tentacles around my legs, dragging me under the water,” Rucker recalled.

“I gulp and I gasp and I keep fighting. I fight and flail for I have no idea how long — ten minutes, fifteen — and then I hear a voice. Woody.”

They wound up caught in the current and treaded water for 30 minutes until their friend Kirk came. Harrelson and Kirk could pull Rucker out of the current and back to the beach.

source: people.com