This 30-year-old actor was seemingly roasted on a TV trivia game show following comments he made about classical performing arts.
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A March 9 episode of "Jeopardy!" included an indirect dig at the "Marty Supreme" actor with its"ballet and opera" category. The category included questions about "The Fairy Queen" and "Madama Butterfly," both operas, and "The Nutcracker" ballet.
The category comes after members of the ballet and opera community slammed Chalamet for remarks he made about the arts' current popularity during aCNN and Variety town hallwith actor Matthew McConaughey, which was posted on Feb. 24.
While discussing Hollywood norms and the expectation that film actors champion the movie theater business, he made the controversial remark: "I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.'"
"All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there," he added. Soon after making those comments, he quipped, "I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason."
Chalamet is one of five nominees in the best actor category at theupcoming Academy Awardson Sunday, March 15, for his performance in "Marty Supreme."
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Commenters applaud Jeopardy's shade toward Timothée Chalamet
The indirect roast of Chalamet was applauded in the comment section of a"Jeopardy!" Instagram post. "Jeopardy to the arts: I got your back," one user wrote.
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Another commented, "You know you did wrong when Jeopardy is throwing shade at you."
A social media user pointed out that all five questions were answered correctly, disproving Chalamet's remark that "no one cares about the arts." Another user complimented the trivia game show for being a "continuous reminder that intelligence is political."
Opera, ballet performers respond to Timothée Chalamet
In aVariety Instagram videosharing Chalamet's comments, opera singer Isabel Leonard commented that she was shocked that Chalamet would express "so ineloquent and narrow-minded in his views about art" while considering himself an artist.
"To take cheap shots at fellow artists says more in this interview than anything else he could say. Shows a lot about his character. You don't have to like all art but only a weak person/artist feels the need to diminish in fact the VERY arts that would inspire those who are interested in slowing down, to do exactly that," wrote Leonard, a three-time Grammy winner with a Carnegie Hall residency.
Berlin-based opera performer Dean Murphy combatted Chalamet's claim about a lack of interest in opera writing. "Opera has been around since the 16th century and is STILL alive and well today," he wrote. "I think that speaks volumes. What a shame that you don't have respect for other art forms… which of course have also greatly influenced movies…"
A Brazilian ballet dancer, Victor Caixeta, also defended ballet and opera's legacy that has "survived for centuries," offering a dig toward the actor, writing, "Let's see if your movies are still being watched in 300 years," he added.
Chalamet's representatives have not responded to USA TODAY's request for comment.
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