jen aniston took one of monica's dresses she still wears to this day and nearly two decades later, almost they on a break? >> yes. >> yes, yes. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the unscripted special promising appearances by bts, lady gaga, reese wither sfoon and many more but one guest appearance has folks especially excited. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: one tweet saying i screamed when i saw janice. well, so did we. >> oh, my god. >> not bad. oh, my god. you're good at that. >> reporter: all six of the original friends will be on "gma" next week. catch it on tuesday and friend nd t rnion air on hbo max. mona and andrew? >> thanks. no one told you life was going to be this way. >> so they were on a break. we're going to take a break. >> yes. that's what's making news in america this morning. >>> right now on "america this morning." republican rebuke. dozens of gop lawmakers defy the leadership and former president trump. by voting to establish a commission to investigate the january attack on the u.s. capitol. this morning, why the commission future remains very much in doubt. >> the fight over

for -- for jen aniston to see it and be like, i it's happening withoutling bts, lots. also coming back a handful of actors who appeared on the original show. tom s tom selleck is allegedly going to be there, ross and monica's father and of course reese witherspoon, she was rachel e's sister jill a lot to look forward to when this never happens "friends, the reunion. >> there is a date. >> a deadline. >> a suggestion. >> yeah. >>> next up, oprah winfrey stopped by the ellen degeneres show yesterday following ellen's announcement she is going to be ending her talk show next spring winfrey had words of wisdom, on what it was like to say good-bye to the oprah winfrey show after 25 years on the air oprah also revealing the thing that she misses the most about her old talk show and the one thing that was very easy to say good-bye to. >> what i miss the most was the audience i don't mean just oh, audience applause but i always felt like i was a surrogate viewer, and i was there representing the audience. i'll tell you what i didn't miss, and i knew, when i star

aniston had to say. >> i had a major crush on jen, and --reciprocated. >> we were crushing on each other.an you imagine the gossip magazines at the time, how crazy that would have been? >> we would have liked it. >> math nagement they shared bes gossip from the hit that wrapped 17 years ago. perry admitted he'd freak out if his jokes didn't land with the audience. you know, one of the other cool parts of this was that ladies g&a appeared -- lady gaga appeared. they had celebrities in and out. and a nice moment when lisa kudrow and lady gaga not only sang "smelly cat," who doesn't love that, but lady gaga said thanks for being different, and lisa kudrow responded "thanks for carrying it on." >> when the show ended in may, 2004, 52 million-plus people watched the finale. that's amazing. >> the other thing that's amazing is in the 17 years since, the six of them have only been together once. this is only the second time. >> yeah. >> i don't know if you guys noticed but when they walked in and saw each other, i felt like it was me seeing my mom for the first time after the pandemic. you just