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What does Nicholas Sparks think about 'Fifty Shades of Grey?'

By Karen Butler
Nicholas Sparks, Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood promoting their film "The Longest Ride" in New York March 29. Photo by Karen Butler/UPI
Nicholas Sparks, Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood promoting their film "The Longest Ride" in New York March 29. Photo by Karen Butler/UPI

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- Renowned romance novelist Nicholas Sparks admits he has read the erotic publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey.

Sparks was asked about the sexy bestseller during a roundtable interview with reporters in New York last weekend to promote the big-screen adaptation of his love story The Longest Ride.

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"I have read the novel. I did not see the film," the author of The Notebook and Message in a Bottle said of Fifty Shades of Grey. "Am I a fan? What I would say is that I'm very comfortable writing what I write."

When he stopped there, Britt Robertson, the female lead in The Longest Ride, exclaimed: "Oh, I've got to know more! Come on! We'll talk later," but Sparks said nothing else on the matter in front of the press.

Co-starring Scott Eastwood, Alan Alda, Jack Huston and Oona Chaplin, The Longest Ride is set for release in U.S. theaters April 10.

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