(CNN) — The latest online conversations related to the movie “Don’t Worry Darling” involve stars Harry Styles and Chris Pine and (alleged) spitting.
In images of the Venice Film Festival this Monday, now widely spread on social networksStyles is seen approaching Pine to take a seat next to the actor at a screening of the thriller. As Styles moves quickly to seat him, he makes a subtle “poh” motion with his mouth, suggesting that he may have spit. Pine looks down at his lap, pauses in his applause, then shakes her head and smiles as if there’s some kind of joke going on between the two stars.
#HarryStyles appears to spit on Chris Pine i won’t sleep until i know the truth pic.twitter.com/wLXjIHTYgU
— JZMaclin (@Mac70J) September 6, 2022
Others argue that nothing is seen coming out of Styles’ mouth.
CNN has reached out to the actors’ representatives for comment.
“Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine,” a rep for Pine told People magazine. “There is nothing but respect between these two men and any suggestion to the contrary is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply doesn’t exist.”
This is just the most recent moment in the publicity campaign that has led to speculation that among those involved in the project not everything is love.
However, there were plenty of smiles from the cast at Monday’s celebrations.
Pine was seen on the red carpet taking pictures with a disposable camera from the film’s star, Florence Pugh. Styles, for his part, gave co-star Nick Kroll a friendly kiss during a lengthy standing ovation for the movie following the screening.
People on social media were quick to point out that there wasn’t much public interaction between “Don’t Worry Darling” director Olivia Wilde and Pugh, but Wilde had nothing but praise for the actress.
“Florence is a force,” Wilde said at a news conference on Monday. “I have no words to express how honored I am to have her as our lead. She is amazing in the movie.”
The principal was asked regarding reports that she and Pugh had gotten into a fight.
“As for all the endless tabloid gossip and all the noise out there, I mean, the internet feeds on itself,” Wilde said. “I don’t feel the need to contribute. I think he’s well fed enough.”
Worry? I’m not even here, darling.
Caption: Chris Pine astral projecting at Venice Film Festival. September 5, 2022. pic.twitter.com/qSU1XbTWDp
— Richard Newby (@RICHARDLNEWBY) September 5, 2022
By the way, during that same press conference, Pine seemed to be distracted at times, leading Twitter to dub his appearance there as “Chris Pine Astral Projection”.
