Was Prince in ‘New Girl’? Here’s the Tea on the Music Icon

Fox’s hit series New Girl hasn’t been on the small screen since its Season 7 finale in May 2018, but the show continues to spark interest.

The series highlights Jessica Day (Zooey Deschanel), and her big move to Los Angeles. Jessica moves in with three men, Nick Miller (Jake Johnson), Winston Schmidt (Max Greenfield), and Winston Bishop (Lamorne Morris).

Throughout their time living with one another, the roommates, who are in their early thirties, deal with the ebbs and flows of career issues and relationship dynamics.

Interestingly, rumors have long run rampant that late music icon Prince had a collaboration on the show. And of course, social media users want answers.

So, was Prince in New Girl? Here’s what we know.

Prince actually did appear on New Girl. The late music icon appeared on Season 3, Episode 14.

On April 18, 2015, Zooey appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to discuss how Prince’s appearance on the show came about.

“It was the highlight of my whole life,” Zooey told Jimmy about Prince being on the show. “It was so amazing to just get to hang out with Prince.

Zoey shared that everyone wasn’t sure if Prince would actually come to set but things worked at the last minute. She also shared that she received an email from Prince’s manager initially inquiring about being on the show.

“I was actually the first person to get an email about him wanting to be on the show,” Zooey tells Jimmy. “I got a cold email from his manager and it was like the most on-brand Prince email … really too on-brand. I thought this has to be a prank but I had several people check it out and it turned out it was his manager.”

Although Prince is no longer with us, his contributions in music and film will forever live on. The late music icon passed away on April 21, 2016 and was found at his Paisley Park residence.

Per USA Today, an autopsy revealed that he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin.

Our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Prince.