David Schwimmer Thanked By UK Police After Capture Of Beer Thief
“Friends” actor David Schwimmer will be there for you when the rain starts to pour, even if you are a foreign police department looking for a beer bandit.
Yes, in a brief departure from the ‘round the clock horror show that is the news cycle, we bring you a friendly collaboration between a beloved Jewish actor and the British police force that apprehended his lookalike at last:
Remember the “Friends” beer theft story?. Police have now arrested the David Schwimmer lookalike in Southall, London. He’s being questioned on suspicion of theft from a shop in Blackpool. The American actor tweeted his own image of the incident and told police “It wasn’t me!”. pic.twitter.com/IlN3Y7sEeA
— BBC North West (@BBCNWT) November 13, 2018
Jewish actor Schwimmer was nearly pulled into a life of crime in late October, when fans noted that a suspected thief caught on camera by the Lancashire Police Department strongly resembled the square-jawed, tufty-haired Schwimmer. Schwimmer was gracious enough to reenact the beer heist in a viral Twitter clip, and was cheerfully exonerated by the good people of the UK, and the world.
On Tuesday, Lancashire police announced that they caught the real culprit, a 36-year-old man, in Southall, and thanked Schwimmer for his “support.”
Now that Schwimmer’s name is cleared and he is the acclaimed writer, star, and director of a viral video clip, we hope he will devote himself to making a “Friends” reunion happen. We’ll bring the beer.
Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30