Well, because the Modern Family actor regularly delivers over the top reactions to her scares. So it's no wonder the daytime TV host felt the need to scare the 45-year-old one more time — even though she promised she wouldn't. LOLz!
In fact, the funny lady executed the prank perfectly as she played ping pong while a clown hid in Eric's dressing room. After the clown popped out and the Kansas native let out a censored-for-daytime-TV "Motherfucker," Ellen popped her head in and laughed right in Stonestreet's face. Again, savage!
Be sure to ch-ch-check out the near-PERFECT prank for yourself (below)!
Legendary actor Verne Troyer -- perhaps best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film franchise -- has died, according to notice given minutes ago on his social media accounts.
He was 49 years old.
Within the last hour, this picture and accompanying caption went up on his official Instagram page (below):