Timothée Chalamet threw some shade at the Oscars while celebrating the New York Knicks’ NBA championship.
On Saturday night, the “Dune” actor was on the court at San Antonio’s Frostbank Center taking pictures of Knicks players with his cell phone.
“This is way better than the Oscars,” he said in a video obtained by ESPN.
“Come on, baby! The Knicks are the champions, baby!” added Chalamet, who was sitting courtside during Game 5 of the NBA Finals without his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner.
The 30-year-old Oscar nominee has made headlines for the 2026 NBA Playoffs, praising the Knicks every step of the way to winning the championship.
Chalamet participated in a postgame locker room champagne shower with his team, which won the NBA championship for the first time in 53 years, and even celebrated by holding up a New York Post newspaper.
The “Wonka” star’s frustration with the Academy comes three months after he lost the Best Actor award to Michael B. Jordan for “Sinners.”
One Hollywood awards expert told Page Six that Chalamet lost because of his “arrogant” attitude, “fumbled the ball at the 5-yard line.”
“It started with his Marty Supreme campaign – the arrogance of his outfits was more befitting a clown than an Oscar winner. He’ll go to any length for the hype…he reeks of Oscar desperation,” one Hollywood source told us.
Sources also claimed that Chalamet’s pursuit of “greatness” and his gonzo quest to create what he called a “top-level ST” gave a bad impression to some people.
The “total unknown” actor faced backlash after slamming the ballet and opera worlds at a CNN town hall event in February.
Chalamet confessed, “I don’t want to do ballet or opera work where it’s like, ‘Hey! No one cares anymore, let’s keep this going.”
Several stars criticized Chalamet’s stance, including former ballet star Misty Copeland, who accused Chalamet of “comparing” his art to other art forms.
“If it weren’t for opera and ballet and its association with the media, he wouldn’t have become an actor and he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to be a movie star,” said Copeland, 43.
“So all these media have space,” she added.
