Ellie Goulding was lost for words when Clint Eastwood told her he was a fan

Ellie Goulding was lost for words when Clint Eastwood told her he was a fan of her music.

The 24-year-old singer has been travelling around America recently to promote her songs and performed at the world famous Coachella music festival when Clint revealed he was sorry to miss her set.

Despite his kind words, Ellie admits she was too nervous to speak to the Hollywood star.

' met Clint Eastwood at Coachella,' she explained. ' didn't have the guts to go up to him but someone else did and suddenly I'm in a picture with Usher, Clint and The Hoff! How weird is that?

'Clint was like, 'I'm really sorry I missed your set.' That was totally brilliant.'

During her stay in the US, Ellie even had the honour of performing on the prestigious television show Saturday Night Live.

' was excited and that helped with my nervousness. But all the cast popped by to say: 'Hi.' I feel lucky that it was my first experience of American stardom,' she told British magazine Star.