Why is Hollywood turning on Timothee Chalamet?

This Is Why

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Timothee Chalamet – movie star and tabloid regular – had been the firm favourite to take home the Best Actor statue at this weekend’s Academy Awards. So why have the former Hollywood favourite’s fortunes fallen so dramatically?

The press campaign for his movie Marty Supreme, as well as some ill-timed controversial comments about opera and ballet, have led to a backlash. Why has public opinion turned against him? And how do the big Hollywood studios go about influencing who wins what at the Oscars?

Niall is joined by Sky’s entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer in Tinsel Town and Paula Froelich, senior story producer and on-air talent for NewsNation.

Have you got a question for Niall? Email the show - why@sky.uk

Credit: Timothée Chalamet & Matthew McConaughey | Variety & CNN Town Hall - Full Conversation - YouTube

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0:00.0	Sky News, the full story first.
0:11.0	Timothy Charlemie is one of the favourites to win best actor at this weekend's Oscars,
0:15.6	but it's his behaviour off-screen that's got people talking. This is why.
0:34.7	Thank you. off screen that's got people talking. This is why. Hi everyone, Neil here, and we thought, given all the doom and gloom around, we'd take advantage of the Oscars this weekend and focus on one of the hopefuls for best actor.
0:44.5	More on that in just a moment.
0:46.8	But we are now two weeks into this brand new podcast, and we need to say thanks for all your emails.
0:52.7	We've had comments and questions, even ideas for episodes. The email address for all of those, why at sky.uk. Jackie, she wants an episode explaining why the American midterms are so important. Jackie, guess what? We're actually going to do it. We're going to get James or Martha or Mark from the Sky News Trump 100 podcast on very soon.
1:14.7	And lots of you getting in touch with questions for Professor Michael Clark after he discussed the Iran War.
1:20.4	We're going to get Michael back to answer some of those soon. Quite a few of your questions, in fact, about HMS Dragon.
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1:28.7	favourite defence expert, why at sky.com? We've also had quite a few messages from people stuck in
1:34.9	the Middle East as well. I hope you've made it back by now. And we've got to mention Sandra,
1:40.2	the episode on the UK's involvement in Iran, that was her first ever podcast.
1:44.9	Welcome to the world of pods, Sandra.
1:47.2	Today, though, we're going to have a bit of escapism.
1:54.5	And the Golden Globe goes to Timothy Shalami.
2:00.1	Timothy Shalami is undoubtedly one of the hottest properties in Hollywood right now. Wow. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I'm in a category with many greats. I look up to all of you. Thank you. He's nominated for Best Actor, again, this time for his role in Marty Supreme. Hello. Hey, it's Marty Mouser. I'm in the royal suite. I saw you in the lobby yesterday.
2:20.5	But it's his behavior away from the silver screen that's been causing a bit of a start.
2:24.6	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 it's like no one cares about this anymore.
2:32.8	Humble, he most definitely isn't.
2:36.0	And that's a big problem in an industry that's powered by popularity.
2:40.7	It's a movie about a ping pong player, Neil.
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