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David Schwimmer had a memorable encounter with Rod Stewart before rising to stardom in Hollywood.
“One summer after my freshman year in college, I was just looking for work, and my mom said, ‘Well, you can be a process server for me,’” Schwimmer, 58, recalled on the Tuesday, January 14, episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “My mom was a divorce lawyer. I was the guy who would pop out of the bushes and serve you divorce papers.”
The Friends star, who was 18 at the time, joked that he felt like James Bond because he would get “tipped off” as to where people may be so he could serve them the papers.
“Once, oh man, thank goodness I’ve never run into him since, but I served Rod Stewart,” Schwimmer shared. “I don’t even know if he knows. I don’t think he knows.”
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After Schwimmer’s admission, host Stephen Colbert quipped, “He knows now.” Colbert, 60, added, “Change your locks, man. He’s vengeful.”
Colbert joked that Stewart, 80, was going to come out on stage, before adding, “Wow, that is fantastic. You could theoretically run into Rod Stewart sometime and now he knows to punch you.”
While Schwimmer did not reveal who Stewart was married to at the time, the rocker and his first wife, Alana Stewart, divorced in 1984. Schwimmer would have been 18 years old that year. (Before their split, Rod and Alana, now 79, welcomed daughter Kimberly and son Sean in 1979 and 1980, respectively.)
Following his split from Alana, Rod went on to tie the knot with Rachel Hunter in 1990. Rod and Rachel, 55, welcomed daughter Renee and son Liam in 1992 and 1994, respectively. The pair split in 1999, finalizing their divorce in 2006.
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Rod moved on with his current wife, Penny Lancaster, in 2007. The couple welcomed sons Alastair and Aiden in 2005 and 2011, respectively. (Rod is also dad to Sarah, whom he welcomed in 1963 with ex-girlfriend Susannah Boffey and Ruby, whom he welcomed in 1987 with ex-girlfriend Kelly Emberg.)
Rod previously credited Lancaster, 53, for bringing his children together. “For some of the kids when she first came into my life, they obviously thought, ‘Oh, money grabber,’” Rod said during an appearance on U.K. talk show Lorraine in 2016. “But she’s won them over entirely now. She’s a great girl.”
Rod gushed that he appreciates parenthood more than ever “in old age,” adding, “I’ve got a hockey player, I’ve got a musician, I’ve got a ballet dancer, a jazz dancer and they are all pursuing wonderful careers. Extremely proud of them.”
Schwimmer, for his part, split from wife Zoë Buckman in 2017 after seven years of marriage. They share a 13-year-old daughter, Cleo.
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