Doja Cat Slams Timothée Chalamet Over Opera Comments

Timothée Chalamet has been criticised by for having the 'nerve' to say 'no one cares about' opera and ballet in a new clip shared on Monday.

The actor, 30, said to in a recent Variety interview that he doesn't want to work in an art that you 'have to keep alive' due to lack of interest.

The Oscar-nominated star's comment has not been received well across the industry with the likes of actress  and London's Royal Ballet hitting out at his claims.

Doja Cat, 30, is the latest to call out Timothée as she posted a blistering online rant while dressed in a bath towel and spa headband.

She said: 'By the way, opera is 400 years old and ballet is 500 years old. Somebody named Timothée Chalamet, had the nerve, big guy by the way, had the nerve, on camera that nobody cares about it [opera and ballet].

'I'm pretty sure that if you went to an opera theatre right now, seats will be filled out and nobody saying a word as the performance is going on because everybody has that much respect for it.' 

The Paint The Town Red hitmaker then went on to explain that she thinks the industry is 'amazing' and drew attention to the dedication of the dancers.

She added: 'They [dancers] show up, they break and they bleed, every single day, just because they have respect for it. They love it'.

In Timothée's interview, he said: 'I admire people, and I've done it myself, doing a talk show about how we've got to keep movie theatres alive, you know, we've got to keep this genre alive.

'And another part of me feels like, if people want to see it, like Barbie, like Oppenheimer, they're going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it.

'And I don't want to be working in ballet or opera or, you know, things where it's like, 'hey, keep this thing alive', even though no one cares about this any more.

'All respect to the ballet and opera people out there, I just lost 14 cents in viewership, I just took shots for no reason.'

The comments prompted criticism on social media from both industries, including US opera singer Isabel Leonard.

Isabel wrote: 'Honestly, I'm shocked that someone so seemingly successful can be so ineloquent and narrow-minded in his views about art while considering himself as an artist as I would only imagine one would as an actor.

'To take cheap shots at fellow artists says more in this interview than anything else he could say. Shows a lot about his character.

'You don't have to like all art but only a weak person/artist feels the need to diminish in fact, the very arts that would inspire those who are interested in slowing down, to do exactly that.'

Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny added in another comment: 'What a disappointing take. There is nothing more impressive than the magic of live theatre, ballet and opera.

'We should be trying to uplift these art forms, these artists and come together across disciplines to do that. The impact of these mediums are long, long-lasting and life-changing.'