Emilia Clarke Thinks She 'Ruined' Her First-Time Meeting With Beyoncé

she might be the Mother of Dragons on Game of Thrones, nevertheless that doesn't mean she's not just like us as soon as it comes to meeting the stars.


Emilia Clarke stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday (April 30) to dish on the time she met the illustrious Beyoncé, among a smattering of other stories. One tale, which Clarke determined to discuss immediately after Kimmel asked her if she had ever been super excited to meet any other well known people, was especially riotous.


She answered Beyoncé (of course), although followed up her utterance of Bey's name with a hard cringe.


As it turns out, Clarke's first run-in with the leader of the Beyhive didn't quite go as expected. It all went down at Beyoncé and partner Jay-Z's 2019 Oscars afterparty, where the Homecoming star made her way up to the Khaleesi herself.


"She voluntarily came up to me, open-faced, like, 'I hope converse with this girl.' And I just messed it up. She was clearly a fan and I ruined it," recalled Clarke. The pain is real, palpable almost, in her recollection of the moment. To think of blowing your first moment with Beyoncé – it has to be mortifying.


What did she mention that was so terrible? Well, nothing at all, case in point. Apparently she might only make a noise, and even started to cry.


"Hey, this is uncomfortable right now. I thought you'd be cool, you're not cool, bye!" Clarke mentioned of what she felt Beyoncé had to be thinking in that very moment. Jay-Z was around to be able to see it all go down, also, which only made matters worse. Unfortunately, according to our preference Targaryen on Game of Thrones, she didn't get another chance to create it right that night, either.


"I love her. I absolutely love her. It breaks my heart how much I messed it up."


If it makes you feel any better, Emilia, we probably would have done the same thing. You'll habitually be Khaleesi to us, though.