Timothée Chalamet criticized for saying 'no one cares' about ballet, opera

Timothée Chalamet drew backlash after saying he doesn’t “want to be working in ballet or opera where it’s like, ‘Hey! Keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.’” The remark came during a town hall with Matthew McConaughey produced by Variety and CNN that aired on CNN on Feb.

21. Chalamet added, “All respect to the ballet and opera people out there … I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I’m taking shots for no reason.” Opera singers and ballet performers pushed back on social media. US opera singer Isabel Leonard wrote on Instagram, “Honestly, I’m shocked that someone so seemingly successful can be so ineloquent and narrow-minded in his views about art… To take cheap shots at fellow artists says more in this interview than anything else he could say.

Shows a lot about his character.” Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny called it “What a disappointing take.

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