Harry Styles jokes during concert that he went to ‘Venice to spit on Chris Pine’

Representatives for Chris Pine previously denied speculation that Harry Styles spat at the actor at the premiere of the Venice movie Festival Don’t Worry Baby, calling the rumors “ridiculous.”

Harry Styles underestimated the predicament.

At the singer’s “As it Was” concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Styles joked about the viral footage that hit the internet after the premiere of “Don’t Worry Darling” at the Venice Film Festival. Did he or didn’t spit on his co-star Chris Pine? (Pine representatives previously told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement that the idea of ​​Style spitting on Pine was “ridiculous.”)

During a Styles concert, the 28-year-old singer and actor joked that he “went to Venice really fast to spit on Chris Pine,” according to several fan videos. After the speech, the audience applauded.

Shortly after the premiere of “Don’t Worry Darling” on Monday. Netizens raved about the idea that Styles spat on Costar Pine as he bent down to sit next to the 42-year-old actor. Meanwhile, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer directed Pine.

His lips seemed to move before Pine quickly looked down and stopped clapping leading some to believe he acknowledged the singer had just spat.

On Tuesday, a Pine representative told news. “This is a ridiculous story – a complete fabrication and result of a strange online illusion. That is clearly underhanded and allows for ridiculous speculation.”

The film, which stars Styles and Florence Pugh, 26, as a Californian couple. She was shot in the last few weeks of their 50s and 1990s living in a planned and quaint suburban community. Making headlines for behind-the-scenes chaos.

Director/actor Wilde said in a recent interview with Variety that he’s firing original star Shia LaBeouf. Who will be playing Styles. However, LaBeouf responded in an email to Variety, saying he “dropped the film due to lack of rehearsal time.”