Paul Wesley Denies Telling David Harbour Netflix Was 'Trying To Bury' 'Stranger Things'

Paul Wesley has a different take on his conversation with pal David Harbour about the latter's hit series "Stranger Things."

During an appearance at New York Comic Con Saturday, Harbour joked that he was going to "throw Paul Wesley under the bus" by bringing up one of their past conversations.

The pair worked on the off-Broadway play "Cal in Camo" together before "Stranger Things" was released, and Harbour recalled telling the "Vampire Diaries" alum that he thought there wasn’t enough publicity surrounding the new show, Us Weekly reported.

"So about two weeks before the show I was like, 'There's still no ads, man, like buses and phone, there's no ads,' and he [Paul] was like, 'Sorry man, they're trying to bury it.' It was clearly a terrible show," Harbour said.

The "Black Widow" actor told the NYCC audience that he felt concerned about the potential of the show following his conversation with Wesley. "I was like, 'Oh no, man. I blew it. I had like one of the leads on a Netflix show, and I blew it, we all blew it,'" recalled Harbour.

Wesley then took to Twitter to respond to his friend's claims.

"Haha I definitely did not use those words. I am, however, going to ‘bury’ my friend David for throwing me under the bus!" Wesley tweeted Monday.

When one Twitter user asked Wesley if he watched "Stranger Things," the actor-director replied, "I watched Season 1 and loved it."

Since it premiered in 2016, "Stranger Things" has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon. Looking back at it now, Harbour admitted that Netflix's approach might have been right all along.

According to Harbour, who plays Chief Jim Hopper on the hit series, one of the things fans love about "Stranger Things" is that they "discovered it."

"I mean, like, you didn't hear much about it, and you just sort of were playing around on Netflix and … people were like, 'Oh this looks kind of good,' and there was a sense of discovery about it. That was brilliant," he said Saturday.

Harbour added that Netflix claimed the decision not to heavily promote "Stranger Things" was a calculated move on its part.

"The advertising department claimed later on that that was the manipulation the entire time, and that they’re just geniuses. But, I don't know what's true," the actor said.

"Stranger Things" Season 4 premieres on Netflix in 2022.