United Kingdom, Jan. 23 -- Harry Styles has revealed that the election of Pope Leo XIV interrupted his haircut in Rome.

The former One Direction singer was pictured amongst the crowds at the Vatican when the new pontiff was announced last May and admits that he only ended up there because his haircut was brought to a sudden halt by a moment of history.

Harry told BBC Radio 1: "It happened (when) I was getting a haircut in Rome, and then I just heard all these people start shouting: 'Habemus papam, habemus papam' ('we have a pope'), and people just start running down the street."

The 31-year-old star continued: "So the guy cutting my hair, stopped cutting my hair, and he was like: 'Habemus papam, there's a new pope, there's a new pope',...