David's Teacup Pictures

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The (in)famous teacup pictures. David Duchovny on the kitchen counter with only a strategically placed teacup (a fairly large one).

How’d they come about? From the Daily Telegraph via Duchovny.net:

Even so, he can be his own worst enemy. Didn’t he once pose nude – save for a strategically placed inverted teacup (a shot that is much accessed on the Internet)? He raises both hands, palms outwards, in a gesture that happily acknowledges defeat. “But the idea for that particular shot was mine. It wasn’t as if somebody said: ‘There’s the Armani. There’s the Versace. There’s the teacup’. “My manager is English. She has a Téa service; there was a cigar nearby; inspiration hit. I was changing and I suddenly grabbed a teacup. I thought it would be funny if I were holding the cigar with a cup over my genitals and pretending to pour tea. For some reason, it just struck me as goofy.” Somebody recently asked him about his wife’s opinion of that picture. “First,” he said, “I think she thought it was funny. Second, I think she thought I was an idiot for doing it. And finally, she’s vowed never to drink out of that cup.” The photograph, taken some years ago, found its way into the public arena after Duchovny landed the role of Mulder. “One of the things they pay you for is the loss of privacy that comes with fame,” he says, sounding not too perturbed.