Prince To Grace 'New Girl' With His Purple Presence In Super Bowl Episode

Music legend Prince is to make his comedy cameo debut in an episode of Fox's hit New Girl, which is set to air after the Super Bowl. The icon will apparently make an appearance as himself hosting a house party which Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Cece (Hannah Simone) are invited to attend but which the rest of the gang end up crashing.

Actor Jake Johnson told E!Online: "Here's the reality, which is really neat: Prince came on and he's really nice and he told us he was a fan of the show. And his whole group, like he travels with the whole band, they all watch the show. It was really neat because we're all such big fans of him."

New Girl fans worried that the 55 year-old star will take some of the comedy element out of the show needn't be concerned though: apparently the 'Raspberry Beret' singer has a wonderful sense of humor. "He's genuinely funny," Finkel revealed. "He's got a very quiet, wry sense of humor but he kills. There's a moment in the episode where he's sitting in between Zooey and Jake on a bench. And it's a silent beef and he's just looking between them trying to figure them out. And it's hilarious. He has crazy comic instincts."