Billy Crystal admits he wouldn’t date Princess Diana after her reaction to Meg Ryan’s iconic movie scene

Billy Crystal is reflecting connected nan clip he met nan late Princess Diana. 

Crystal, 76, shared nan communicative of erstwhile he witnessed nan precocious Princess of Wales’ unrecorded guidance to nan film “When Harry Met Sally” at nan 1989 London premiere. 

The character joked that Princess Diana’s guidance to Meg Ryan’s celebrated clone orgasm segment would ruin nan royal’s chances of a 2nd date. 

“She was unbelievable,” he explained on “The View.” “We beryllium together. She’s connected my near and Meg is connected her left. So, it’s me, [director Rob Reiner], Princess [Diana] and past Meg.”

“We beryllium down together successful nan pavilion successful nan theater. And nan trumpets are blaring arsenic we locomotion in, which happens successful each movie theater. And Meg’s for illustration — she’s truthful tiny — leaning successful beforehand like, ‘Do you judge who she is?’ It’s . . . crazy.”

He continued to opportunity that nan assemblage had anticipated nan segment where Ryan’s character, Sally, loudly demonstrated really women tin clone reaching a intersexual climax, successful beforehand of Crystal’s character, Harry, and each nan different patrons astatine New York City’s Katz’s Deli.

“And past nan deli segment happens, and nan full assemblage beneath america is now looking backmost to spot really nan princess is going to respond to Meg faking nan orgasm,” he described.

“She starts laughing — a big laugh,” Crystal recalled arsenic he mimicked a low, barking chuckle that 1 wouldn’t expect from Princess Diana.

“[It was] nan benignant of laughter that if we were dating, I wouldn’t spot her again.”

“The laugh. She’s beautiful, but nan laugh!” he quipped. “But it was a spectacular, spectacular evening, and truthful awesome to meet her.”

During a 2019 “When Harry Met Sally” reunion sheet pinch Ryan, Crystal and head Reiner, Reiner explained that nan segment required aggregate takes and said he stepped successful for Ryan astatine 1 constituent to show her really he wanted nan infinitesimal to play out.

“The first mates of times, it was like, ‘I request it more, I request it more.’ And past it was, ‘Let maine show you.’ So I sat crossed from Billy,” Reiner remembered.

“He had an orgasm Mighty Joe Young would person been proud of,” Crystal joked.

Crystal besides recalled really galore times Ryan had to enactment nan segment retired to get it right. “On nan different broadside of her, I ate 27 pastrami sandwiches,” the six-time Emmy Award winner said. “For immoderate Jew, that’s a lot.”

“When Harry Met Sally” became a container agency deed and remains an enduring drama classic.

The portion of Sally marked Ryan’s first starring domiciled successful a movie, and she earned a Golden Globe information for her performance.