The autumn of 2022 was a dizzying time for absurd gossip concerning the dramatic thriller Don’t Fear Darling. Directed by Olivia Wilde, the movie appeared to be a magnet for controversy that ranged from petty to stunning, and issues actually reached their peak on the Venice Movie Pageant premiere that September.

In a clip that instantly went viral, the movie’s star Harry Kinds sits down subsequent to his colleague Chris Pine within the viewers and makes a gesture that some interpreted as Kinds spitting in Pine’s lap. Breaking his silence on “Spitgate” for a video interview with Esquire journal, Pine denies any bodily fluids have been flying.

“It is a ridiculous story — a whole fabrication and the results of an odd on-line phantasm that’s clearly deceiving and permits for silly hypothesis,” he insisted.

“Harry didn’t spit on me,” Pine mentioned. “Harry is a really variety man. I used to be on the aircraft and we’re flying again from Venice having a good time on the aircraft and my publicist wakes me up and says, ‘We now have to craft a press release on what occurred in Venice.’ She confirmed me the factor and it did look, certainly, like Harry spit on me. He didn’t spit on me.”

“I believe Harry leaned down and mentioned, ‘It’s simply phrases isn’t it?’” Pine continued. “We had this little joke. We have been all jet lagged and attempting to reply questions and typically whenever you’re doing these press issues your mind goes befuddled and also you begin talking gibberish, so we had a joke: ‘It’s simply phrases.’”

Whereas the optical phantasm Pine refers to is fairly convincing, individuals would in all probability haven’t interpreted the second that manner in the event that they weren’t already labored up right into a fever pitch over rumors of drama on set. The movie’s feminine lead, Florence Pugh, allegedly had a number of battle with Wilde and he or she confirmed as much as the premiere late from the set of Dune 2. In one other viral second, Pugh rolled up free and breezy with an Aperol spritz in a single hand, leaving her colleagues to take care of press.

Ever the diplomat, Pine mentioned of the rumors, “If there was drama, there was drama. I completely didn’t learn about it, nor actually would I’ve cared.”

He added, “If I really feel badly, it’s as a result of the vitriol that the film received was completely out of proportion with what was onscreen. Venice was regular issues getting swept up in a story that individuals wished to make, compounded by the metastasizing that may occur within the Twitter-sphere. It was ridiculous.”

Glad that’s all cleared up.