The one where Ross goes to Rehab with Amy Winehouse is not an episode of Friends fans know much about. But apparently actor David Schwimmer was close pals with the late singer along with her ex husband Blake Fielder
Amy Winehouse struck up an unlikely friendship with Friends star David Schwimmer at the peak of her fame.
The actor who played Ross Geller in the hit sitcom was a huge fan of Amy’s music and ended up becoming part of hers and ex husband Blake Fielder’s inner circle during her Back To Black album era. Fielder has fond memories of hanging with Schwimmer and revealed: “Do you want to know who I was good friends with that was unexpected?
“I’m sure he won’t mind if he sees this. He might reach out, might be pals again. David Schwimmer. He’s such a nice guy. Such a nice guy and a genuine Amy fan.”
Schwimmer was a massive music nut and would come to England just to check out the vibrant noughties scene in North London.
He continued: “He came to see Amy in a small pub. This is before Amy was doing big stages. So he was right on it from the start. I mean, he must have been a fan from (her first album) Frank.”
You can already imagine that long lost Friends episode – ‘The One Where Ross Goes To Rehab with Winehouse.!
In real life David Schwimmer had been dating Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia in the late 1990s and would support her burgeoning pop career as well as invite her onto the Friends set.
Fielder said: “He was in Camden. He was seeing his girlfriend at the time. I don’t know the situation as well. He was so clearly just a fan of the music. And was so happy. This is Ross from Friends!”
Schwimmer became so close to the Winehouse gang they used to have their own pet names for one another.
Blake laughed: “He was so chill, so cool. We used to text each other and we had little nicknames. We were mates.”
In an interview with the We Need To Talk podcast, Blake also recalls fond memories of hanging out with A-lister Drew Barrymore who called Back To Black the “ultimate break up album”.
There was another occasion where Pamela Anderson of Baywatch fame flew Amy and Blake to Las Vegas in a private jet to check out her magic show.
“It was great,” he said.
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