One of the more notorious moments during the film’s Venice Film Festival premiere â and there were many notorious moments â was when a video circulated that purportedly showed Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine during the premiere.
So whatâs the verdict here? Did Harry spit on Chris Pine? What happened on that movie set bro đ
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At the time, Chris’ reps immediately denied that any saliva was flying in his direction, and Harry even joked about it on stage a few days later.

Now â nearly six months after everything went down â Chris is breaking his silence on the whole affair.
In a new interview with Esquire, Chris continues to insist that Harry never hocked a loogie â and he also offered some perspective on what really went down.
âHarry did not spit on me. Harry is a very kind guy,” Chris offered, before explaining what Harry was actually doing when he leaned over and spi â sorry, I mean didn’t spit.
âI think what he saidâŠhe leaned down and I think he said, âItâs just words, isnât it,ââ Chris recalled. âWeâre all jet-lagged. Sometimes youâre doing these press things, youâre brain goes, befuddled.â
While discussing the overall drama in Venice, Chris was quick to downplay the reports. âVenice was normal things getting swept up in a narrative that people wanted to make, compounded by the metastasizing that can happen in the Twittersphere,” he claimed. “It was ridiculous.â
As for all the reports of tension while filming the movie itself? âIf there was drama, there was drama,” he said. “I absolutely didnât know about it, nor really would I have cared. If I feel badly, itâs because the vitriol that the movie got was absolutely out of proportion with what was onscreen.â
You can read the entire interview with Chris right here.