Oscars 2023: Jimmy Kimmel Asks Malala If She Believes Harry Styles Spit On Chris Pine

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Malala Yousafzai is staying out of the “Don’t Worry Darling” drama. During the Oscars on Sunday night, host Jimmy Kimmel went through the audience to do some crowd work, asking celebrities questions from fans. READ MORE: Oscars 2023: Malala Fangirls Over Rihanna And Fans Are Loving It Stopping by the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s seat, he asked her, “Malala, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?” “I only talk about peace,” Malala joked in return.

The joke was a reference to the drama surrounding Styles and Pine on the press tour for “Don’t Worry Darling”. What became known online as #SpitGate occurred during the Venice Film Festival premiere of the film, when Styles walked over to Pine’s seat and appeared to spit on him, with Pine seemingly acting shocked. READ MORE: Chris Pine Sets The Record Straight On Harry Styles ‘Spit-Gate’: ‘He Didn’t Spit On Me’ Recently, Pine addressed the speculation about the moment. “Harry did not spit on me,” he said, in an interview with Esquire. “Harry’s a very kind guy. … I’m flying back from Venice and I’m sleeping, having a great time on the plane, I love planes, and [my publicist] wakes me up in a, you know, state and said, ‘We have to craft a message about what happened in Venice.’ And I was like, ‘About what?’ ‘About Harry spitting on you,’ which I had no idea what happened.”