Patrick Stewart clarifies, this was NOT his first time eating pizza

Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Patrick Stewart has come forward to clarify to the public that the picture posted on Twitter of him enjoying a slice of pizza was not his first time trying to popular take-out item.

Readers were astonished Thursday when reports surfaced from New York Magazine that the 72-year-old actor was indulging in his first ever slice of pizza. The trouble started after Stewart tweeted, “My first ever pizza "slice". Please note: the authentic NY fold.” He included a photograph of himself and said “slice.”

However, it seems his tweet was misunderstood as Stewart clarifies to The Hollywood Gossip, ”People misunderstood...There was a school of thought that I had eaten my first pizza, but of course how could that possibly be true? I would have had to have stayed locked up in a cellar...”

"This was my first slice of pizza, which I was only eating because my fiancée and I were a little hungover yesterday morning and she said what we need is pizza and a soothing drink – and she was right,” he explained. It solved the problem."

Stewart also posted a small note about the misunderstanding on Twitter.

Image: Patrick Stewart Twitter

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