Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick was left starstruck after a chance encounter with soccer legend David Beckham during a party in NYC earlier this year.

The two apparently met during a trip to the men’s room, but Ed lost the confidence to introduce himself to the tattooed athlete.

“I went to the toilet and there was David Beckham,” Ed told U.K.’s Reveal Magazine on Monday. “I couldn’t say anything, I just ran out. A friend tried to persuade me to say ‘Hello’ but I couldn’t do it. It was ridiculous.”

“I just can’t go up to him. I can’t do it.”

“But I had a Beckham shirt when I was a kid and he was the one I watched growing up.”