Eric Andre finally explains nude photo with Em Ratajkowski

Eric Andre has finally revealed the story behind his raunchy Valentine’s Day photo shoot with ex-girlfriend Em Ratajkowski.

Eric André may choose not to “kiss and tell” — but he did share the story behind his and Emily Ratajkowski’s viral nude photos.

When asked about the Valentine’s Day snap in a Rolling Stone interview published on Tuesday, the comedian called it “iconic.”

He recalled, “I was really in the moment . drinking wine, and she started dying laughing, and she was like, ‘I have to take a picture of this.’

“We both started cracking up,” the Eric Andre Show host, 39, continued. “We both agreed this was a beautiful image that we had to share with the world.”

The actor clarified that there “wasn’t much thought” behind the “iconic” image of himself lounging naked with a drink with the nude 31-year-old model visible in the mirror behind him, reports Page Six.

“It was one of those things,” André explained. “I think that’s 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 went on to praise the shot’s “spontaneity,” calling it a “happy accident.”

The raunchy snaps caused quite a stir online.

André and the iCarly alum were photographed on many New York City dates — and a tropical vacation — over the course of one month before Ratajkowski hinted about the end of their “situationship” in a February TikTok video.

In the cryptic social media upload, the High Low podcast host wrote that she should “start another one.”

When asked about the public’s reaction to his short-lived romance with the actress, André called himself “ugly.”

The Man Seeking Woman actor compared himself to Colin Jost and John Mulaney, who are in relationships with Scarlett Johansson and Olivia Munn, respectively.

Ratajkowski is considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. Picture: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

“How could this happen?” he asked sarcastically. “I think that people think attraction is only based on physical appearance, but beauty is only skin-deep.”

André joked, “You’d think comedy works.”

Later in the interview, the Adult Swim personality praised Ratajkowski for her “grace” in handling the paparazzi as they dated in the public eye.

He admitted he felt “concerned for her safety,” adding, “It’s legalised stalking. There’s a darkness to it. … She has the right to her privacy.”

Ratajkowski slammed the paps herself while going out with André, Jack Greer, DJ Orazio Rispo and more men, as it “screwed up” her casual dating dynamic.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was republished with permission

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