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Charlotte Smith

Ellen DeGeneres gave Jennifer Aniston strange gift for Brad Pitt in first ever show

Jennifer Anniston is set to be Ellen DeGeneres ' last guest on her talk show before the long-running daytime series comes to an end.

The legendary Friends actress will appear on the show's final episode, which will air on May 26, alongside fellow special guests Billie Eilish and Pink.

It will be Jennifer's 20th time as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 19 years after Ellen first welcomed the 53-year-old onto her show as her first ever on-set guest when the programme started back in 2003.

It comes as the comedian announced this series would be her last one after 19 seasons, following complaints of a toxic workplace from staff on the show.

During Ellen's first episode in September 2003, the then 45-year-old presenter was focussing a new career as a talk show host, with Jennifer as her first interviewee.

Ellen DeGeneres' first ever guest was Friends star Jennifer Aniston (Ellen DeGeneres)

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At the time, Jennifer was at the height of her Friends fame, starring as Rachel Green on the hit American comedy, which was going into its 10th and final season.

After being welcomed onto the set, Jennifer told her close pal Ellen how amazing it was to be seeing her on TV everyday: "What's better than like getting you every day?" Before adding: "I mean once a week was, you know, great, but now it's every day."

Ellen replied: "Well yeah, thanks, my goal is to do it three or four times a day."

Jennifer then told the host that she had brought a gift for her, which came in the form of a welcome mat with a giant red bow on top.

"Look at that, it's a welcome mat!" Ellen exclaimed, as the audience cheered, before walking towards the base of her set to lay the present down.

The close pals exchanged gifts during the show's first ever episode (Ellen DeGeneres)

Ellen then followed up with Jennifer's gift by saying she had one to give to her also: "I hope you like it" she said upon handing the actress - who was three years into her marriage with Hollywood star Brad Pitt - a donkey-shaped cigarette dispenser.

"And it looks good anywhere" Jennifer quipped, before adding: "Oh, my husband is going to love this."

Announcing the farewell season of her show last year, Ellen posted a image of herself smiling that read: "19 years, 4,000 guests, 3,000 hours of TV, 1,500,000 audience members, 20,000,000 laughs, $450,000,000 given, countless lives changed and one farewell season"

The current season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show began on September 13, with the end of the series to air next Thursday (May 26).

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