Actor says he had to hear I’ll Be There for You so many times, he could no longer bear it

The Friends actor David Schwimmer spent years unable to listen to the theme tune of his smash-hit comedy, he revealed yesterday. According to the star, he was forced to hear it so many times at the height of his fame that the mere sound of it made him feel miserable.

“I’ll be really honest, there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really … uggh,” he said during an appearance on Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ Making a Scene podcast.

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