Jennifer Aniston Gives Ellen DeGeneres Send-Off Gift That Harkens Back to Her First Appearance

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Ellen DeGeneres is enjoying some downtime following the final episode of her long-running talk show, . Ellen was spotted vacationing in Morocco with her wife, Portia de Rossi.

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Jennifer Aniston has paid a heartfelt tribute to her good friend Ellen DeGeneres following her last ever show.MORE: Jennifer Aniston shares heartbreaking tribute in honor of International Women's DayEllen hosted her chat show for the very last time on Thursday, and Jennifer was one of the final guests on it.Reflecting on the end of an era, the Friends star shared footage of herself appearing on Ellen over the years, alongside an emotional message.VIDEO: Ellen DeGeneres' final goodbye on her talk showShe wrote: "19 years. Boy, that went by in a flash.

Friends wrapped its 10-season run. In a new interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the actor revealed how she dealt with all that change. "Well, I got a divorce and went into therapy," Aniston told DeGeneres during the host's of her talk show.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show kicked off to much fanfare back in 2003. In the years since, host Ellen welcomed hundreds of different guests on stage, shedding light on issues that have shaped the culture at large. Alas, after 19 full seasons, the show officially wrapped up earlier this week with an emotional and star-studded finale. Ellen DeGeneres bid farewell to her fans after taping the final show a few weeks ago, but the segment only aired yesterday, which is why folks are still talking (and crying!) about it.

Blast from the past. Jennifer Aniston opened up about her divorce from Brad Pitt on the Ellen Show. The Friends star joked around about her marriage with the Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood star during her final appearance on the last episode of the daytime talk show.

Jennifer Aniston did just that during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, May 26, cracking jokes about her and Brad Pitt’s 2005 divorce.It all went down on the final episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ self-titled talk show, where the comedian asked the 53-year-old how she dealt with Friends ending after 10 seasons in 2004. In response, Jen joked that she “got a divorce and went into therapy.”“Then I did a move called The Break-Up. I just kind of leaned into the end,” Aniston continued.Jennifer Aniston was married to Brad Pitt for almost five years before they filed for divorce. They announced the shocking news in a joint statement.“We would like to announce that after seven years together, we have decided to formally separate,” the former couple said at the time.

Jennifer Aniston has made a joke about her marriage to Brad Pitt on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.The Friends star, 53, returned to the show, which has been running for 19 years, after being the show's very first guest back in 2003. But one of the biggest talking points from her chat with Ellen, 64, Jennifer spoke about how she dealt with Friends ending, and joked that she "leaned into" ending things, including her marriage to Brad, 58. She said: “I got a divorce and went into therapy.

Looking back with a laugh! Jennifer Aniston cracked a joke about her divorce from Brad Pitt while discussing the aftermath of the Friends finale.

Ellen launched in September 2003. “Twenty years ago when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I say it at home a lot—you know, ‘What are we having for our gay breakfast?’ or ‘Pass the gay salt,’ ‘Has anyone seen the gay remote?’—but we couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I couldn’t say ‘we,’ because that would imply that I was with someone.

Gallery: Talented, beautiful. . . but ALL ALONE! These ladies are the HOTTEST single women in Hollywood (BANG Showbiz)The ‘Away We Go’ star has previously spoken about being “buddies” with the ‘Fight Club’ star, who went on to marry 46-year-old actress Angelina Jolie, with who he had six kids - Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old fraternal twins Vivienne and Knox - and since divorced.

Ellen DeGeneres delivered her final show on Thursday after 19 years. The comedian opened the series finale with a montage of her previous show entrances throughout the years before going into her monologue and reflecting on the societal progress she feels the world has made as it relates to the LGBTQ+ community of which DeGeneres has long been a part of. "20 years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work.

Jennifer Aniston has spoken candidly about her divorce from Brad Pitt and joked about how the breakup and “therapy” benefited her when her long-running role on Friends officially ended in 2004. The 53-year-old actor was asked about how she dealt with Friends ending, after 10 years on air, while appearing on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday. In response, she reflected on how her life changed after Friends, both professionally and personally, as she joked about how her split from Pitt in 2005 helped her.

Pink is reflecting on her decades-long friendship with Ellen DeGeneres.

Ellen DeGeneres bid farewell to her eponymous daytime talk show after 19 seasons, her wife, Portia de Rossi, took the opportunity to share what the longtime talk show host has meant to her, anointing her an «icon» and «idol.»De Rossi took to Instagram on Thursday and shared a photo slideshow that included DeGeneres on the iconic  magazine cover in April 1997 with the headline that read, «Yep, I'm Gay.» Some of the other pics were throwbacks to the comedian hanging out with Oprah Winfrey, R&B singer Usher and one of her first appearances on .«To my utterly beautiful, supremely talented, insanely accomplished wife on the day of your final show,» de Rossi started her caption. «I married an icon.

the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” finale Thursday. The 53-year-old thespian kicked off her spot by fittingly slow-dancing with DeGeneres to Donna Summer’s “Last Dance.” Aniston then dropped the divorce bombshell after the 64-year-old comic asked how she handled the “Friends” finale in 2004.“Well, I got a divorce and went into therapy,” quipped Aniston while laughing. “And then I did a movie called ‘The Break-Up.’ “She was referencing her highly publicized split with Pitt in 2005, after they were married for four and a half years.

Jennifer Aniston made a rather emotional television appearance as she was the first guest brought out on the very final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.MORE: Jennifer Aniston's 'debate' for famous actor's affections in unseen videoALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe actress saw it as a full circle moment, given that she was the show's first ever guest back in 2003, and she looked just as stunning as ever.VIDEO: Jennifer Aniston talks about divorce post-Friends on EllenThe two got into discussing some candid moments from her many appearances, even teasingly extending to Ellen an invitation to talk about whatever she wanted."I want to talk about the ending of Friends," the host responded, asking her guest how she dealt with the end of the beloved sitcom in 2004.MORE: Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson are friendship goals in stunning unseen photosJennifer began laughing as she candidly replied: "Well, I got a divorce and went into therapy," referencing her separation from then-husband Brad Pitt."And then I did a movie called The Break-Up, I just kinda leaned into the end," she joked as the audience laughed alongside her. Jennifer made an emotional appearance on the final Ellen DeGeneres show"Let's just make this a completely new chapter.

Jennifer Aniston is reflecting on the past.

Jennifer Aniston knows a thing or two about saying goodbye to an iconic television show. So, of course, the actress had to stop by to help longtime pal Ellen DeGeneres sign off from her eponymous talk show for the last time.Aniston, who was DeGeneres' first-ever guest when debuted back in 2003, was also the first guest on the final show, which aired on Thursday.

Jennifer Aniston is looking back on life after “Friends” ended in 2004.

infamous toxic workplace scandal that saw three of her most senior staffers axed from “The Ellen Show.”The comic is preparing to take to the stage at Warner Bros lot in Burbank, Calif., one last time to wrap up her hit talk show on Thursday after 19 seasons on air.DeGeneres refused to go off air without briefly touching on the controversy that rocked her popular show in 2020 — including claims she was rude to staffers. “I have to just trust that whatever happened during that time, which was obviously very, very difficult, happened for a reason,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.“I think that I learned a lot, and there were some things that came up that I was shocked and surprised by.

Ellen DeGeneres signed off from her eponymous talk show for the last time on Thursday.'s final episode kicked off with the opening from her very first show, back in September 2003, before flashing back through the openings from all 19 seasons.DeGeneres was clearly emotional as she walked on set for the last time, as were her friends, family and fans in the crowd — including wife Portia de Rossi, who could be seen tearing up even before the host began her monologue.A source told ET of the milestone, «Ellen's last show was emotional for her. It feels like an end of an era, but she is ready for the next chapter of her life.

Selome Hailu After 19 years in syndication, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” came to a close on Thursday with a look back, a victory lap and final guests including Jennifer Aniston, who also happened to be DeGeneres’ first all those years ago.It was announced in May 2021 that the series would end this year, coinciding with the end of DeGeneres’ contract — as well as a change in DeGeneres’ reputation due to reports of pay reduction, racism and intimidation towards crew members, though the contract was set in 2019.During the series finale, DeGeneres focused her opening monologue on how different the world is for LGBTQ+ people now than it was when the show began.“20 years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” she said.

A teary-eyed Ellen DeGeneres bid farewell to her daytime audience of 19 seasons on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show by asking everyone to “be your true authentic self” and to show compassion to others so the world can become a better place.

Ellen DeGeneres has made an emotional final bow on the last episode of her chat show.The 64-year-old comedian can be seen in a sneak preview clip from the final moments of tonight’s episode being overwhelmed as she steps out in-front of her live audience for the last time. The audience gave Ellen a standing ovation as tears filled her eyes as she finished the show for the final time after 19 seasons.

Ellen DeGeneres is preparing to take a step out of the spotlight after decades hosting her self-titled talk show.The final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show is set to air later this week, and now, the 64-year-old and her wife Portia de Rossi, are planning a trip to Africa with some of their closests friends, embarking on the next chapter of her life.“Right after the show finale airs she, Portia and her closest friends, including her brother, Vance DeGeneres and his wife, are heading to Rwanda for the opening of her gorilla campus,” a source told The Sun this week.Degeneres is set to open the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund, marking her passion project as her current career plans are up in the air. According to the insider, “She’s going to take some much-needed time off and just take a pause.”A post shared by Ellen DeGeneres (@theellenshow)Back in April, Ellen revealed that she filmed her last-ever episode of her long-running talk show, which she started hosting in 2003.

shed more than a few tears leading up to the final episode of her eponymous talk show.But her last dance on Thursday, May 26, will be an especially “emotional” one, an insider who was at the taping has told The Post.In her remaining weeks after nearly two decades on air, she’s welcomed some final face time with a procession of A-list guests including Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, just-anointed “Saturday Night Live” alum Kate McKinnon, Michelle Obama, Sean “Diddy” Combs, potty-mouthed Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Hart, Chelsea Handler and Michael B. Jordan, among others.But the show source said her tears have been “happy” ones untinged by bitterness or regret, despite the heavy cloud hanging over her since allegations of a “toxic” work environment first cast a pall over her “be kind” brand.

Ellen DeGeneres' "career pause" will begin with a luxury African vacation. The final episode of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' will air later this week, and Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi are now planning to head overseas with some of their close friends, as she embarks on the next chapter of her career. A source told The Sun newspaper: "Right after the show finale airs she, Portia and her closest friends, including her brother, Vance DeGeneres and his wife, are heading to Rwanda for the opening of her gorilla campus.

Ellen DeGeneres' final few episodes on the air with her long-running talk show, and the Kardashians couldn't miss out on it.MORE: Kourtney Kardashian's wedding link with sister Kim is so unexpectedALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleKim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Kris Jenner came together for a heartfelt farewell to the daytime host, featuring a compilation of some of their moments on the air.VIDEO: Kim Kardashian shares clip of Andrea Bocelli's surprise performance at Kourtney and Travis' wedding"I'm so excited for this new chapter and this new journey in your life," Kim said. "You did it, you changed TV forever."The world has been so lucky to witness and live in a time where you have been on TV and shared your whole self and just brought joy into people's lives and homes for so many years."MORE: Khloe Kardashian praises The Home Edit's Clea Shearer amid cancer battleKim concluded: "This is just such an accomplishment, you should be so proud of yourself.