The world of opera and ballet is against Timothée Chalamet for saying they are dying arts.

BarcelonaTimothée Chalamet is one of the hottest young actors right now, and on Sunday he could win his first Oscar for his performance in Marty SupremeHowever, public opinion is not entirely favorable to him, especially after his statements this weekend went viral, in which he called opera and ballet dying arts, a statement that has angered both artistic fields, which have responded to the actor through different institutions.

During a conversation with Matthew McConaughey for the magazine Variety to promote Marty SupremeChalamet slipped up and said, "I don't want to work in places like ballet or opera, where it's like, 'Hey, keep it alive, even if nobody cares, okay?' With all due respect to the people in ballet and opera." Perhaps half-aware of what he had just said, he tried to extricate himself from the awkward moment by adding, "I just lost 14 cents of audience." Actors, artists, dancers, directors, musicians, and renowned institutions in the world of opera and ballet have strongly criticized the actor after his comments. Variety The interview will be published.

This weekend, the Metropolitan Opera in New York responded to Chalamet via its Instagram account. The theater posted a video highlighting the value of the craftsmanship of set designers, musicians, costume designers, and members of the various technical teams. The phrase paraphrasing the actor, "All my respect to the people of opera (and ballet)," is prominently displayed in the center of the video. In the post's caption, the Met Opera addresses the actor directly: "This is for you, @tchalamet..."

Beyond institutions, figures from the opera world have also spoken out about the controversy, such as the renowned soprano Isabel Leonard. "Honestly, I'm surprised that someone seemingly so successful can be so ineloquent and narrow-minded in their opinions about art while considering themselves an artist, as I imagine an actor must."

Other representatives from the world of opera, ballet, and theater, such as mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny, choreographer Martin Chaix, Sadler's Wells artistic director Alistair Spalding, actress Laura Benanti, and dancers Ana Luiza Luizi and Júnio Enrique, have spoken out against the actor and defended these two centuries-old art forms.

It's not just the world of opera and ballet that has taken a stand against Chalamet. In the pop world, singer and rapper Doja Cat has also criticized the actor. She did so through a video she posted on TikTok, which she later deleted. "By the way, opera has 400 years of history, ballet 500 years. Someone named Timothée Chalamet has had the audacity to say in front of a camera that nobody cares. I'm sure you can walk into an opera house right now and the seats will be full and nobody will be saying a word while the performance is going on, because everyone has this level of respect," the singer pointed out. She also defended ballet professionals. "Dancers go to the studio every day at six or eight in the morning, and they break down and bleed. Simply because they have respect for their profession and they love it. And it doesn't matter if the industry is going through a rough patch. Your industry [Timothée Chalamet's] is going through a rough patch, mine is too, and that doesn't mean people don't care," she concluded.

What Timothée Chalamet initially thought might mean a loss of 14 cents in viewership could be more than that. The image of the 30-year-old actor, who has stated on occasion that he seeks "greatness" in his profession, has been tarnished. However, it is unlikely that the controversy will affect his chances of winning the Oscar for Best Actor, as voting for the Academy Awards closed days ago. Although he initially seemed one of the frontrunners for the award, according to the bookmakers, the odds now favor Michael B. Jordan, star of Sinners.