Eric André explains viral NSFW pic with Emily Ratajkowski

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Eric André stated he was dwelling his “Titanic” fantasy with Emily Ratajkowski once they shared a cheeky Valentine’s Day picture on social media final month.

In an interview with Rolling Stone revealed Tuesday, the “Eric André Show” comic opened up about his relationship with the mannequin and the NSFW pic that despatched the web right into a frenzy.

“Emily popped up and took that picture. I was really in the moment: I was drinking wine, she started dying laughing, and she was like, ‘I have to take a picture of this,’” he instructed Rolling Stone.

On Feb. 14, André confirmed his rumored romance with Ratajkowski with a set of risqué Instagram photographs: A nude André — whose crotch is roofed by coronary heart emojis — lies on a sofa holding a glass of wine.

Zooming in, you possibly can see a pair of pants and different clothes thrown onto the rug. Ratajkowski seems within the reflection of a mirror behind André, protruding her naked backside.

“She took the picture, we both started cracking up, and she was like, ‘This is iconic’ — she kept saying ‘iconic,’” he continued. “We both agreed this was a beautiful image that we had to share with the world.”

André, 39, reportedly began courting Ratajkowski, 31, in January. They’ve since been noticed kissing on trip within the Cayman Islands and courtside at basketball video games.

In the interview, Rolling Stone talked about to the comic the viral photographs have been “your Titanic ‘draw me like one of your French girls’ moment,” referring to an intimate scene Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet share within the 1997 basic. André agreed.

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“There wasn’t much thought behind” the nude photographs, however André stated they present “what art is about.”

“Art is not intellectual; it’s primal. It has to speak to your hormones as much as it speaks to your mind,” he added. “The beauty of that was the spontaneity. Spontaneity and capturing happy accidents are what art is all about.”

Earlier within the interview André spoke concerning the confusion over his relationship with the mannequin. The “Disenchantment” actor, who known as himself “ugly” and stated he “looked like Steve Urkel for the first 20 years of my life,” stated it wasn’t all about seems.

“I think that people think attraction is only based on physical appearance, but beauty is only skin-deep,” he stated. “Colin [Jost] is married to Scarlett Johansson, and [John] Mulaney is [with] Olivia Munn, so you’d think comedy … works.”