<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to understand why opera and ballet fans are so mad at actor Timothée Chalamet, you’ll need to go back to a February 24 town hall interview he did with Matthew McConaughey for Variety and CNN.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the time, the 30-year-old “Marty Supreme” star disparaged the two art forms, claiming they were outdated and irrelevant.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I admire people, and I&#8217;ve done it myself, who go on a talk show and go, &#8216;Hey, we gotta keep movie theaters alive. You know, we gotta keep this genre alive,'&#8221; Chalamet said at the time. &#8220;And another part of me feels like, if people want to see it, like &#8216;Barbie,&#8217; like &#8216;Oppenheimer,&#8217; they&#8217;re going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera, or things where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore,’&#8221; the actor went on. &#8220;All respect to the ballet and opera people out there. I just lost fourteen cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This led to Chalamet being slammed by the opera and ballet community. T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">here are even debates over whether the actor reduced his likelihood of winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in less than a week, with betting markets reducing Chalamet’s odds for taking home a golden statue after predicting him as a likely winner for months.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many have pointed out that it’s only his reputation that risks being ruined, because the Oscars ballots were submitted long before the clip went public.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chalamet’s comments went viral on social media and got some big reactions. The Metropolitan Opera posted a video showing all the work that goes into productions and added the caption, &#8220;All respect to the opera (and ballet) people out there…This one’s for you, @tchalamet.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LA Opera posted an update to say they were considering giving the actor free tickets, but decided not to because “it’s selling out.&#8221; The caption added, “There are a few seats left to purchase if you hurry.” The U.K.’s Royal Ballet and Opera also </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVi9Gf5DLKq/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">stressed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> how popular their shows were and invited Chalamet to come check out the “sheer magic” of a live performance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seattle Opera offered 14% off tickets to “Carmen” for patrons using the promo code TIMOTHEE. &#8220;Timmy, you&#8217;re welcome to use it too,&#8221; they said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And it wasn’t just ballet companies getting in on the mockery. On a recent episode of “Jeopardy!” a category featuring ballet and opera was </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVrf5Pcj2ER/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Instagram reels alongside the caption, &#8220;NOBODY @ HIM 👀 #timotheechalamet.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ladies of “The View” also weren’t happy with Chalamet. Panelist Sunny Hostin said she was “offended” and “disappointed” by his comments, while moderator Whoopi Goldberg had a rant of her own.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You come from a dance family. And so, when you crap on somebody else’s art form, it doesn’t feel good,” Goldberg </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2royZId0A"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “It doesn’t feel good to see, and you probably didn’t realize that until you said, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble.’ But then you compounded it, and said &#8217;14 cents.&#8217; No, when people get mad, it’ll be a lot more than 14 cents. So be careful. I’m just saying, be careful, boy.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And really, don’t apologize when you’ve insulted, because it doesn’t sound right. You can’t say, ‘Oh, this is dumb and no disrespect for’ — that’s absolute disrespect!” she went on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chalamet missed becoming the youngest ever Best Actor winner at last year’s Oscars for his role in “A Complete Unknown.” He took home his first ever Golden Globe earlier this year for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in &#8220;Marty Supreme.&#8221;</span></p>

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