Matt Lauer On The Ellen DeGeneres Show: ‘Today’ Host Wants To Get Back At Ellen DeGeneres For 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Prank

“Today” host Matt Lauer confronted Ellen DeGeneres during his guest appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” about the “Fifty Shades of Grey” prank that she did on him. Additionally, Matt Lauer declared in the interview that he wants to get back at Ellen DeGeneres after sharing how people reacted to the TV host’s prank video.

The video of Matt Lauer’s guest appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” got published on YouTube on Friday, Feb. 27. “Ellen made a clip of Matt in a revealing outfit interviewing the cast of the salacious film, and he was here to talk about the results in person,” the video description reads.

In the video, Matt Lauer tells Ellen DeGeneres that he has not yet decided if they are on speaking terms after the “Fifty Shades of Grey” prank that she pulled. Ellen DeGeneres insists that they are on speaking terms and then asks Matt Lauer if he finds the prank video clip she made to be fun and funny.

“Thank you for helping make so many new friends,” Lauer responds. Ellen DeGeneres explained to the audience that an editing team has doctored Matt Lauer’s interview with “Fifty Shades of Grey” stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson “just a little bit.”

The doctored clip showed Matt Lauer’s head placed over a body dressed in S&M leather outfit with chains, whip and handcuffs while talking to the FSOG cast members. “I've never been so popular with certain fringe groups in our society. No, I’ve made a lot, a lot of new friends. Thank you very much,” Lauer told DeGeneres.

Matt Lauer, 57, further shared that he has been receiving “kind tweets” from his new friends with Twitter usernames “RoughAndReady” and “IveBeenAVeryBad Girl.” The “Today” host explained that many people thought that he really wore the S&M outfit during the interview and it was not a prank.

Matt Lauer thinks people have the tendency to think that he would dress up like that after doing some stupid things during Halloween. The TV host shared that most of the tweets he received had people telling him that he is supposed to be a journalist and asking how he could dress in S&M leather.

Then, Matt Lauer declares that “Revenge is a dish best served cold” but Ellen DeGeneres argues that he can never get back at her. Matt Lauer still assured the TV host and comedienne that the “Today” team will have their revenge and they are just waiting for the right moment.

Matt Lauer further added that he does not want to rush things and he is just waiting for Ellen DeGeneres to do an interview like his “Fifty Shades of Grey” interview with the cast members. “And then we’re gonna send our guys just to town on it,” Lauer stated. Click HERE to watch Matt Lauer’s guest appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

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