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14th June 2016
09:45am BST

He was speaking to Ellen De Generes recently when he explained that he didn't recognise the singer and had to ring her manager to apologise after he found out who she was. He told Ellen:
"She came up and said, 'Oh Mr. O'Neill I love 'Modern Family.' You're my favourite on the show."Video via YouTube/amir"The next day my manager texts me ‘what is this? 53,000 likes. It’s Britney Spears!’… ‘No, I didn’t know it was her!’ I mean, look at the look on my face. Do I look like I'm sitting with Britney Spears?"
"So I did call her manager. I got the manager's number, I said you know my daughter Sofia she said, 'you are a moron.' So I had to tell my little story. I'm sorry. So I apologised."
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