United Kingdom, March 12 -- Leonardo DiCaprio was a fan of Jersey Shore and was excited to meet the cast.

The 51-year-old actor was chatting to former MTV VJ Simon Rex in a club when he realised the stars of the reality show - which chronicled the lives of a group of 20-somethings living in a New Jersey beach house and ran for six seasons from 2009 to 2012 - were sitting at a nearby table, and requested an introduction.

In a preview clip for The Drew Barrymore Show, the host tried to guess if a number of statements about her guest Simon were true.

The first was: "I introduced Leonardo DiCaprio to the Jersey Shore cast at a club."

Drew briefly hesitated before guessing it was true, and Simon replied: "That happened, yeah."

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