David Schwimmer once served Rod Stewart with divorce papers in his old summer job

January 15, 2025
David Schwimmer once served Rod Stewart with divorce papers in his old summer job

David Schwimmer has said he once served singer Rod Stewart with divorce papers while the actor was working in a summer job during his university years.

During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Friends actor recalled a short-lived career that put him in front of Stewart before revealing he has "never run into him since".

"One summer, after my freshman year in college, I was just looking for work and my mom said, 'You can be a process server for me'," 58-year-old Schwimmer said.

David Schwimmer - "I was the guy who would pop out of the bushes and serve you divorce papers" Screengrab: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS

"My mom was a divorce lawyer, and so I was the guy who would pop out of the bushes and serve you divorce papers."

The actor, best known for playing Ross Geller on the US sitcom Friends, said he felt like the fictional spy James Bond doing the job at the age of 18.

"Because you get a tip, you're tipped off as to where they might be," he said.

"Thank goodness I've never run into him since - but I served Rod Stewart.

"I don't even know if he knows. I don't think he knows."

"He knows now," Colbert joked.

"Thank goodness I've never run into him since - but I served Rod Stewart"

Schwimmer did not specify which divorce it was for, but Stewart split from his first wife, Alana Stewart, in 1984 after a five-year marriage.

Stewart, known for hits including Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Hot Legs, and Maggie May, later wed model Rachel Hunter in 1990 before finalising their divorce in 2006.

The veteran rocker married Penny Lancaster in 2007.

Source: Press Association