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08th Sep 2022

Harry Styles jokes he only went to Venice to spit on Chris Pine as he returns to tour

Ellen Fitzpatrick

At least he sees the funny side.

Harry Styles may have gotten caught up in a lot of Venice drama, but none of it seems to be stopping him from cracking a few jokes about it.

After the viral video of Harry taking his seat ahead of the screening of Don’t Worry Darling, he appeared to spit on Chris Pine and the rumours spiralled from there.

While Chris’s reps made a statement saying it didn’t happen at all, Harry has decided to take a different approach and joke about the whole thing as he returned to tour.

As he took to the stage in New York’s Madison Square Garden, he joked that he had gone to Venice “to spit on Chris Pine” and came back.

He said on stage in a video taken by a fan in the crowd: “I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine… but fear not, we’re back.”

Of course, people are now convinced it definitely didn’t happen and our eyes were just tricking us, but many praised Harry for seeing the funny side of the whole situation.

Speaking about the now viral video, Chris says that the whole thing is nothing but a rumour or a theory, and the whole thing was our minds playing tricks on us.

His rep told PEOPLE on Tuesday: “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.”