United Kingdom, March 15 -- Harry Styles addressed "queerbaiting" allegations, by kissing Ben Marshall during his SNL opening monologue.

The 32-year-old singer - who was host and musical guest for Saturday's (14.03.26) show - addressed criticism that he has indulged in "queerbaiting", which the Oxford English dictionary describes as "the practice of trying to attract LGBTQ+ audiences or customers in a deceptive or superficial way".

Harry said: "People seemed to pay a lot of attention to the clothes I was wearing and some people accused me of something called 'queerbaiting.' But did it ever occur to you: You don't know everything about me, Dad! I ran it past him, he was fine with it."

Harry insisted that any confusion comes from his lov...