HOLLYWOOD actor Timothée Chalamet missed out on Oscars glory — and had to endure a string of jibes during the ceremony.

The Marty Supreme star was the butt of jokes having angered the arts world by stating nobody cared about ballet and opera.
A smiling Timothée Chalamet sitting between Elle Fanning and Kylie Jenner at an event.
Timothée Chalamet missed out on Oscars glory — and had to endure a string of jibes during the ceremony

 
Conan O'Brien speaking onstage at the Oscars.
Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien said: ‘Security is very tight tonight. There’s concerns about attacks from the ballet and opera communities’

 
Timothee Chalamet in a white suit and Kylie Jenner in a black sparkling dress pose together.
Onlookers told The Sun Timothée and girlfriend Kylie Jenner walked out of the ceremony for an hour amid the drubbing

 

 

 

And his comments came back to haunt him as Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien said: “Security is very tight tonight. There’s concerns about attacks from the ballet and opera communities.”

He waded in again later, saying to Timothée: “We’re vibing, right?”

He then told viewers: “He doesn’t think so.”

Alexandre Singh, who won Best Live Action Short Film for Two People Exchanging Saliva, also took a pop during his speech and said: “We believe art can change people’s souls.

 

 

 

“Maybe it takes ten years, but we can change society through art, through creativity, through theatre and ballet — and cinema.”

Timothée, 30, also had to sit through a musical number from movie Sinners, with ballerina Misty Copeland — who had also criticised the star for his cultural views — dancing during the song.

Timothée was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar but lost to Sinners star Michael B. Jordan.

The backlash was sparked by his comment: “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 any more.”

He quickly added, “All respect to the ballet and opera people out there”, but the damage was done.

 

 

 

His remarks were widely rebuked, with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli mocking the star by publicly inviting him to one of his opera performances.

Onlookers told The Sun Timothée and girlfriend Kylie Jenner, 28, walked out of the ceremony for an hour amid the drubbing.

They said: “Timothee and Kylie were replaced by seat fillers for an hour.

“It seems like he had enough of being the butt of the jokes.

 

 

 

“They only came back just before the Best Actress and Best Actor categories were announced.”

Timothée 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.

Kylie’s ex-partner, rapper Travis Scott, the father of her two children Stormi, eight, and Aire, four, also later appeared to mock Timothee’s defeat by sharing a photograph of Michael wiping away tears as he accepted his award.

Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Nick Jonas, Elle Fanning, Benicio del Toro, Gwyneth Paltrow, Timothée Chalamet, and Wagner Moura attending the 98th Oscars.
Timothee was the butt of jokes having angered the arts world by stating nobody cared about ballet and opera

Conan O'Brien speaking at an awards show.
While accepting their award for Best Short Film, Two People Exchanging Saliva creators took aim at Timothee’s anti-ballet comments in their acceptance speech


Misty Copeland smiling at the 98th Annual Oscars.
Ballerina Misty Copeland — who had also criticised the star for his cultural views — took part in a musical number with the cast and crew from Sinners


Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner arriving for the Oscars show.
Onlookers told The Sun: ‘Timothee and Kylie were replaced by seat fillers for an hour. It seems like he had enough of being the butt of the jokes’

Timothée attempted to shrug off the loss at the Vanity Fair do, where he was also joined by Kylie’s sister, Kendall, and half-sister, Kim Kardashian.

Timothée and Kylie, who have dated since 2023, had been sipping champagne with stars including Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and British-born star Naomi Watts.

An onlooker at the party said: “Timothée was swarmed by well-wishers as he arrived.

 

 

 

“He kept his sunglasses on for most of the night and tried to be low-key, but he stood out like a sore thumb in his white suit.

“Kylie and him stayed for a while but then left together without being seen.

“It was the Irish exit he wanted — and needed.”

Timothee Chalamet walking on the red carpet at the Oscars.
Timothee came under fire in February for claiming ‘no one cares’ about opera or ballet
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet smiling and looking at each other at the Oscars.
Timothee was nominated for Best Actor and Best Picture for Marty Supreme but lost both