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Alright, who’s ready for a hilarious story involving King Charles learning the Millennial vernacular for hooking up noncommittally? I’ll answer that for you guys. Yes, yes, you are ready for it. So, my oldest celebrity crush (that I’ll admit to, my real first one is now super embarrassing) David Duchovny appeared on The View on Monday to promote his new movie Reverse the Curse. Right at the top of the interview, the View Crew started talking about Prince William doing some dad dancing during night one of Taylor Swift’s concerts at Wembley Stadium. The hosts brought up how David once also attended a concert with a prince, then-Prince Charles. David, gem that he is, told a story about how at said concert, which was the Prince’s Trust 21st Anniversary Concert in 1997, he ended up teaching the now-King of England what a booty call is.

Actor David Duchovny is, of course, best known for “The X Files,” but he has admittedly dabbled in the “sex files” ― with King Charles, no less. In fact, Duchovny told “The View” on Monday that he once gave Charles some important sex education back when he was a Prince.

The topic came up after a segment where the show’s co-hosts discussed a video of Prince William dancing with his kids at a Taylor Swift concert. When Duchovny showed up for his guest spot, co-host Sara Haines noted that he had attended a concert with Charles back in the 1990s and wondered if William’s dance steps were “hand-me-down moves.”

Duchovny then related an anecdote that didn’t answer Haines’ question, but was better anyway The actor said he attended the Princess Trust Concert in 1997 as a guest of the Prince. At one point, a song called “Bootie Call” by All Saints was playing, and Charles was confused as to the song’s meaning.

“Charles was kind of looking perplexed, and he was, like, ‘booty call’?” Duchovny recalled. “And I said, ‘I can explain it to you if you would like.’ You know, and said, ‘It’s when a man or woman calls another man or woman usually late at night, for the purpose of spending time and then leaving.’”

Duchovny never forgot Charles’ reaction.

“He’s, like, ‘Well, I’ve learned something today.’”

[From Huffington Post]

I am dyyyying with laughter at this story, y’all. First of all, kudos to whoever gave All Saints the green light to play Bootie Call in front of the future King of England, LMAO. I just looked up the lineup for the 1997 Prince’s Trust Concert, and it also included a performance by the Spice Girls. That was the concert where Mel B and Geri Halliwell infamously kissed him on the red carpet, leaving lipstick marks on his cheek. Good times.

Second, while I can buy that Charles did not know what the phrase “booty call” meant…come on now, we all know he was having some sort of connect-the-dots moment in which his life became just a little clearer, lol. But seriously, imagine being the person who taught King Charles what a booty call is. It’s kind of got me wondering what other Urban Dictionary-type slang the King of England doesn’t know. What would you teach Charles if you had the chance? If we’re going to stick with 90s band song names, it would be funny to explain to him what a “scrub” is, hehehehe.

Oh, and I guess because I put it out there, my very embarrassing first celebrity crush was Dean Cain. In my defense, I was in third grade when The New Adventures of Lois & Clark came out. I’ll go hide in shame now. I’ve since replaced him with Brendon Roth as my Superman crush.

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