“The View” co-hosts have fired back at Timothée Chalamet after his anti-ballet and opera comments went viral.
At a town hall with Matthew McConaughey, broadcast on CNN, Chalamet was furious when he said “nobody cares anymore” about the dying art forms of ballet and opera.
On Monday’s episode of “The View,” Sunny Hostin said that as a member of Harlem Dance Theater, she was “offended and disappointed” by the actor’s comments.
“I didn’t know he was that stupid and shallow,” she said frankly.
Sheryl Underwood, who was filling in for Alyssa Farrah Griffin during her maternity leave, blamed Chalamet’s “youngness” on the 30-year-old.
“And you were sitting there with Matthew McConaughey and you were all stirring and chopping…I think he thought he could say that,” she said. “First of all, he just made a good ping-pong movie. He’s a young, handsome guy, but if he was playing[dancer]Rudolf Nureyev, I’m sure he would respect the art form a little more.”
“This shows what a lot of young people need to understand: Don’t just flip it around and say something,” she continued. “You really understand what your words mean to other young people.”
But Whoopi Goldberg wasn’t going to give Chalamet any reprieve, especially considering his mother and sister worked in ballet.
“You come from a dance family, so it doesn’t feel good to shit on other people’s art forms,” she explained. “I don’t feel good looking at it.”
There was also controversy over Chalamet’s comment insulting ballet and opera, in which he joked, “With all due respect to the people of ballet and opera…the ratings just went down by 14 cents.”
Mr. Goldberg thought so. “You probably didn’t realize it until you said, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble,’ and then you layer it on top of that and say, ’14 cents.’ Well, when people get angry, it’s a lot more than 14 cents.”
“So be careful,” she continued. “I’m just saying. Be careful, boy.”
She winced when the audience was shocked by her comments.
“To me, he’s a boy,” Goldberg emphasized. “No disrespect. Really, don’t apologize when you insult someone, because that doesn’t sound right. You can’t say, ‘Oh, this is ridiculous, I’m not rude.’ That’s completely disrespectful. ”
Chalamet’s diss about ballet and opera sparked outrage over the weekend, but Chalamet has actually made similar comments before.
While promoting The King in 2019, he reflected on his start as an actor, saying, “It’s not like, ‘Woe is me,’ but you start working in movies, you start acting, you start exploring your own things.”
“It started to feel like maybe opera or ballet or something. It’s like a disappearing art form or something,” he continued.
