Prince’s guest appearance onNew Girlmay have had an ulterior motive.

He tried for a very long time," Simone confirmed.

“I was not interested in that way,” Simone said.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Hannah Simone attends “South Asians At The Oscars” Pre-Oscars Party at Paramount Studios on March 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for A-Game Public Relations)LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 08: Prince performs onstage at The Hollywood Palladium on March 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by for NPG Records 2013)

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“Love a Prince song.

Happy to put on a Prince record.

I was not interested in anything else.

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So I was never in the same room with Prince.

Simone said that the singer had a bizarre request to accommodate.

Simone said that filming the scene was somewhat tense.

“So he could be like, ‘Okay, I’m gonna go now.’

And so we saved it for the end.

I was so tired.

It had been a 20-something hour day, and I just slammed the shot.”

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Simone continued, “My body just went like, ‘We’re doing it.’

And then he was like he genuinely did walk off, which was really funny.”

Listen to the full conversation between Simone and McGuire above.