Octavia Spencer, Academy Award winner andhaunted house owner, confessed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

that she once snuck into Kennedy’s office when she was younger and part of the Congressional Youth Council.

“I couldn’t recall ‘cause he was so damn cute,” she gushed in a lengthy caption.

Ted Kennedy talking

“Inside, I was freaking out.

Outside, I was trying to maintain my composure,” she confessed.

This tale is almost asheartwarming as Spencer’s run-in with Keanu Reevesbefore she made it big in Hollywood.

Octavia Spencer smiling