Jacob Elordi Seemingly Responds to the Backlash That Ellen DeGeneres Is Receiving for His Interview
justjared.comJacob Elordi was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week and it marked his first time on the talk show.
The 24-year-old actor talked about his work in the HBO series Euphoria and Ellen asked him about his frequent nude scenes in the series. “You’re naked a lot,” Ellen told him. “How does that feel… When they write you into the script, do they say, ‘Hey, how do you feel about being naked?’” “You have no choice,” Jacob responded. “Every scene is like, he sleeps with this person, he does this with this person naked.
But it’s like, it gets to the point. I’ve done some movies where it’s like… [my character] goes to the mall shirtless. And you’re like, ‘Why?’” Ellen‘s next comment is what is getting her backlash. Click inside to find out what she said, plus Jacob’s new comment… “Well because look at you, that’s why,” Ellen said to Jacob, who stayed silent and awkwardly took a sip from his mug. Ellen continued, “But I just was wondering because, you know, for women I think they probably would ask a woman [if they] mind being naked on camera.
I’m just wondering if they ask you, or if you just are surprised when you open the script. Also, like you said, you’re comfortable now ‘cause you’ve done it enough?” Jacob replied, “Well I think on Euphoria it comes with the territory of the character. [Nate is] this ultra, macho, masculine jock.
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