{"id":539659,"date":"2026-03-16T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539659\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:31:11","slug":"timothee-chalamet-ballet-and-opera-comments-roasted-at-oscars-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539659\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Ballet and Opera Comments Roasted at Oscars 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>\u2019s recent controversial remarks about ballet and opera became a talking point at the 2026 Oscars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring Sunday night\u2019s ceremony, a couple of people made playful digs at Chalamet\u2019s comments after the actor previously said \u201cno one cares about this anymore\u201d while discussing the art forms.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile accepting one of two wins for best live-action short film<\/a>, which was a tie, Alexandre Singh of Two People Exchanging Saliva made a subtle dig, seemingly aimed at Chalamet, in his speech.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMaybe it takes 10 years\u2019 time, but we can change society through art, through creativity, through theater and ballet,\u201d he said, pausing as the crowd reacted loudly, \u201cand also cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTo kick off the night, host Conan O\u2019Brien poked fun at Chalamet<\/a> in his opening monologue. \u201cSecurity is extremely tight tonight. I\u2019m told there are concerns about attacks from both the opera and ballet community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tO\u2019Brien then addressed the actor, saying, \u201cThey\u2019re just mad you left out jazz.\u201d The camera cut to Chalamet and his date, girlfriend Kylie Jenner, who both laughed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe discourse over his comments<\/a> began after clips resurfaced from Chalamet\u2019s live conversation with Matthew McConaughey during a Variety and CNN town hall last month. During the discussion, Chalamet was asked whether audiences still have an interest in slower-paced movies.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his response, Chalamet said he wouldn\u2019t want to be involved in an art form that \u201cno one cares about,\u201d mentioning ballet and opera as examples.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t want to be working in ballet or opera where it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey! Keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore,\u2019\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cAll respect to the ballet and opera people out there \u2026 I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I\u2019m taking shots for no reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHis comments sparked an outpouring of reactions from celebrities, as well as opera legend Andrea Bocelli<\/a> and former American Ballet Theatre dancer Misty Copeland<\/a>, who joined the Sinners crew at Sunday night\u2019s ceremony for a performance of \u201cI Lied to You.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tAt the 2026 Oscars, Chalamet is nominated for best actor for Marty Supreme<\/a>, directed by Josh Safdie. The nomination marked his third, following Call Me by Your Name in 2018 and A Complete Unknown in 2025. With the nomination, Chalamet became the youngest male actor to earn three acting nods since Marlon Brando in 1954.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased by A24, Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a ping-pong hustler trying to make it out of Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side, where the film was shot<\/a>. The cast also includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, the Creator, Odessa A\u2019zion, Kevin O\u2019Leary, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher, Emory Cohen and Sandra Bernhard. The film earned nine nominations in total<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe\u00a098th annual Academy Awards<\/a>\u00a0were hosted by Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a>. See the star-studded\u00a0Oscars red carpet 2026 arrivals<\/a>\u00a0and the full winners list\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s recent controversial remarks about ballet and opera became a talking point at the 2026 Oscars. During…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3042,43,44,18744,68129,43425,44487,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-539659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-awards","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-oscars","tag-oscars-2026","tag-timothee-chalamet","tag-timothu00e9e-chalamet","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}