Ansel Elgort had to delete his unsolicited nude on Instagram

Ansel Elgort, with clothes on.
(Image credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ansel Elgort was forced to delete the unsolicited nude photo he posted on Tuesday to Instagram — it was for charity, sheesh! — after the app informed him he'd violated their terms.

"Sorry if I offended anybody but we did a good thing," Elgort told his fans, who E! News reports donated as much as $20,000 to actor Jeffrey Wright's GoFundMe for Brooklyn healthcare workers after being redirected to the fundraiser by Elgort's steamy full-body black-and-white shower photo.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.