Eric André explains viral NSFW pic with Emily Ratajkowski

Eric André mentioned he was dwelling his “Titanic” fantasy with Emily Ratajkowski once they shared a cheeky Valentine’s Day photograph 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 advised Rolling Stone.

On Feb. 14, André confirmed his rumored romance with Ratajkowski with a set of risqué Instagram images: 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 images had 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 traditional. André agreed.

“There wasn’t much thought behind” the nude images, however André mentioned 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 in regards to the confusion over his relationship with the mannequin. The “Disenchantment” actor, who referred to as himself “ugly” and mentioned he “looked like Steve Urkel for the first 20 years of my life,” mentioned it wasn’t all about appears to be like.

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