Speaking to Jimmy Kimmel, Simon said that “doesn’t sound like Harry” at all — and suggested that if it did happen, it was probably by accident.
“You know when you gob on someone by accident — you go, ‘Oh, I’m really sorry I did that,'” said Simon, who mentored Harry when he competed on the X Factor. But there’s no way, to him, that Harry would have done it intentionally.
Harry himself addressed the situation at a concert the other night and joked that he had “popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine” before the show.
But on a serious note, a rep for Chris denied the rumors, calling them “ridiculous.”
“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,” the rep said in a statement to Variety. “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.”
What a mess either way, considering all the other drama surrounding this film.
