Harry Styles Addresses Chris Pine Spitting Rumor and Jokes About the Viral Moment at MSG Concert

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He’s got jokes! Harry Styles found the humor in the viral moment from the Venice International Film Festival premiere of Don’t Worry Darling — in which he appeared to spit on his costar.“Wonderful to be back in New York, I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine,” Styles, 28, said during his Wednesday, September 7, concert at Madison Square Garden, where he is performing a 15-night residency. “But fraught not, we’re back and our job tonight is to entertain you and I promise, we are going to do our absolute very best.”The upcoming thriller premiered in Italy Monday, September 5, but the event that made headlines was a clip of Pine, 42, reacting to the “As It Was” singer sitting down next to him ahead of the film’s screening.

Some fans claimed that they saw the England native spit on the Star Trek star, while others believed Pine was simply searching for his sunglasses, which happened to be in his lap.After the “Watermelon Sugar” artist took his seat, the Princess Diaries 2 actor, who was sitting between director Olivia Wilde and Styles, seemingly looked downs and laughed as he paused his applause in the now-viral video.On Tuesday, a rep for the California native spoke out to vehemently deny allegations that anything disrespectful occurred between the two actors.“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,” a statement to Us Weekly read. “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.”As the festival went on, however, rumors of tension between