Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to clap back at Timothée Chalamet‘s controversial comments about the popularity and relevance of opera and ballet.
The 30-year-old Marty Supreme star has faced a barrage of backlash after making the controversial remarks during an hour-long Variety/CNN Town Hall with his Interstellar ‘father’ Matthew McConaughey on February 24.
‘I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera. Things where it’s like, “Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore,”‘ Chalamet said smiling.
Realizing his mistake, the native New Yorker attempted to recover: ‘All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there… I just lost 14 cents in viewership. Damn, I just took shots for no reason.’
Last Friday, the 67-year-old Oscar winner reposted Broadway thespian Zach McNally’s Instastory about the scandal: ‘Why is Timothée Chalamet taking shots at opera and ballet?’
‘Why are any artists taking shots at any other artist in the time [when] artificial intelligence threatens literally all art forms, except performing art like plays, ballets and operas and musicals,’ the 35-year-old SUNY Purchase-trained dancer asked.
Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to clap back at Timothée Chalamet’s controversial comments about the popularity and relevance of opera and ballet
Curtis – who boasts 11.8 million social media followers – went on to re-post clips from prestigious companies like the Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam before showing a lot of support for Sinners star Michael B. Jordan.
Gold Derby is now predicting that the 39-year-old Actor Award winner has a 48.28 percent chance of winning the best actor Oscar for taking on the role of twin brothers while Chalamet has slipped to 36.99 percent.
However, many of the 11,000 registered Academy members probably cast their ballot before voting officially closed last Thursday at 5pm PT, so it’s unclear if his chances will be affected.
The boyfriend of Kylie Jenner is nominated for two trophies – best picture and best actor – for his part producing and starring in Josh Safdie’s $70M-budget ping-pong drama at the 98th Academy Awards, which air next Sunday on ABC/Hulu.
Chalamet was previously considered the frontrunner after winning best actor at the Critics’ Choice Awards on January 4 and the Golden Globe Awards on January 11.
Other celebrities to comment publicly against the Knicks superfan include Laura Benanti, King Princess, Sarah Hyland, Ashley Graham, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Misty Copeland, Eva Mendes, Poppy Delevingne, W. Kamau Bell, Helen Hunt, Alexis Knapp and Holland Taylor.
To make matters worse, Chalamet’s own mother Nicole Flender and late grandmother Enid Flender were both professional dancers.
Enid – who died, age 95, in 2022 – danced in Broadway musicals Kiss Me, Kate at the Shubert Theatre from 1949-1951 and Make Mine Manhattan at the Broadhurst Theatre in 1949.
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The 30-year-old Marty Supreme star has faced a barrage of backlash after making the controversial remarks during an hour-long Variety/CNN Town Hall with his Interstellar ‘father’ Matthew McConaughey (L) on February 24
‘I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera. Things where it’s like, “Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore,”‘ Chalamet said smiling
Last Friday, the 67-year-old Oscar winner reposted Broadway thespian Zach McNally’s Instastory about the scandal: ‘Why is Timothée Chalamet taking shots at opera and ballet?’
Curtis – who boasts 11.8 million social media followers – went on to re-post clips from prestigious companies like the Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam before showing a lot of support for Sinners star Michael B. Jordan
Gold Derby is now predicting that the 39-year-old Actor Award winner has a 48.28 percent chance of winning the best actor Oscar for taking on the role of twin brothers while Chalamet has slipped to 36.99 percent
However, many of the 11,000 registered Academy members probably cast their ballot before voting officially closed last Thursday at 5pm PT, so it’s unclear if his chances will be affected (pictured February 10)
The boyfriend of Kylie Jenner is nominated for two trophies – best picture and best actor – for his part producing and starring in Josh Safdie’s $70M-budget ping-pong drama at the 98th Academy Awards, which air next Sunday on ABC/Hulu
To make matters worse, Chalamet’s own mother Nicole Flender (R, pictured in 2017) and late grandmother Enid Flender (2-L) were both professional dancers
Enid – who died, age 95, in 2022 – danced in Broadway musicals Kiss Me, Kate at the Shubert Theatre from 1949-1951 and Make Mine Manhattan at the Broadhurst Theatre in 1949
The 68-year-old Actors’ Equity Association councilor studied at the School of American Ballet and eventually taught dance from 1990-2015
Last Friday, the principal at Chalamet’s alma mater LaGuardia High School – Deepak Marwah – wrote an open letter scolding him: ‘We know your heart, and we know you know better’ (pictured December 10 with his big sister Pauline Chalamet)
The Metropolitan Opera, The Los Angeles Opera, London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, The English National Opera and The Seattle Opera are only a few of the professional companies publicly blasting the Lucid Motors brand ambassador (pictured Sunday)
The 68-year-old Actors’ Equity Association councilor studied at the School of American Ballet and eventually taught dance from 1990-2015.
Last Friday, the principal at Chalamet’s alma mater LaGuardia High School – Deepak Marwah – wrote an open letter scolding him: ‘We know your heart, and we know you know better.’
The Metropolitan Opera, The Los Angeles Opera, London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, The English National Opera and The Seattle Opera are only a few of the professional companies publicly blasting the Lucid Motors brand ambassador.
Chalamet – who vows to be ‘one of the greats’ – concludes his role as Padishah Emperor Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s space opera three-quel Dune: Part Three, which hits US/UK theaters December 18.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1969 novel Dune Messiah will also star Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa and Robert Pattinson.
