The actor, as part of an Esquire profile, also says he still doesn't know anything about the upcoming 'Star Trek' movie, the announcement of which last year surprised the franchise stars.
00:00Simple yes or no, Mr. Pine. Please explain. Did Harry spit on me?
00:05Chris Pine is finally addressing Spitgate and revealing what really happened between him and Harry Styles in the viral video at the Venice Film Festival.
00:14During the festival, while Pine and the cast of Don't Worry Darling were promoting their film, a clip of Styles seemingly spitting on the actor went viral.
00:23Harry did not spit on me. Harry's a very, very kind guy.
00:27His comments in the Esquire video echo those of director Olivia Wilde, who previously insisted that Styles did not spit on Pine.
00:35In the Esquire video, Pine guessed that Styles was saying something to him in the much-discussed moment. Perhaps it's just words, isn't it?
00:43Because we had this little joke, because we're all jet-lagged, we're all trying to answer these questions, and sometimes when you're doing these press things, your brain goes befuddled and, you know, you start speaking gibberish and we had a joke.
00:53It's just words, man.
00:54Pine said he heard rumors of what was being dubbed Spitgate on his flight back from Venice.
00:59He was sleeping, he recalled, when his publicist woke him up.
01:02And she wakes me up in a, you know, in a state, and she said, we have to craft a message about what happened in Venice.
01:10And I was like, about what? About Harry spitting on you.
01:14He was unaware of what his rep was referring to, so she showed him the video.
01:18And it does look, indeed, like Harry's spitting on me. He didn't spit on me.
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