Popstar Harry Styles, during his return to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, took a moment to address the spit-gate incident that has been making headlines and joked about the viral video footage of him spitting on Chris Pine following Don’t Worry Darling‘s Venice Film Festival premiere.
“This is our tenth show at Madison Square Garden. It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to be back in New York. I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine,” Styles says jokingly in video circling the internet. “But fret not, we’re back!” Styles’ upcoming film Don’t Worry Darling has been at the center of the film festival’s rumour mill.
Shortly following Monday’s Don’t Worry Darling premiere, internet was flooded with the speculation that Styles spit on costar Pine when he bent down to take his seat next to the actor. “This is a ridiculous story — a complete fabrication and the result of an odd online illusion that is clearly deceiving and allows for foolish speculation,” Pine’s rep said in a statement to Variety.
“Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine. There is nothing but respect between these two men and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist.” A source also told the outlet that there was no tension around Styles and Pine during the premiere and that a potential spitting incident was flagged by no one during the event.
