SNL’s Colin Jost Roasts Timothée Chalamet Over His Ballet Remarks

Oscar nominee and Marty Supreme star Timothée Chalamet landed himself in hot water for his comments on opera and ballet. But Saturday Night Live took the furor directed at Chalamet to roast the actor with his own words.

In a Variety/CNN town hall with Matthew McConaughey at the University of Texas in February, Chalamet discussed the importance of preserving cinema and keeping people interested in buying tickets for new works.

“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,’” Chalamet said, chuckling to himself. “All respect to the ballet and opera people out there...”

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