Jimmy Kimmel is known for his comedic acts, however, when he interacted with Malala Yusufzai at the Oscars 2023, things took a twist.
While chatting with the youngest Nobel laureate, he asked her an awkward question about Harry Styles and Chris Pine‘s ‘spit-gate’ drama.
The presenter read out a question from a fan named Joanne: ‘she asked, your work on human rights and education for women and children is an inspiration–as the youngest Nobel prize winner in history, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?’
Clearly feeling awkward at the moment, Malala replied by saying that she only talks about peace, to which he replied,’you know what, that’s why you’re Malala and nobody else is. That’s a great answer, Malala. The winner is malala-land, everybody.’
Treat people with kindness✌️ https://t.co/ZvUVHcrTBJ
— Malala Yousafzai (@Malala) March 13, 2023
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Harry Styles & Chris Pine Spit Story
During the Venice Film Festival, Styles was accused of spitting on Chris Pine. However, in several interviews, Pine cleared the air saying that Styles had done no such thing.
“I was on the plane with my publicist, who says I look like Rachel from Friends [with my current hairstyle], we’re flying back from Venice. And I’m sleeping, having a great time on the plane. I love planes,” he shared.
“And she wakes me up, in a, you know, in a state. She says, ‘We have to craft a message about what happened in Venice.’ And I’m like ‘About what?’ ‘About Harry spitting on you.’ I have no idea what happened. She showed me the thing. It does look, indeed, like Harry spitting on me. He didn’t spit on me.”
Turns out, it was just a joke between Styles and Pine that was shared. As Pine says: “I think what he said, as he leaned down, and I think he said, ‘It’s just words, isn’t it?’ Because we had this little joke because we’re all jetlagged, we’re all trying to answer these questions, and sometimes when you’re doing these press things, your brain goes all befuddled, you know, you start speaking gibberish, and we had a joke like, ‘It’s just words, man.'”
