Chris Pine admits what was said in unaired Harry Styles 'spit-gate' incident
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It was very much a case of 'did he/didn't he' when Harry Styles was seemingly caught on camera spitting at co-star Chris Pine at last year's Venice Film Festival.
Speculation was rife after a clip from the event went viral which appeared to show the former 1D man, 29, send a big ball of spit in the 42-year-old's direction as he took his seat.
Footage shared by a number of fans showed a dapper-looking Harry in a blue suit and light blue shirt with a huge collar make his way to his assigned seat while the audience applauded.
As he did so, Chris, who was wearing a light brown suit jacket, beige trousers and a bow tie, clapped his co-star before suddenly stopping after Harry prepared to take his seat.
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Some fans believed his look of disbelief at the time - which was followed by a look of stunned laughter - was due to an unsavoury act of alleged spitting by the singer-turned-actor.
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But Star Trek star Chris has once again rebuffed these claims, and went as far as calling Harry a "very, very kind guy".
"I had no idea what happened," Chris recalled in a recent chat with Esquire. "She [his publicist] showed me the thing, and it does look, indeed, like Harry's spitting on me. He didn't spit on me."
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Opening up further on the moment, Chris finally revealed what was actually said at the time in a bid to bring an end to all the speculation that had since followed.
He continued: "I think what he said is he leaned down and I think he said, 'It's just words isn't it?'
"Cause we had this little joke. 'Cause we're all jet-lagged, we're all trying to answer these questions that, sometimes, when you're doing these press things, your brain goes all befuddled and you start speaking gibberish. And we had a joke, 'It's just words, man.'"
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While the latest words should finally end fans' wondering about a feud between the pair, Chris' rep was much quicker to put out the flames following the scenes.
Days after the clip went viral, a representative of the Hollywood star told E! News: "People are seeing some odd illusion of sorts online that is clearly deceiving...there is nothing but respect between these two men.
"This is a completely fabricated exchange, and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist."
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