David Schwimmer responded to a photo of Jennifer Aniston in the shower and sparked an Instagram meme between the pair, delighting fans

• David Schwimmer responded to an Instagram post from his former "Friends" co-star Jennifer Aniston.
• The image showed Aniston in the shower, a scene which he replicated in his own post.

Former "Friends" co-stars David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston have delighted fans with their Instagram interactions after Aniston posted a photo of herself in the shower.

On Monday September 5, the image, which showed her with her face turned away from the camera, was posted to her 40 million Instagram followers. She captioned the photo, "Something's coming 9.8.22," along with a shower emoji. Aniston owns a haircare brand called Lolavie, which was tagged in the post,

A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston)

Schwimmer, who has over six million Instagram followers, responded to Aniston's post with his own shower photo which showed his face covered in soap as he looked into the camera. He tagged Aniston in the caption and responded with, "A towel I hope??"

Aniston then commented on Schwimmer's post, writing, "Schwim!? Trying to steal my thunder!?" and later shared the post on her Instagram story, accompanied with a laughing emoji and a love heart.

In the comments under Schwimmer's post, many fans expressed delight at his response, and referenced their characters in "Friends," Ross and Rachel, who dated on-and-off throughout the series' 10-year run.

One top comment with over 14,000 likes read, "See? He's her lobster," a reference to a scene in which Lisa Kudrow's character Pheobe describes Rachel as Ross's lobster, based on a debunked myth that they mate for life.

Another comment with nearly 4,000 likes read, "STOPPP IT MY HEART, "

A post shared by David Schwimmer (@_schwim_)

Others suggested that the photo reminded them of another "Friends" episode in which Schwimmer's character receives a fake tan, and one referenced another episode in which the character of Phoebe sees her friends Chandler and Monica kissing and screams "My eyes! My eyes!."

Several comments also speculated about products Aniston's haircare brand might be launching on the date referenced. Kudrow also commented on Aniston's post with a celebration emoji.

Aniston and Schwimmer appeared together in HBO's "Friends: The Reunion" in 2021, which was hosted by James Corden. During the show, Schwimmer and Aniston revealed that they had a crush on one another when they appeared on "Friends" but later denied reports that they started dating after the reunion, according to BuzzFeed News.

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