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Eric André is worried that there’s something in his drink, and he can’t stop thinking about it. There’s “some shit” in the bottom of his espresso martini, he says—and no amount of telling him it’s probably just lingering coffee beans will assuage him.
“Maybe this is a boring question,” I say early into our interview Monday afternoon in Austin at the SXSW Festival (which is always a good way to start off a question…) “But I always wonder how pranksters—”
He interrupts me, which is probably smart. “I’m a germophobe,” the comedian, here at the festival to celebrate the recent announcement of The Eric André Show’s upcoming sixth season premiere, explains. “I’m looking at my drink because I want that”—the residue at the bottom of the glass—“to be espresso. But you know what? Those coffee beans were just garnish.”