Conan O'Brien shades Timothée Chalamet for ballet and opera diss at Oscars 2026 — and the actor reacts

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Conan O'Brien shades Timothée Chalamet for ballet and opera diss at Oscars 2026 — and the actor reacts
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“Security is extremely tight tonight. I just gotta mention that. I’m told there’s concerns from attacks from both the opera and ballet communities,” O’Brien said during his opening monologue.Conan O’Brien hosted the Oscars on Sunday night and shaded Timothee Chalamet over the actor’s ballet and opera diss.

“I’m told there’s concerns from attacks from both the opera and ballet communities,” O’Brien joked, as Chalamet and Kylie Jenner laughed off the joke.Oscars 2026 Predictions: Why Timothée Chalamet isn’t out of the running yetChalamet and Jenner, 28, both kept smiling in response.— sparked backlash for dissing ballet and opera during a town hall with Matthew McConaughey that aired on CNN on Feb. 21. After explaining it’s important to keep movie theaters going, he noted that he didn’t “want to be working in ballet or opera where it’s like, ‘Hey! Keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.’” “All respect to the ballet and opera people out there … I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I’m taking shots for no reason,” Chalamet added.“They’re just mad you left out jazz,” O’Brien also joked to Chalamet said before the 2026 show that his “main goal is to entertain.”told THR “I spend a lot of time backstage consoling people who have lost,” the comedian continued. “People don’t see that part. In the commercial breaks, I am telling people they are better off without an Oscar. The Oscar will ruin their career, has it has for so many. “ O’Brien added, “It’s not true. They really should’ve won. No one wants to hang out with the loser. I think that’s my biggest role is the consoler. That’s what I do. So the jokes are just part of it.”Bethenny Frankel ‘loves’ this under-$19 face wash: ‘Better than the expensive ones’Paige DeSorbo is the latest star using this ‘absolutely amazing’ tinted SPF — and it’s 20% off todayThe Madison’ star Michelle Pfeiffer, 67, shares the daily habit that's helped her age gracefullyMisty Copeland is a high-fashion ballerina on the Oscars 2026 red carpetTeyana Taylor lets her abs play peekaboo in black-and-white feathers on Oscars 2026 red carpetMore Page Six Style Conan O'Brien hosted the Oscars on Sunday night and shaded Timothee Chalamet over the actor's ballet and opera diss."I’m told there’s concerns from attacks from both the opera and ballet communities," O'Brien joked, as Chalamet and Kylie Jenner laughed off the joke.“They’re just mad you left out jazz," O'Brien also joked to Chalamet (seen above on the Oscars 2026 red carpet.Chalamet, pictured above posing at the Oscars on March 15, has not addressed the backlash to his comments about ballet and opera.The"Marty Supreme" actor said during a CNN town hall on Feb. 21 that"no one cares" about ballet and opera anymore.Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Madison' On Paramount+, Where Michelle Pfeiffer Is A New York Woman Who Goes To Montana To Deal With Her Grief After A Tragedy

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