Jon Hamm Would Swipe a Friend’s Oscar — Here’s Why

Jon Hamm says he would totally steal from his own friends — but only as a prank. And yeah, that tracks, considering he currently plays a guy who literally rips off his social circle on Apple TV+. He laid it all out in an SFGate interview published March 31.

The show where he actually does it

On 'Your Friends & Neighbors,' Hamm plays Andrew 'Coop' Cooper, a high-flying finance guy who detonates his life by sleeping with a colleague. The fallout hits fast: divorce, unemployment, and a reputation so scorched he can’t get back into finance at all. So Coop pivots to something way worse — he starts breaking into the homes of people he knows and pawns their stuff to survive.

Would he swipe a friend’s Oscar?

Asked point-blank if he’d ever steal from friends the way Coop does, Hamm did not hesitate — if the target is a certain kind of trophy.

'I’ve got quite a few friends that have certain shaped awards that I would probably steal but not so I could have them.'

His motive isn’t envy; it’s chaos.

'Just so I could hide the awards from them and cause them anxiety. That would be more fun. Go steal somebody’s Academy Award.'

Who exactly would he hit? He’s 'never' naming names.

What’s on Hamm’s own shelf

He’s never been up for an Oscar himself, but his IMDb tally is not exactly light:

• Emmys: 1 win from 18 nominations
• Golden Globes: 2 wins from 7 nominations
• SAG Awards: 2 wins from 14 nominations

He’s been on the other end of it

Hamm hasn’t stolen from a friend, but a friend did swipe from him once — back in fifth or sixth grade. A kid lifted one of his comics, and Hamm was furious enough to escalate it to the dads. He had his father call the other father and demand the book back. The issue wasn’t even rare — he remembers it as the S entry from 'The History of the Marvel Universe' — but this was pre-internet. No easy replacement, no clicking a button to fix it. He eventually got it back, and it’s apparently still sitting in his closet. As for the thief’s name, he can’t even remember it now.

Not a hoarder, surprisingly generous

Hamm says he’s pretty relaxed about his own stuff. In his words, he lives a ridiculous life where expensive things get handed to him, and in a vacuum, he doesn’t care much about owning them. He doesn’t collect just to collect; he’d rather pass things along. That includes clothes — he says he drops by Goodwill often with piles of very fancy wardrobe pieces.

So, real-life burglary? Absolutely not

Fun to joke about, but he’s not about to turn into Coop. Hamm says he was raised Catholic and would feel compelled to confess immediately — not exactly the mindset for a criminal mastermind.

Translation: if your Oscar goes missing after dinner at Hamm’s place, he’s probably just hiding it in the pantry to watch you panic. Then he’ll give it back. Probably.