Timothée Chalamet

Chalamet's relationship with Kylie Jenner prompted sustained hostility among sections of their fan communities, with criticism focusing on their supposed image incompatibility, Kardashian-Jenner culture and the perception that he had changed his public status or persona.

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Accepting a SAG Award in 2025, Chalamet said he was pursuing greatness and wanted to rank among the great actors. During the lengthy Marty Supreme campaign in 2025–2026, his openly expressed ambition and highly visible promotion fuelled a counter-narrative accusing him of arrogance or overexposure.

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During a CNN/Variety discussion with Matthew McConaughey, Chalamet referred to opera and ballet as art forms people were trying to keep alive even though, as he put it, nobody cared about them any more. Dancers, performers and major opera and ballet institutions responded publicly.

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During an SNL episode hosted shortly after Jimmy Carter's funeral, a joke linking the former president's death to a song performed by Chalamet prompted negative reactions and comments describing it as being in poor taste.

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During an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Chalamet, a sketch featuring Please Don't Destroy used the name Hamas as the basis for a joke. In the context of the Israel–Hamas war, many internet users and commentators considered the gag insensitive.

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At the Venice Film Festival, Chalamet wore a red Haider Ackermann ensemble with a dramatically open back. The outfit attracted extensive media coverage and debate over gendered standards of menswear, ranging from praise for fluid dress codes to mocking or conservative criticism.

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Chalamet's participation in Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York was questioned again in the context of #MeToo and renewed attention to allegations against the director. Chalamet subsequently announced that he did not wish to profit from the film and would donate his salary to three organisations, including Time's Up and RAINN.

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