Actor David Schwimmer best known for the world-famous series "Friends" recently revealed that he couldn't stand the show's opening theme song for years.
According to him, during the height of his fame, he was forced to listen to the familiar melody countless times, to the point that even the first bars made him feel unhappy.
“I'll be honest, there was a very long period of time where whenever I heard that theme song... aaaah,” he said on the “Making a Scene” podcast.
"You know what I mean? I just had that reaction. I just heard it so many times. Every time I would be on a show or do an interview, that was the music they would announce me with. So I just didn't have the best response to it," Schwimmer continued.
This hatred for the song "I'll Be There for You" continued even as he struggled with the enormous amount of fame his role as Ross Geller brought him. The actor claims he can't remember the last time he was able to appear in public without being noticed since 1994.
"James Burroughs "(The show's director) took the whole crew to Vegas... This was before the show even started airing. At one point we were walking through a casino and he told us to remember that moment because it was the last time we could walk around like that in public, completely anonymous," he recalled.
It wasn't the happiest ending for Schwimmer.
"The moment I realized he was right, I was at the airport in Los Angeles, waiting for a flight. I'm not one of those actors who takes the whole crew with me. I always go alone," Schwimmer recounts.
"And so as I was walking by... I heard a blood-curdling scream. I was honestly scared. I thought someone had been stabbed. And then a group of girls came up to me and they just screamed and grabbed me. They wouldn't let me go... It was terrifying," the actor continued recounting the event.
"It took me a really long time to get used to that kind of fame. Three cars following me wherever I go, ambushing me in front of the house. You don't have any privacy anymore," he added.
However, his feelings towards "Friends" have improved in recent years, which, he says, is largely due to his daughter.
"I never watched the show after we finished it. I did it and we move on. And then my daughter discovered it when she was about nine and started watching it. I would be making breakfast or doing something and I would hear her laughing. My whole relationship with that song and the show completely changed," Schwimmer admitted.
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