Overview
- Hosting the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, O'Brien referenced concerns from 'the opera and ballet communities' before needling Chalamet.
- O'Brien joked, 'It’s his first time in a theatre!' and, in a mock studio-boss voice, added, 'They should be home where I can monetise it.'
- Telecast cameras immediately cut to Chalamet, who was shown laughing off the jab.
- Chalamet’s earlier remarks came during a Variety/CNN town hall at the University of Texas at Austin with Matthew McConaughey.
- In that discussion, he quipped that he didn’t want to be working in ballet or opera because 'no one cares about this anymore,' while noting 'all respect' to those communities, a clip that drew reactions from figures including Steven Spielberg, Isabel Leonard and Franz Szony.