Harry Styles has broken his silence about a viral video fans thought showed him spitting on actor Chris Pine at the Venice Film Festival.
The former One Directioner cracked a joke about the incident at a gig as part of his Madison Square Garden residency, telling fans: "It's wonderful to be back in New York.
I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine." His comment was met with screams of adulation before he added with a smile: "But we're back!" A social media storm erupted after the viral clip led to speculation Harry had spat in co-star Chris Pine's lap in front of his new film Don't Worry Darling.
Chris appeared to stop mid-applause and look down at his lap with a look of disbelief as Harry nonchalantly sat, in a moment dissected in hundreds of TikTok videos.
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