Timothée Chalamet's Arts Jab Sparks Backlash

0:00This is Cory with entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by the Daily News Now. Timothy Shalamet stirred up controversy during a variety and CNN town hall on February 24. The 30-year-old actor joined Matthew McConaughey to talk about supporting movie theaters. He took a jab at ballet and opera, suggesting they were less relevant. Though he quickly joked about it and tried to walk it back, the comments drew sharp backlash from the arts world. McConaughey brushed it off, saying it was not really a shot. The stars like Michael Ball, the 63-year-old musical theater veteran, fired back hard. On Magic Radio, Ball praised the passion and dance and opera, calling out the disrespect to her performers who pour their hearts into it. Fans cheered Ball's response online, with comments like, well said. Others pout on, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Doja Cat, and opera singer Isabel Leonard, who called Shalamet Week in Narrow-Minded. Canadian mezzo soprano, Deepajani, urged lifting up all our forms instead.

1:01London's Royal Ballet and New York City's Metropolitan Opera hit back too. The mech shared a video of their hardworking team, captioning it directly for Shalamet with all respect to opera and ballet folks. Adding irony, Shalamet's own family has deep dance roots. His 68-year-old mother, Nicole Flander, trained at the School of American Ballet and taught for years. His late grandmother, Enid, danced on Broadway and shows like, Kiss Me, Kate. Support for this episode comes from our sponsor, See the Description. If sleep podcasts are your thing, this is your pillow, built for comfort and calm, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com.