Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ recently faced a major controversy encompassing a video at the premiere of the show at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where watching at a glimpse of the video netizens thought that Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine while taking a seat beside him during the premiere. As soon as the video was shared on social media, Styles faced a lot of backlash from the netizens.
However, a representative for Chris Pine claims it to be just “a ridiculous story.” and denies everything.
In a chat with Variety the statement of the representative of Chris Pine reads, ” “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,”
As reported by Variety, “the reported Styles-Pine spitting incident was the latest debacle to strike the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ press tour, which had been dogged by rumours of an apparent feud between director Olivia Wilde and leading lady Florence Pugh for weeks. The two did not appear together on the Venice red carpet, nor did they embrace or glance at each other until after the film received a four-minute standing ovation from the Venice audience.”
During a press conference at the Venice Film festival, Olivia Wilde says, “Florence is a force, We are so grateful she’s able to make it tonight despite being in production on ‘Dune.’ I know, as a director, how disruptive it is to lose an actor even for a day, so I’m very grateful to her, and to Denis Villeneuve for helping us. And we’ll get to celebrate her work tonight. I can’t say how honoured I am to have her as our lead. She’s amazing.”
Meanwhile, ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ is gearing up to hit the theatres on September 23.
