Watch Matt Lauer and Ellen DeGeneres get goofy, saucy, for Daytime Emmys

Matt Lauer and Ellen bury the hatchet — (Image credit: Daytime Emmys)

If you're impressed by Matt Lauer's body and talent with the tasseled pasties, well, you should probably save your applause for Ellen's video-editing skills. At least that's the premise of this opening skit from Sunday's Daytime Emmys: Lauer and DeGeneres are burying the hatchet for the sake of charity and the celebration of daytime TV, and Ellen has one more prank up her sleeve. It is vaguely NSFW, in that you may not want your coworkers to see you watching stripper Matt Lauer without knowing the joke. Also, you won't be able to unsee this.

This year's Daytime Emmys, hosted by Tyra Banks, was broadcast on the Pop cable channel, after streaming online last year. Highlights included Betty White's moving acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award, former Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson winning for best game show, and Melissa Rivers introducing an in memoriam tribute that included her mother, Joan Rivers. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.