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Unfortunately for \"Friends\" fans dying to know what the reunion will be all about, Scwhimmer was unable to reveal much else -- but he did shoot down the rumor that Ellen DeGeneres would host it. When asked who will helm the revival, the actor confessed, \"I don't know if I can actually [tell you.]\"

\"That's a great question,\" Schwimmer quickly added. \"I should have found that out.\" He did, however, deny other names that were floated as potential hosts, striking out Billy Crystal and, to Cohen's amusement, himself.

\"Friends,\" which ran between 1994 and 2004 starred Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc.

The reunion, set for HBO Max, will not be a continuation of the series, as previously revealed by Kudrow, who played Phoebe. \"I will not be Phoebe,\" Kudrow hinted to Variety last June. \"I will not be Rachel, although I kind of am. Well, we’re all sort of little fragments of them ... not really. But yeah.\"

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