In May, Styles was spotted by fans in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican in photos circulating online. The Hollywood Reporter later confirmed he was in attendance. Now, seven months later, the Grammy winner has addressed the moment, recently telling BBC Radio 1 and when the topic came up, he mentioned how he ended up witnessing the historic event — and revealed it wasn’t intentional.
“I was getting a haircut in Rome,” Styles said. “I heard all these people start shouting, ‘Habemus papam! Habemus papam!’ People are just running down the street. So the guy cutting my hair stopped cutting my hair, and he was like, ‘Habemus papam! There’s a new pope!’”
The “Watermelon Sugar” singer continued, “So then he finished up, and I was like, ‘I’m a five-minute walk from there,…