VIDEO: ELLEN & Matt Lauer Continue '50 Shades' Prank Feud

By: Mar. 05, 2015
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Ellen and the "Today" show host Matt Lauer are in the midst of a TV prank feud. It began when Ellen gave Lauer a digital makeover, making him look like the ultimate "Fifty Shades of Grey" superfan when he was interviewing the film's star Dakota Johnson.

Then, when she found out that some TODAY viewers thought Lauer had actually donned the barely-there leather ensemble, she presented him with a bondage-gear portrait to mark the occasion. Earlier this week, DeGeneres told her viewers that Lauer put that portrait up in his dressing room - and the room got a digital makeover of its own to look like the "Fifty Shades" Red Room. Check out the video!

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