{"id":39683,"date":"2023-08-11T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T05:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=237481"},"modified":"2023-08-11T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T05:16:01","slug":"jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-relationship","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s Her Lobster: Jennifer Aniston Finally Admits Her Real Feelings For David Schwimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201463\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201463\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1143150.jpeg\" alt=\"Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1531\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1996 DAVID SCHWIMMER AND JENNIFER ANISTON OF THE TV HIT SERIES \u201cFRIENDS\u201d. CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turns out, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-dating-rumour\/\">David Schwimmer a<\/a>lways was Jennifer Aniston\u2019s lobster. In an interview replayed from March 2023\u2014the<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/actors-strike-oppenheimer-premiere\/\"> actor&#8217;s strike<\/a> has prevented actors from promoting new work\u2014Jennifer Aniston, 54, detailed her feelings and first kiss with Schwimmer who played Ross to her Rachel in 90s comedy sitcom <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/the-5-best-nyc-moments-on-friends\/\"><em>Friends<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and David in the early years had a crush on each other,\u201d host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lRGwW3Xy8T0\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a> Kelly Ripa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we did. We just let it play out on TV,\u201d replied Aniston.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of their first kiss, which was on-screen at a scene inside Central Perk, Aniston said it was \u201cquite enjoyable\u201d while also \u201csuch a bummer\u201d that the moment happened on television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure enough, the first time we kissed was in that coffee shop,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, we just channelled all of our love and adoration for each other into Ross and Rachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, here is the scene.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Friends: Rachel and Ross&#039; First Kiss (Season 2 Clip) | TBS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVRmfWT84ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In September of 1994, six twenty-something friends living and working in New York City were introduced to us. Little did we know then, they would become Monday night staples in our living rooms for the next ten years. And while Rachel (Aniston), Monica (Courtney Cox), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Ross (Schwimmer), Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) were indeed fictional characters on a sound stage within the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles, their every-day happenings infiltrated the pop culture conversation like no other show of its era.<\/p>\n<p>During a television reunion special in 2021, Aniston and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-romance-friends\/\">Schwimmer admitted to having feelings for each other,<\/a> but never acting on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first season I had a major crush on Jen,\u201d Schwimmer said. \u201cAt some point we were both crushing hard on each other, but it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship. And we never crossed that boundary. We respected that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201462\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201462\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-460948285.jpg\" alt=\"David Schwimmer Jennifer Aniston\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1456\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA &#8211; JANUARY 26: Actress Jennifer Aniston and actor David Schwimmer attend the &#8220;Before Sunrise&#8221; West Hollywood Premiere on January 26, 1995 at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schwimmer added they would often \u201ccuddle on the couch\u201d during rehearsal breaks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would spoon and fall asleep on the couch and I kept thinking, \u2018how did not everyone know we were crushing on each other?\u2019 It was a situation that we couldn\u2019t do anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox, Perry, Kudrow, and LeBlanc all jumped in to reveal they <em>did<\/em> notice what was going on, with Cox, in particular, noting how thankful she is that nothing romantic transpired with her on-screen brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow great though, ultimately, because if you had and it didn\u2019t work out,\u201d Cox noted, \u201cit probably wouldn\u2019t have been as great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aniston dated Tate Donovan and went on to marry Brad Pitt, while Schwimmer famously dated Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia before marrying artist and photographer Zoe Buckman. As both are now singles, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-dating-rumour\/\">rumours of a romance have swirled again,<\/a> but have never been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re here, this does feel like a good time to revisit&#8217;s Schwimmer&#8217;s most famous scene:<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/cindy-crawford-david-schwimmer-friends-reunion\/\"> the leather pants.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ross Can&#039;t Get His Leather Pants Back On | Friends\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXG6NvBRcrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":39684,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin 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