Patrick Stewart explains pizza photo

Ann Oldenburg | USA TODAY

It seems almost impossible that someone could live on the planet for more than 70 years and never have had a piece of pizza, but that's what Star Trek and X-Men star Patrick Stewart is saying.

In a cute tweet, the British actor, 72, shared the news on Wednesday with his followers: "My first ever pizza 'slice'. Please note: the authentic NY fold."

He followed up by tweeting: "To clarify: 1) I've never had a "slice" 2) I've been a Habs fan all of 4 weeks 3) I'm also a fan of Bloomberg's soda legislation."

So does that mean he's eaten a whole pie before? Or that he's just never had New York pizza?

UPDATE: Stewart explains to New York Magazine:

"People misunderstood," Stewart explains to New York magazine. "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. But nevertheless, this was my first slice of pizza, which I was only eating because my fiancée and I were a little hung over yesterday morning and she said what we need is pizza and a soothing drink — and she was right. It solved the problem. But, in fact, it was my first slice, and when it was brought over to me, my first comment was 'There's no knife and fork.' Of course, I was mocked for thinking that I could eat a pizza slice with a knife and fork."

He goes on to say that he recently bought a house in the Park Slope neighborhood and although he had walked by pizza places, he had never gone in for a slice.

"I know, it's hard to understand, isn't it? But, you know, I would go in there and order a pizza and eat a whole pizza. It was the concept of the slice that I had never encountered before. And by the way, the pizza establishment that I went into was a well-known, well-established Brooklyn pizza place called Smiling Pizza, and I'm told that Fox News interviewed the owner, and he said, 'Oh my God, if I had known it was his first slice I would have given him a second slice.'"

Stewart added that he is "astonished" by the attention the saga received and is pondering what food he'll try next.