Timothée Chalamet found himself embroiled in backlash on social media after sharing his controversial opinion on ballet and opera as dying art forms.
The 30-year-old actor sparked outrage with his comments as ballet and opera performers began sharing their disappointment at the “tone-deaf” joke he made.
THE Marty Supreme The star sparked a response from the Metropolitan Opera itself when the organization shared a TikTok video with the caption: “This one’s for you, Timothée Chalamet…”
The video showed people working diligently on costumes and wigs, as well as performers rehearsing, and the commotion preceding a performance, and the text on the video read, “All respect to the opera (and ballet) people,” echoing Chalamet’s comment he made after jokingly insulting the art forms.
The Metropolitan Opera’s response comes after many artists, as well as companies including the Royal Ballet and London Opera, criticized the Dune actor for his disrespectful comments.
During the interview between Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey, the Handsome boy The actor said: “I don’t want to work in ballet, or opera, or things where you’re like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even if no one cares about it anymore.’ All my respect to all the ballet and opera people.
Although he immediately understood the nature of his remark and declared: “I just lost 14 cents of audience. I just took pictures for no reason”, it seems that it is already too late.
