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Ed O'Neill Took A Picture With Britney Spears And Didn't Realize It

"Look at the look on my face, Do I look like I'm sitting with Britney Spears?!"

Modern Family actor Ed O'Neill offered a much-needed reprieve from Sunday's tragic news on Ellen this week, telling an adorable story about how he met Britney Spears while waiting for a flight at the airport, and didn't even realize it was her.

Ed stars as a "septopus" named "Hank" in the new Pixar film Finding Dory alongside Ellen DeGeneres, who voiced Dory in the original Finding Nemo film in 2003. He was on Ellen's uber popular daytime talk show to discuss the new film Monday and, toward the end of his interview, Ellen insisted he share the hilarious story.

"They told me the flight was boarding, and I picked up ... a little Modern Family hat," Ed recalled.

"I saw a woman approaching me, so I just flopped it on, you know, I was leaving. She came up and said, 'Oh, Mr. O'Neill, I love Modern Family, and you're my favorite on the show.' And I was like, 'Well, I'm here, and I'm the only one here."

O'Neill said he didn't think anything of the request and quickly obliged, since the woman "couldn't have been nicer." "So I said, 'Sure, fine, you know, okay.' So she sat there, and we took it, and I said, 'Have a nice trip. I'm going,' and I left."

It wasn't until the next day, after Britney had posted the photo that he realized what had happened.

Said Ed: "So the next day, my manager texts me and goes, 'What is this? 53,000 likes. It's Britney Spears.'"

The audience howled as an incredulous Ellen asked, "You didn't [know]?"

Ed quipped back, "I mean, look at the look on my face, Do I look like I'm sitting with Britney Spears?!"

Check it out below:

h/t People

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