Both Harry Styles and Chris Pine deny there was a spitting incident at the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ premiere. The internet doesn’t believe them.
- Both Chris Pine and Harry Styles denied any spitting incident happened at the “Don’t Worry Darling” premiere.
- “This is a ridiculous story — a complete fabrication and the result of an odd online illusion,” a rep for Pine told People.
As video from the “Don’t Worry Darling” premiere at the Venice Film Festival gains popularity on the internet, fans watching attentively became convinced that in one clip, Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine while he took his seat in the theater.
But both Styles and Pine have denied there was any spitting incident at the event.
“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 representative for Pine told People.
“Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine,” the rep continued. “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.”
The Guardian reported that a source close to Styles also denied claims of what people online are calling Spit-Gate.
In the clip, Styles can be seen taking his seat next to Pine in a packed theater filled with applauding festival-goers. Just before Styles sits down, he appears to bend over toward Pine and purse his lips, leading some to believe he spit in his lap.
Pine reacted by pausing and looking down at the spot on his lap, licking his lips and smiling slightly, before letting out a chuckle and shaking his head while continuing to applaud.
Twitter users immediately did what they do best and began throwing out theories to answer the questions: Did Styles spit on Pine? And if so, why?
Ryan Broderick, an internet culture reporter, said he decided that Styles did spit on Pine.
“A little treat for myself,” he tweeted Monday night.
Another internet culture for NBC News, Ben Collins, took the opposing viewpoint.
“After extensive research, I have determined that I do not believe he spit. This decision is not final. I will be taking no further questions at this time,” Collins tweeted.
Others online are still debating what to believe.
“Me at home listening for spit,” Dave Jorgenson, senior video reporter at The Washington Post tweeted, alongside a photo of Pine donning headphones at the movie’s earlier press conference
“Me and my friends analyzing the Chris Pine Harry Styles spit video for the 10,000th time,” Kalhan Rosenblatt, internet culture reporter for NBC News, tweeted.
Some have taken a different approach, believing that Pine simply forgot where he put his sunglasses, then realized they were in his lap all along at the same moment Styles appeared to have spit.
