David Schwimmer Shares Funny Message He Got fromFriendsCostar Matt LeBlanc for First Time in Months

Mar. 15, 2025

David Schwimmer in New York City on May 14, 2024; Matt LeBlanc in Santa Monica, California, on Oct. 8, 2022.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

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David Schwimmerdoesn’t silence his phone notifications!

On Tuesday, Jan. 7, theGoosebumps: The Vanishingactor revealed onGood Morning Americathat funny exchanges keep him “pretty close” withMatt LeBlanc, despite living miles apart.

“LeBlanc and I are pretty close, even though I live in New York and he’s in L.A.,” Schwimmer, 58, told the show’s co-anchorRobin Roberts.

“What’s fun is we’ve got the kind of friendship where we may not talk for months, but out of nowhere, he’ll send me a message with a clip from the show — which, it’s always funny to relive something we shot, what, 25 years ago or more?” he continued.

Cast ofFriendsin the ’90s.Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty

Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty

“So he sent me something a couple of days ago that totally surprised me,” Schwimmer added of LeBlanc, 57. “I genuinely forgot what we’ve shot, but it’s a moment where he just rips my shirt off.”

Roberts, 64, praised the actor for being willing to reflect on his timestarring as Ross Geller onFriends, despite the series finale having aired back in 2004.

She added that audiences “love the work” he’s been doing in the years since, but still want to sometimes “relive” the past.

“To be honest with you, it’s kind of the gift that keeps on giving,” Schwimmer said ofFriends.

“When I meet people on the street from another country and they say, ‘I just have to say, I learned English watching your show,’ or a father stops me and says, ‘My kid was really, really ill and the one thing that kept them going in the hospital was just watchingFriends,’ you feel really grateful and blessed to have done something that people find fun,” he added.

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David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc onFriendsseason 10.Max

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The discussion comes just a week after Schwimmer shared a “genuinely frightening moment” that took place during a live taping ofFriendsin 1996.

While speaking toEntertainment Weeklyabout his role in the upcoming second season ofGoosebumps, he recalled howLeBlanc dislocated his shoulderwhile attempting a pratfall.

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The actor said they had to “cut” the cameras during the taping of the season 3 episode “The One Where No One’s Ready,” for LeBlanc to go to the hospital.

“He went totally white, and he stood up, and I could see his shoulder was out. He looked like he was going to pass out,” Schwimmer said.

source: people.com