Chris Pine clarifies Harry Styles’ ‘spitting’ incident at Don’t Worry Darling premiere: ‘He’s a very, very kind guy’

Pine stated that he learned about the incident on his flight back from Venice. He was sleeping when his publicist woke him up “in a state” and told him, “We have to craft a message about what happened.” He had no idea what his rep was talking about, so she showed him the video, and Pine admits that it “does indeed look like he’s spitting on me” in the clip. “He didn’t spit on me.”

At the time, Pine’s rep said of the rumours of Styles spitting on her client: “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. 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.”

In September 2021, a video went viral that showed Styles entering a row of seats for the movie screening while avoiding eye contact with his co-star Florence Pugh and his then-girlfriend and director Olivia Wilde.

Suddenly, as he moved to sit down, something seemed to fly out of his mouth, and Pine looked down at his pants before pausing and laughing at what just happened.