Emily Atack reveals she’s embracing her postpartum ‘bumps’ and feels ‘sexier than ever’ after stripping down for ‘liberating’ nude scene on Rivals

Emily Atack has revealed she feels “sexier than ever” after her “liberating” nude tennis scene and underwear games in Disney+’s new bonkbuster Rivals.

Opening up about her feelings about her body, the comedian and Inbetweeners star, 34, opened up about how she’s embracing her curves and not feeling pressure to lose weight after welcoming baby Barney to june

In her new role, Emily, who plays Deputy Prime Minister Sarah Stratton’s wife, turns up completely naked to play tennis with Alex Hassell’s character Rupert Campbell Black, who is also tougher.

The actress also strips down to her black underwear to play around in the first 25 minutes of the first episode.

Explaining that she is more than happy with her body, Emily told Hello!: “People ask me if I’m going to the gym, but I’m not. I’m a mum, I’ve got beautiful things and I’m healthy, I feel sexier than ever and playing a bomb in an incredible series.

Emily Atack, 34 (pictured in September) has revealed she feels ‘sexier than ever’ after her ‘liberating’ nude tennis scene and underwear games in Disney’s new ‘bonkbuster’ Rivals +

As she opened up about her feelings about her body, the comedian and Inbetweeners star opened up about how she’s embracing her curves (Emily pictured in Rivals)

Emily shared: “People ask me if I’m going to the gym but I’m not. I’m a mum, I’m fit and healthy, I feel sexier than ever” (pictured with son Barney, four months)

“When I was a teenager all I wanted to be was a size eight or 10. Our worth is always dependent on what size we are and it shouldn’t be like that.”

Speaking about the iconic scene, Emily reflected: “Of course it was nerve wracking, but in the end, but at the end of the day I felt really liberated. It’s such a famous scene in the book and I wanted to get it right.”

Emily has been praised for her daring performance in the smash hit Disney+ series and was completely naked in the stunning scene, where she protects her modesty with a tennis ball and racket.

She previously stressed she wasn’t bothered by the prospect of ruling it all out, telling The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X that she was more intimidated by the idea of ​​playing tennis.

“It was really funny, because when they sent me the script, they said, ‘You know, you’re going to have to play tennis naked.’ That was one of the things they said. And I said, ‘Disney, no there’s no way on Earth you’re going to make me play tennis!”

“That’s really what I was worried about. I was like, ‘No way!’ this role.” These roles come up very rarely, and it just spoke to me.”

After the tennis scene, Emily gets intimate with her on-screen husband while a gay couple has oral sex in a parallel scene.

In the sex montage, the camera pans to Danny Dyer, who plays Freddie Jones, and David Tennant, who plays Tony, jumping into bed naked with Nafessa Williams, who plays Cameron, despite his wife being home alone.

In her new role, Emily, who plays the Deputy Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Stratton, turns up completely naked to play tennis with Alex Hassell’s character Rupert Campbell Black.

The actress also strips down to her black underwear for the first 25 minutes of the first episode

Reflecting on the sex scenes, she added: “When you’re there and you’re doing it, it’s really not what it looks like in real life. When you’re doing a sex scene, for example, there’s nothing sexy about it! It’s fun!

‘You know, they make us all laugh, but we’re all very professional. And these days, you have intimacy coordinators, it’s a very different thing.

‘You’ve got people putting a robe on you as soon as they call size, you know? Also, it’s very helpful when you have someone like Alex Hassell, who is the most charming knight in the world.

“And yes, as long as everyone is safe and professional, and gets on with it, yes, I’m there, doing my job, having a lovely time!”

Emily even revealed that she has a fan in Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds.

Explaining the premiere of the new series, she said: “The premiere was great. And yeah, everyone seems to like it. So that’s great. Ryan Reynolds talked about it on Instagram.

“He posted a story about it last night…Ryan Reynolds has seen my ass!”

Emily has been outspoken about body positivity after a spate of cruel comments from trolls about her fluctuating weight over the years.

It comes after Emily insisted the world needs her new Disney+ series Rivals as an escape from reality, during an interview on Monday’s Loose Women.

She told Stylist that she doesn’t let the trolls get her down, no matter where she sits on the scale, explaining: ‘Thankfully I have a wonderful life full of love and friendship and I have my health so I take strength

“I will not bow to a stranger who felt the urge to call me double chin.”

On Monday, Emily insisted that “the world needs” her new Disney+ series Rivals as an escape from reality, during an interview with Loose Women.

The actress stressed that stripping for sexy scenes in her career does not undermine her campaign to end violence against women.

Speaking to Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Katie Piper and Brenda Edwards about her saucy new role in the series, Emily credited the show for touching on sensitive subjects “brilliantly”.

She said: “I think the world needs it at the moment and it’s escapism. It touches on really sensitive subjects and does it brilliantly.

“It’s very unusual, a different dynamic to navigate, but it shows me that people are finally understanding that these things have to be in place.

“Perverts have killed the fun, the Me Too movement has put all these amazing things in their place.”

Earlier this year, Emily fronted a “provocative” campaign with the slogan “I’m asking for it” calling for a change in rape and sexual assault laws.

She continued: “I’m actually fine with it (stripping), you know. People think you can’t do both. (campaigning for women against sexual harassment while naked on TV).

“I’m exactly where I was supposed to be, we have intimacy coordinators, we’re all professionals.

“I’m not going to change what I’m doing, it’s my job, it’s other people who have to watch what they’re doing.”

Emily fronted a “provocative” campaign with the slogan “I’m asking for it” earlier this year, calling for a change in rape and sexual assault laws.

The TV star also previously explored the alarming rise in online sexual harassment for the BBC2 documentary Emily Attack: Asking For It after experiencing repeated daily abuse on her Instagram and TikTok accounts.