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    Jennifer Aniston had a "self-righteous attitude" towards joining Saturday Night Live

    The 56-year-old actress nearly joined the long-running sketch show before she was cast as Rachel Green in Friends, and Jennifer now admits that she was a little bit hesitant at the thought of joining the Saturday Night Live cast


    During an appearance on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Jennifer shared: "I always thought I was such hot s***. The story of that is all very confusing.

    "Honestly, today I'd have to ask Lorne, because I remember, I was in New York City, and I had a meeting with Lorne Michaels, and I ran into [Adam] Sandler and [David] Spade in the room right outside. And I knew Sandler forever."

    Jennifer was reluctant to join such a "male-dominated" show at the time. And ultimately, she was offered a starring role in Friends instead.

    She explained: "I don't know why I had this self-righteous attitude of 'I don't know if women are treated the way they should be treated on this show.' It's a very male-dominated [show,] I would love to be here if it was in the Gilda Radner day.

    "I mean, this is the brain that semi-remembers things that are back that far. Something like that. I can't remember, but I just remember Friends then happened."

    Jennifer previously revealed sow she reacted to the opportunity to join the hit comedy show.

    The movie star told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021: "I was so young and dumb and I went into Lorne's office and I was like, 'I hear women are not respected on this show'. I don't remember exactly what I said next, but it was something like, 'I would prefer if it were like the days of Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin.'

    "I mean, it was such a boys' club back then, but who the f*** was I to be saying this to Lorne Michaels?! So yes, adorably that happened and I've hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of times, and I love it so much."

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