Photos of the Heroes star casually chatting with adult film “legend” Ron Jeremy as he bared his, um… considerable asset… recently made the rounds on the internet, and OK! got to the bottom of the picture everybody’s talking about.

“It was an amazing time in my life, and that’s it,” Ali tells OK! at the American Women in Radio and Television’s Gracie Awards held at the Marriott Marquis in NYC.

That’s right, Ali, you tell them! There’s no definition for the love we share.

-R