{"id":518315,"date":"2026-03-06T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518315\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:33:08","slug":"timothee-chalamet-faces-backlash-from-opera-industry-after-saying-no-one-cares-about-opera-timothee-chalamet-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518315\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothee Chalamet Faces Backlash from Opera Industry After Saying \u2018No One Cares\u2019 About Opera | Timothee Chalamet | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/timothee-chalamet\/\" title=\"Timothee Chalamet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Timothee Chalamet<\/a> is facing backlash for his comments claiming that \u201cno one cares\u201d about opera and ballet.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were made during a discussion with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/matthew-mcconaughey\/\" title=\"Matthew Mcconaughey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew McConaughey<\/a> for a Variety and CNN Town Hall event, in which they chatted about keeping \u201cmovie theaters alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admire people, and I\u2019ve done it myself, who go on a talk show and say, \u2018Hey, we\u2019ve got to keep movie theaters alive, we\u2019ve gotta keep this genre alive,\u2019 and another part of me feels like if people want to see it, like Barbie, like Oppenheimer, they\u2019re going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it,\u201d Timothee said.<\/p>\n<p>He then added, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.\u2019 All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timothee realized he probably shouldn\u2019t have said that and added with a laugh, \u201cI just lost 14 cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Now, Timothee is being called out by the <a href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-industry-reacts-to-timothee-chalamets-comments-that-no-cares-about-opera\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-industry-reacts-to-timothee-chalamets-comments-that-no-cares-about-opera\/&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opera industry<\/a>, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the LA Opera.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Opera wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVec9QnlE9T\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVec9QnlE9T\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, \u201cSorry, @tchalamet. We\u2019d offer you complimentary tickets to Akhnaten, but it\u2019s selling out. There are a few seats left to purchase if you hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Met posted a video showing the craftsmanship that goes into opera and captioned the clip, \u201cThis one\u2019s for you, @tchalamet\u2026 \ud83d\udc40.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timothee Chalamet is facing backlash for his comments claiming that \u201cno one cares\u201d about opera and ballet. 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