Chris Pine has finally revealed what really happened in that viral “spit gate” video.
The video was taken at the premiere of Don’t Worry Darling at the Venice Film Festival last September, and appeared to show Harry Styles “spitting on” his co-star Chris – who was seated next to him.
A rep for Chris previously shut down claims he was “spat on” by the former One Direction star.
They told PEOPLE in a statement at the time: “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.”
Chris has now finally addressed the alleged incident himself.
The actor has confirmed that Harry did not spit on him, telling Esquire: “Harry’s a very very kind guy.”
Recounting the story, Chris said: “I was on the plane with my publicist, who says I look like Rachel from Friends [with my current hairstyle], we’re flying back from Venice.”
”And I’m sleeping, having a great time on the plane. I love planes.”
”And she wakes me up, in a, you know, in a state. She says, ‘We have to craft a message about what happened in Venice.’”
”And I’m like ‘About what?’ ‘About Harry spitting on you.’ Which I have no idea what happened. She showed me the thing. It does look, indeed, like Harry spitting on me. He didn’t spit on me.”
Chris continued: “I think what he said, is he leaned down, and I think he said, ‘It’s just words, isn’t it?’”
”Because we had this little joke, because we’re all jetlagged, we’re all trying to answer these questions, and sometimes when you’re doing these press things, your brain goes all befuddled, you know, you start speaking gibberish, and we had a joke like, ‘It’s just words, man.'”
