Ellen DeGeneres Scared the Sh*t Out of Sterling K. Brown, and OMG, His Reaction Has Me Weak

When it comes to pranks, Ellen DeGeneres tends to be a repeat offender. Sterling K. Brown unfortunately learned this fact the hard way on Monday when he made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and fell victim to one of the talk-show host's famous scares for the second time. As soon as he arrived on set, Sterling made a point to diligently check around his chair for anyone who could potentially pop out to frighten him, admitting, "I'm gonna try to relax as much as possible, but I know you now." Although Ellen successfully calmed his nerves, things took quite the turn when the two sat down to play a letter-association game.

Smack dab in the middle of their game, a calm, cool, and collected Sterling promptly lost his sh*t when a man dressed in all black descended from the ceiling to scare him. The 43-year-old actor screamed, threw his chair, and screamed some more, exclaiming, "I never looked up! I'm gonna kill you, man! You were there the whole time . . . like a ninja!" Witness Sterling's downright hysterical reaction in the video ahead, and kindly join us in bowing down to the reigning queen of pranks.