Timothée Chalamet Slammed as ‘Vapid’ and ‘Shallow’ on ‘The View’ After Dissing Opera and Ballet
Written by laserteam on March 9, 2026
(Variety) – “The View” hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin have blunt words for Timothée Chalamet regarding his thoughts on the state of ballet and opera. The “Marty Supreme” Oscar nominee told Matthew McConaughey during “A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event” that he didn’t want movie theaters to go the way of “ballet or opera,” where artists want to “keep this thing alive” even though “no one cares” about it anymore.
“Ballet is hard,” Hostin said during “The View’s” March 9 episode (via Entertainment Weekly). “I’m offended and disappointed in what he said. I didn’t realize he was that vapid and that shallow.”
Goldberg added, “You come from a dance family, so when you crap on somebody else’s art form, it doesn’t feel good. You probably didn’t realize until you said, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble,’ but then you compounded it and said, ’14 cents.’ No, when people get mad, it’ll be a lot more than 14 cents, so be careful. I’m just saying. Be careful, boy.”
“He is a boy to me,” she continued. “No disrespect. Really, don’t apologize when you’ve insulted. It doesn’t sound right. You can’t say, ‘Oh, this is dumb, no disrespect.’ That’s absolute disrespect.”
