Hollywood actor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet missed out on Oscars glory \u2014 and had to endure a string of jibes during the ceremony.<\/p>\n
The Marty Supreme star was the butt of jokes having angered the arts world by stating nobody cared about ballet and opera.<\/p>\n
And his comments came back to haunt him as Academy Awards host Conan O\u2019Brien said: \u201cSecurity is very tight tonight. There\u2019s concerns about attacks from the ballet and opera communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
He waded in again later, saying to Timoth\u00e9e: \u201cWe\u2019re vibing, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
He then told viewers: \u201cHe doesn\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexandre Singh, who won Best Live Action Short Film for Two People Exchanging Saliva, also took a pop during his speech and said: \u201cWe believe art can change people\u2019s souls.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe it takes ten years, but we can change society through art, through creativity, through theatre and ballet \u2014 and cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n
Timoth\u00e9e, 30, also had to sit through a musical number from movie<\/a>Sinners, with ballerina Misty Copeland \u2014 who had also criticised the star for his cultural views \u2014 dancing during the song.<\/p>\n Timoth\u00e9e was nominated<\/a> for the Best Actor Oscar but lost to Sinners star Michael B. Jordan.<\/p>\n The backlash was sparked by his comment: \u201cI don\u2019t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this any more.\u201d<\/p>\n He quickly added, \u201cAll respect to the ballet and opera people out there\u201d, but the damage was done.<\/p>\n His remarks were widely rebuked, with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli mocking the star by publicly inviting him to one of his opera performances.<\/p>\n Onlookers told The Sun Timoth\u00e9e and girlfriend Kylie Jenner, 28, walked out of the ceremony for an hour amid the drubbing.<\/p>\n They said: \u201cTimothee and Kylie were replaced by seat fillers for an hour.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like he had enough of being the butt of the jokes.<\/p>\n \u201cThey only came back just before the Best Actress and Best Actor categories were announced.\u201d<\/p>\n Timoth\u00e9e was seen leaving the Vanity Fair after-party in the early hours of yesterday morning with Kylie, who is part of the Kardashian reality TV family.<\/p>\n Kylie\u2019s ex-partner, rapper Travis Scott, the father of her two children Stormi, eight, and Aire, four, also later appeared to mock Timothee\u2019s defeat by sharing a photograph of Michael wiping away tears as he accepted his award.<\/p>\n