Chris Pine has broken his silence over the viral moment in which many people think they witnessed Harry Styles spitting on him at the Venice International Film Festival. Many people believe they observed the incident take place at the Venice International Film Festival.

In a statement that is exclusive to PEOPLE, a representative for Pine, 42, says of the rumors that the actor and his co-star in Don’t Worry Darling, 28, are involved in a fight. “This is a stupid narrative — a total fiction and the product of an unusual internet illusion that is obviously deceptive and allows for silly conjecture,” said the man. “This is the consequence of an online illusion that is plainly deceptive and allows for foolish speculation.”

The representative continues by saying, “Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine.” “There is nothing but respect between these two guys, and any suggestion otherwise is a clear effort to manufacture drama that just does not exist,” the author of the article said. ”

There has been no reaction from a Styles representative.

After the event, which took place on Monday during the premiere of Don’t Worry Darling in Venice, Italy, a clip began circulating on the internet in which Styles is seen taking his seat next to Pine. It should be noted that Pine is seated to the left of the movie’s director, Olivia Wilde, who is also Styles’ girlfriend.

Some people thought that when Pine stopped applauding and looked down swiftly after the singer of “Watermelon Sugar” bent down to take his seat, it was Pine’s way of recognizing that the singer had just spat. Others thought that the singer was only bending down to take his seat.

Pine then gives a tiny toss of the head and gives the impression that he is laughing. He then reaches down and grabs his sunglasses, which have been put between his knees, and he continues to seem delighted.

As the video started to spread rapidly throughout the internet, users voiced their opinions on what had taken place. One person on Twitter shared a gif they had created based on the video with the caption, “He definitely spat on Chris Pine.”

Others quickly came to Styles’ defense online and offered an alternative interpretation of what had taken place. A viewer on Twitter with the handle @cinemazietgeist shared their interpretation of the video by writing, “Chris Pine simply wondered where his sunglasses were after the applause.”

“And as usual, he was daydreaming when he suddenly became aware that the item in question was sitting on his lap. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Harry Styles did not spit on him “the user who came later said.

After some time had passed, the same user uploaded a slowed-down video of the event to their account, captioning it, “And this vid reveals nothing left his lips.”

In the film “Don’t Worry Darling,” Harry Styles and Florence Pugh play the roles of Jack and Alice, a young couple who are residents of the corporate town of Victory, California in the 1950s. Victory seems to be the ideal place to live. Alice starts to develop an unhealthy preoccupation with the nature of her husband’s employment as the neighborhood they live in starts to show signs of disintegration.