Ansel Elgort helped raise over $200,000 for coronavirus relief efforts by luring fans to donate with an eye-popping nude snap.
The Baby Driver actor shared the sultry black and white post on Tuesday (April 21, 2020) on Instagram, showing him standing completely naked in a shower with his hand strategically placed to protect his modesty.
“OnlyFans link in bio,” he teased in the caption, referring to the paid-for subscription service that’s become popular with amateur porn performers in recent years.
However, fans soon discovered a link to a crowdfunding page on website GoFundMe.com, set up by fellow actor Jeffrey Wright to raise money for hospital workers at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York.
Subsequently, thousands of dollars were donated to the page by Ansel’s fans, which he addressed on his Instagram Stories shortly afterward.
“Hey you guys, I just wanted to say thanks so much, look how much everybody’s raised,” he said. “I don’t know how much is from the (Instagram) post, but it seems like a lot of people have been giving in the last few hours. So thanks a lot, looks like it was worth it.”
Ansel continued: “Unfortunately, Instagram told me I gotta take my post down. Because it’s nudity. So I’m going to take it down. Or maybe I’ll repost the version that (crops) a little higher, how about that?
“Sorry if I offended anybody, but we did a good thing. And my dad took the picture, by the way, he was mad, he said I needed to give him credit.”
When WENN went to press, $210,961 (£170,663) had been raised via the campaign.
