Prince wooed singer Sheena Easton during a bizarre 1985 date in which he refused to say a single word to her, the singer's former chauffeur has revealed.
The Purple One wouldn't utter a sentence to Easton - insisting that they communicate 'only through their eyes' – during the memorable night out.
And Prince barely touched the Scottish starlet - then 25 – during the three-hour date, not even kissing the hit maker, famous for songs like Modern Girl.
But despite the singer's odd romantic tactics Sheena fell for the eccentric star and was 'totally smitten,' according to limo driver Al 'The Limo Man' Bowman.
The extraordinary encounter was witnessed first hand by the baffled chauffeur, who drove Prince during the height of his fame in 1985.
Prince and Easton enjoyed a secret romance in the mid 1980s when he penned some hits for her including Sugar Walls.
Bowman, who also drove megastars like Madonna, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson as well as rock bands Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses, revealed his memorable time driving the star, who died on Thursday.
He recalls: 'Prince was the most far out guy I have ever encountered in my life.
'I have never seen anyone treat a date like that and it was one of the weirdest things I have ever seen in my life.
'Prince refused to say a word to Sheena for three hours, but somehow by the end his tactic worked, she was totally into his aura and him.
'The frustration of not being able to converse or be affectionate affected her so much that she clearly desired him even more.
'It was a completely bizarre tactic, but it worked a treat. I think he and Sheena had a connection and somehow he wanted to make it transcend simply talking.
'He felt that they should connect on a higher plane.'
Bowman recalled that Prince had happily spoken to him prior to the date and they also chatted some more afterwards – which made his behavior even more strange.
But he says Prince was a great client.
'He was genuinely a nice guy, very charming, kind and a great tipper,' he said.
When people say he was unique they are telling the truth.
'I felt he had an almost holy aura, and a real glow about him unlike any other star. It was like a light exuded from him.'
Back in 1985, Bowman was contracted by Warner Brothers Records as one of their top chauffeurs driving talent and executives around Hollywood.
He was asked by the label to collect Prince in a stretch limo from The Argyle Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
Bowman remembered: 'I pulled up and called up to Prince's room and he came down alone within a couple of minutes.
'He smiled: "We have to go pick up my date."
'After jumping in the car, he made sure he sat on the seat closest to the divider so that he could talk to me.
'He was in a really great mood. He asked me if I was a Laker fan and said: "I love basketball". I knew he was very small and knew he used to play in his heels.
'Prince was just so relaxed, laughing and smiling as we spoke about his favorite players. Some of my star customers behaved like divas or just a-holes, but not him.
'He was like an excited kid, "I like the fact you have a telephone man - that is really cool", I remember him saying.'
Shortly afterwards Bowman pulled the limo up to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where Sheena was waiting in a glamorous cream dress and high heels.
He recalled: 'She looked beautiful. Prince bounced out of the car, hugged her and I remember she was taller.
'They embraced, hugged and he gently said: "Baby I want to communicate with you tonight with our minds".
'I couldn't believe my ears, I almost burst out laughing.
'He then continued: "Look baby, I have got this thing for you. I am putting my waves out and I am putting them into you and I wanted us to connect through synergy".
'Sheena looked totally bemused, and said: "Can't we just talk?"
'Again he reacted: "You go ahead. I just want to look at you".'
Bowman said he drove the pair to Nicky Blair's Italian restaurant in West Hollywood, which was a very popular hotspot for celebrities at the time.
'By now Prince was putting his plan into action,' Bowman recalls.
'He sat opposite Sheena in the back of the limo and just stared at her, glaring into her eyes and making these faces.
'Sheena thought, at first, it was a passing thing, and she kept saying: "Please can you just talk to me for a moment."'
'But he glared at her again - and she went: "Come on please".
All of a sudden she stops dead on the sidewalk and shouts: 'I can't do this for an entire night.'
'I then put the divider up, but I could still hear her pleading with him to talk.
'It was really hilarious sitting there listening to them.'
After pulling up to the restaurant, Bowman opened the door for his star clients.
'Sheena came out with a face like thunder, and he was smirking at me,' he said.
'He just gave me a look and she didn't say anything. I didn't want to disrupt him so I told them I would wait.'
After about an hour and a half, Bowman saw the pair coming out of the restaurant.
'Again Sheena led the way looking really frustrated and he seemed to be smirking at me.
'All of a sudden she stops dead on the sidewalk and shouts: "I can't do this for an entire night."
'Prince span around, passionately grabbed her arms and just pushed his face right up to hers and held this gaze for a minute
'She begged him, "Please please can't we just talk?", but he held out and didn't say a word.
'Then while I am standing there watching this - she turns to me and says, "Take me back to the hotel please this date is over".
'After getting back in the car she just let him have it.
'She was moaning: "How do you expect me to be in a relationship if you don't talk - and it is so difficult having a conversation when just one person is talking."
'I couldn't contain myself from laughing.'
Bowman remembers arriving back at the hotel and the couple got out of the car and hugged and embraced for a long minute.
And even though Prince had driven her mad with his silence game Bowman could tell she was still besotted by him.
'She said: "We will talk soon yes", and he just nodded. She then scampered back into the hotel,' he recalls.
this is some next level game/trolling
