Earlier this month, Ellen DeGeneres pulled a hilarious prank on Matt Lauer thanks to her clever editing team—making it appear as if the Today show host was wearing a Fifty Shades of Grey S&M style ensemble while interviewing the film’s stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan . And not only did the
piece produce a whole lotta laughs, it also caused some problems for the 57-year-old television anchor, leading him to scold his
prankster pal during his appearance on Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The veteran journalist said as he took a seat.”I have not yet decided if we are on speaking terms. Thank you for helping me make so many new friends, Ellen.”
DeGeneres then proceeded to show the audience the “doctored” clip, which she insists they only edited “just a little bit,” leading to an eruption of laughter. Lauer said, “I have never been so popular with certain fringe groups in our society. I’ve made a lot of new friends, so thank you very much.” He continued, “So to the people like @RoughandReady and @IveBeenaVeryBadGirl, I just want to say thank you very much for your kind tweets.”
