It took just a few minutes with Prince Andrew for Curb Your Enthusiasm star Susie Essman to walk away baffled at his social etiquette—or lack thereof.

In an essay for Air Mail, Essman recounted meeting the Duke of York during a cocktail reception at Kensington Palace several years ago, where he reportedly told her: “We have a Jew who runs our finances.”

“Yes, he actually said that to me,” Essman, a Jewish woman, wrote. “Did he say it because he’s just a f--king idiot who doesn’t know how to read a room?”

The 70-year-old actress said she was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II’s second son by a friend, and the royal quickly admitted he didn’t recognize her because he watches “nothing” on television. Essman starred in all 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where she played Susie Green.

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