Timothée Chalamet‘s thoughts on ballet and opera are causing some backlash from fans and celebs alike, and a new video has resurfaced on social media revealing he’s had those thoughts for a while.
The 30-year-old Marty Supreme actor was speaking at an event while promoting his movie The King back in 2019.
During the video, Timothée speaks to the crowd about his craft.
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“No ‘woe is me’ thing, but you start working on movies, you start acting, pursuing your thing. I started getting the sense it was maybe opera or ballet or something, it’s kind of like a dying art form or something,” he said in the video that is now circulating online.
“I took this video October 1st 2019. I was excited to see this film and we got a surprise appearance of him in our theater. With his recent comments about ballet and opera I wanted to check on my video. I thought I remembered him saying something different. Unfortunately I was confused and he’s been thinking like this for years. Such a disappointment,” the user captioned the post.
His comments that landed him in hot water days ago fueled anger from the ballet and opera communities.
“I don’t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.’ All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there,” he said in a discussion with Matthew McConaughey for a Variety and CNN Town Hall event.
Doja Cat is the most recent celeb to call him out for his comments.
Some fans think it may have even hurt his Oscar chances: the betting odds just changed for the Best Actor category this week.
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