Timothee Chalamet wore a stone-faced expression as he hit the red carpet at the Oscars in a look that has been derided by fans.
The 30-year-old is up for Best Actor for Marty Supreme, the Josh Safdie picture based on the life of a real underground ping-pong player in 1950s New York.
His opponents include Michael B Jordan's dual role in Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Leonardo DiCaprio's turn in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another.
Chalamet's pomposity in interviews has led to souring public opinion about him, with sources exclusively telling the Daily Mail about a 'Stop Timmy' campaign gathering steam ahead of the Academy Awards.
The actor, whose mother and sister both trained in ballet, then poured fuel on the backlash by remarking that 'no one cares about' opera and ballet.
Amid the furor, Chalamet arrived at Sunday's Oscars in an all-white ensemble of a suit and tie, clashed against a massive pair of black shades.
Timothee Chalamet wore a stone-faced expression as he hit the red carpet at this Sunday's Oscars in a look that has been derided by fans
The 30-year-old is up for best actor for Marty Supreme, the Josh Safdie picture based on the life of a real underground ping pong player in 1950s New York
He could be seen graciously approaching the ecstatic fans kept at bay by a crowd control fence, where he posed so they could snap selfies with him.
Fans roasted the ensemble on X, formerly Twitter, where one groused: 'he doesn't deserve to come near that Oscar due to this atrocity of a fit.'
Another wondered: 'dear lord Timmy, what on earth inspired this monstrosity,' as one observer joked that the young movie star resembled a 'milkman.'
One dismissed the getup as a 'mess,' while another said in a nod to his romance with Kylie Jenner: 'He needs fashion lessons from the Kardashian/Jenner clan.'
Jenner, whom Chalamet has been dating for three years and whom he thanked in his acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards and Critics' Choice Awards, made a splash when she attended this year's Academy Awards.
Although she skipped the red carpet, she materialized inside the Dolby Theatre in a sizzling scarlet Schiaparelli dress that emphasized her hourglass figure.
The world-famous reality star served up a generous helping of cleavage in the plunging dress as she made her way to her seat beside her Oscar-nominated boyfriend.
Sunday night's ceremony came days after Steven Spielberg offered a slyly withering response to Chalamet's swipe at opera and ballet.
The 30-year-old made the unfiltered remark while talking to Matthew McConaughey about his hopes that movie theaters are able to survive.
He could be seen graciously approaching the ecstatic fans kept at bay by a crowd control fence, where he posed so they could snap selfies with him
Chalamet's puffed-up attitude in interviews has led to souring public opinion about him, with sources exclusively telling the Daily Mail about a 'Stop Timmy' campaign
Although Kylie Jenner skipped the red carpet, she materialized inside the Dolby Theatre in a sizzling scarlet Schiaparelli dress that emphasized her hourglass figure
The world-famous reality star served up a generous helping of cleavage in the plunging dress as she made her way to her seat beside her Oscar-nominated boyfriend
Fans roasted the ensemble on X, formerly Twitter, where one groused: 'he doesn't deserve to come near that oscar due to this atrocity of a fit'
He then added that '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 anymore,' in an interview for Variety's Actors on Actors.
'All respect to the ballet and opera people out there,' added Chalamet, who is nominated for a best actor Oscar this Sunday for the ping pong movie Marty Supreme. 'I just lost 14 cents in viewership, I just took shots for no reason.'
His comments drew outrage from theatrical personalities ranging from ballerina Misty Copeland to legend of stage and screen Nathan Lane.
This week, three-time Oscar-winner Spielberg has added his voice to the choir of venom against Chalamet - after insiders exclusively told the Daily Mail about the 'Stop Timmy' campaign gathering steam ahead of the Academy Awards.
Spielberg slyly inveighed against Chalamet while discussing his own hopes for movie theaters during an onstage interview at the South by Southwest film festival.
'But for me, the real experience comes when we can influence a community to congregate in a strange, dark space where all of us are strangers,' he said.
'At the end of a really good movie experience, we are all united with a whole bunch of feelings that we walk into the daylight with, or into the nighttime with. And there’s nothing like that. It happens in movies, and in concerts. And it happens in ballet and opera, by the way,' he added, according to Variety.
The audience cheered and laughed at the obvious Chalamet dig, and Spielberg noted with a smile: 'And we want that to be sustained. We want that to go on forever.'
Oscar 2026 winners in full
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Emma Stone - Bugonia
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan - Weapons - WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay
Robert Kaplow - Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirat (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Michael B Jordan - Sinners
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
Best Director
Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Tracy - Bugonia
Guillermo Del Toro - Frankenstein
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar - Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Casting
Nina Gold - Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti - Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis - One Battle After Another
Gabriel Domingues - The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler - Sinners
Best Cinematography
Dan Laustsen - Frankenstein
Darius Khondji - Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman - One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw - Sinners
Adolpho Veloso - Train Dreams
Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Original Song
Dear Me - Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden - KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You - Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy - Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams - Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World: Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
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