Sheila E. said Justin Timberlake reached out to her after she tweeted that Prince didn鈥檛 want to be turned into a hologram and said she has been assured there will be no hologram of the late superstar at Sunday鈥檚 Super Bowl.

TMZ reported Saturday that Timberlake was set to use a hologram of Prince during his halftime know performance. But Sheila E. said in an interview The Associated Press that a hologram won鈥檛 appear.

鈥淧rince had told me 鈥� don鈥檛 let anybody do a hologram of him for religious reasons, so I just posted that if this happened it鈥檚 kind of messed up and not cool,鈥� the Grammy-nominated performer said Sunday.

鈥淎nd then Justin鈥檚 people reached out to my manager and wanted to talk to me about it and we had a great conversation,鈥� she added. 鈥淎nd I felt that it was OK to respond and let the fans know he said great things about Prince and the fans and how important they are. So it was a good conversation.鈥�

Sheila E. made the comments ahead of her tailgate performance at Nomadic Live at The Armory in Minnesota.

Timberlake said he looked up to Prince and admired him during a press conference days ago in Minnesota. It was the same day the pop star held a listening party for his new album at Paisley Park.

Holograms of A-list celebrities have appeared in recent years, from Tupac Shakur to Roy Orbison, whose hologram is set to go on a tour.

In an AP interview Saturday, Sting said he would not want to have his likeness portrayed in a hologram.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to be hologrammed. I really don鈥檛. God knows who they will team me up with, you know. No. I鈥檓 going to write in my will that I am not to be hologrammed,鈥� he said.

鈥淩oy wouldn鈥檛 have even known about it,鈥� he added. 鈥淗ow would he know?鈥�

The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the New England Patriots at the U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday.

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AP entertainment producer John Carucci contributed to this report.

Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press