Prince’s Cameo on ‘New Girl’ Was Almost Ruined by the Kardashians

On Conan, Zooey Deschanel talked about that time she got Prince to guest-star on her show New Girl. “I got an email from his manager saying that he liked watching the show and wanted to come on,” said Deschanel. “Which was surprising because I wouldn’t have pegged him as a New Girl fan.” It was the only scripted television appearance Prince made before his unfortunate passing.

And it almost didn’t happen. The episode called for Prince to have a party, but the musician wanted only celebs who would actually be at a Prince soiree. “Someone was friends with some of the Kardashians and had made a phone call,” said Deschanel. “And they had kindly come on to shoot a little kind of cameo part where they were at Prince’s party.” All seemed well until a PA from the show collected all the scripts and call sheets and burned them the day of the shoot. It wasn’t till later when Deschanel learned why. “It turns out that someone from Prince’s camp said like who are the celebrities? I hope it’s not a Kardashian.” said Deschanel, a story that received major applause from the audience.

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