Justin Bieber surprises Ellen Degeneres with a gift of a lifetime .. a lock of his hair

Ellen Degeneres is one of the few television hosts to have invited Justin Bieber when he was relatively unknown and was just starting to find his way in Hollywood.

But his guest appearance with Ellen and Oprah and a few others served as gateway to make him a sensation teenage pop star he never hoped he would be.

And as if to say thank you, the teen singer thought it was one of those payback moments when he surprised Ellen and handed her a gift of a lifetime - - a gift referred to by the Daily Mail, as one that every one of his millions of ‘tween’ fans would kill to have in their living rooms.

Justin Bieber appeared unannounced on “The Ellen Degeneres Show” with the remains of his ‘barnet’ and told Ellen, according to Daily Mail, that he will give it to the talk show host, provided she would ‘auction it off for charity’.

'That's my hair. I'm giving pieces of it to different people,' the Canadian teen told Ellen. “We're doing something special. We want you to donate it to whatever charity you want to.'

The host then asked what motivated him to cut his famous hair, the singer was quick to say: “I was inspired by yours”.

The teenage pop star has shocked his fans with his new hair. It will not be a surprise however if after Jennifer Aniston, more stars will don their new hairstyle to follow Bieber’s lead, and the reactions he received.