David Schwimmer had an encounter with legendary rocker Rod Stewart before his big 'Friends' days, but unfortunately it was not for a good reason.

“Rachel broke up with me on a Monday evening, and it was heartbreaking. No one leaves Rod!” Stewart told the outlet. “But that Saturday night, I met Penny at the Dorchester Hotel in London. The bass player in my band, Carmine, said, ‘Listen, you’ve just come out of a long nine-year marriage. You’re not ready yet.’ I nearly strangled him!”

The 'Friends' actor had an interaction with the pop icon when he was a teenager, but it had nothing to do with show business.

While Rod Stewart is known as a successful British singer in a happy marriage with his current wife, Penny Lancaster, years ago, he had a surprising run-in with a young man who would go on to be a huge sitcom star,