Hot News: Aziz Ansari Texted Blake Lively a Lot, Was Undeterred When She (Mostly ...

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Texting with someone new is almost always awkward and one-sided-whether you're in high school or Hollywood.

Case in point? Back in April 2011, Aziz Ansari exchanged phone numbers with Blake Lively (!), only, as the Parks and Recreation star revealed on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show Monday, the Gossip Girl star wasn't really interested in too much textual contact.

So how exactly did Aziz, 31, and the now married and pregnant star, 27, connect in the first place? 'I was at some event sometime and I had heard Blake Lively was a fan,' Aziz recalled. 'I said, 'hello,' and, we talked for a little while, and she was really nice, and she was really into food, and I'm really into food, and so we started talking about that and about stuff....and we exchanged phone numbers.' VIDEO: Blake Lively announces her pregnancy in a unique way!

Shortly after that friendly meeting, he fired off a friendly text, writing, 'Hey, it's Aziz. The Animal dinners are over now unfortunately but I will show you photos from when I went. It was very tasty. Are you going to the Met Ball?'

After receiving 'no response' from the blond beauty, who married Ryan Reynolds in 2012, Aziz saw her 'a couple days later' (May 2) at the Met Ball. 'I see her there, I'm like, 'Hey, it's me.,'' he recalled. 'And she's bopping around to all these parties and she's with Karl Lagerfeld...so, [later] I'm texting her like, to see where she's at-this is about 11 o'clock that night, and I I text her again and say, 'Hey it's Aziz. Please tell Karl he needs to call me, it's been too long since we bro'd out.''

Admittedly, Aziz told Howard, he got 'nothing, again,' from Blake! 'And then later, I guess I saw her again, and I sent another message late-night, saying, 'I'm going to the Boom Boom Room for that after-party. Hopefully this is your number? Either way, good seeing you.'' VIDEO: Blake Lively reveals her pregnancy cravings?

This time, though, he got a bite! 'She said, 'Maybe I'll see you. So weird, Karl was just saying how bummed he was to miss you.''

Admittedly, Aziz was 'excited' by this textual development. He texted Blake a joke about Karl stealing a bow-tie of his, urging her to 'say hi before you leave [the [party].'

It just so happened that Aziz 'did see her' at the Boom Boom Room (in real life), and she told him she was leaving early the next morning for an early flight. 'So I sent her a message the next day,' Aziz said, 'that said, 'I feel so bad you had to fly to North Carolina after that party, it must've been rough. Karl and I partied at Boom Boom until 7 a.m. Got tacos the next day after and just had a beautiful spa day. Next time we are in the same city, let's eat delicious food.'' PHOTOS: Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' romance

Spoiler alert, Blake didn't respond. Aziz, though, unscathed by her polite rejection, texted again many months later, writing, 'Happy Holidays,' on on Dec. 17, 2011!

'I don't know why I sent this,' he admitted to Howard laughingly. And although there was no response to that Christmastime text nearly three years ago, he decided to give it one last try, texting Blake, 'Read these messages on Howard. Hope that's cool. Doubt you'll respond to this.'

Poor Aziz! Props to him for trying though, and good on Blake for being nice without leading him on. PHOTOS: Blake Lively's best looks RELATED VIDEOS:

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