Fifty Shades of Grey fans are counting down the hours until the film adaptation of E L James’ best-selling novel debuts, and one of the Today show hosts already looks to be getting a little overexcited.
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The news show has been sharing multiple clips in the buildup to the release of the film, and Ellen DeGeneres decided she’d had enough of seeing the teasers, so she decided to make her own.
During Thursday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres posted a clip of the Today show host chatting with stars Jamie Dornan — who plays sadomasochistic billionaire Christian Grey — and Dakota Johnson — who stars as Anastasia Steele — but Lauer had a few extra props during the interview.
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“The Today show has been showing exclusive clips for the past two weeks, and they’ve been interviewing the stars,” DeGeneres said. “Boy, they’re getting into it. I was watching this morning and Matt Lauer… just take a look!”
And once you do look, you will never unsee Lauer dressed in bondage, brandishing a whip and holding up a pair of handcuffs. Of course, it is all the skills of some insanely awesome editing, but even knowing that it’s not real, you’ll still find yourself laughing.
The timing of the clip is also superb because Johnson looks as though she is super-uncomfortable throughout the interview.
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And DeGeneres was not the only one to get in on the Lauer joke, because his costar Savannah Guthrie shared a hilarious snap on Twitter of what she found on his side of the desk.
Spotted on @MLauer's side of the desk. Hmm. pic.twitter.com/x3FmFJOAa0
— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) February 12, 2015
Watch the video below.
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