Jamie Lee Curtis shuts down Timothee Chalamet’s ‘no one cares’ opera claim

Jamie Lee Curtis reacted to Timothee Chalamet’s viral opera and ballet comments.

After several celebrities voiced their opinions on the Marty Supreme actor’s “no one cares” about ballet and opera remark, Curtis said that Chalamet must be regretting it.

“His comments are silly, and I’m sorry that they’re going to be a bit of his legacy now,” the 67-year-old actress told Hollywood Tonight.

Curtis, whose oldest daughter Annie is a dance instructor, continued, “I’m sure he regrets the comment because you can’t throw those art forms under a bus. You can’t do it. They’re too important.”

Are Chalamet’s comments going to affect opera and ballet, Curtis noted, “Does that mean there’s not a reduction in audiences for those art forms? I’m sure there is. Does that mean it’s going to be the destruction of those art forms? No.”

She added, “People still shoot on film, by the way.”

Chalamet is facing backlash after his viral remark during a chat with his Interstellar costar Matthew McConaughey from a Variety and CNN town hall in February.

The Dune actor said, “I don’t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though, like, no one cares about this anymore.’ All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there.”

Later, when Chalamet realized his remark could be seen as rude, he joked, “I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason.”