Watch Harry Styles Get Hit Right In The 1D With A Dodgeball

Harry Styles released his debut (and to date, only) album a little bit over two years back. Then, he popped up in the Oscar-nominated Dunkirk, went on tour with Kacey Musgraves and MUNA (and more), and released some fantastic music videos. We haven't heard or seen much from him in 2019 though, apart from a fast appearance at the Met Gala where he rocked a sheer blouse — up until right now. Thank his old pal James Corden for bringing him back inside your life.


On Monday night (June 18), Harry stopped by The Late Late Show in a pre-taped segment where he played dodgeball alongside fellow Brits Corden, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Game of Thrones's John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), along with non-Brit Reggie Watts. The opposing all-American team included Mila Kunis, Melissa McCarthy, Kate Hudson, Allison Janney, Lena Waithe — oh, and Michelle Obama.


I'll mention up front that there's a ungainly quantity of buildup before we actually visualize the initial ball thrown. Although once the game starts (around 6:15 in the video above), it's good. Waithe snipes Watts. Janney gets plugged by a direct shot. And then Michelle Obama absolutely obliterates Harry Styles's groin with a dodgeball. It's a verifiably historic moment — Harry getting thumped right in his 1D, because the play-by-play announcer so eloquently puts it — for the U.S. And also a crushing overcome for pretty much each person else. You really do hate to be able to see it.


I won't spoil the outcome, yet the full affair has some "Kiwi" video vibes, the visual where Harry officiated a very posh food fight between children in a floral suit. Except this time, each person is very famed — and Harry gets hit in the groin with a dodgeball. (He seems fine, by the way.)


Watch all of the madness go down in the video above.