Nathan Lane Slams Timothee Chalamet as a 'Schmuck' For Opera & Ballet Comments, Goes In on Matthew McConaughey, Too

Nathan Lane absolutely went in on Timothée Chalamet, as well as Matthew McConaughey.

If you didn’t see the news, Timothée is facing major backlash for his thoughts on the opera and ballet that “no one cares” about them anymore.

While on The View, Nathan, who can be seen on The Gilded Age, Only Murders in the Building, and just started a run on Broadway with Death of a Salesman, responded to the controversy.

“Oh, what a schmuck,” Nathan said, to which co-host Joy Behar responded, “He opened his mouth. Poor guy. Leave him alone!”

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“It was kind of kaleidoscopic in its stupidity and insensitivity, and yet strangely telling about where we are in this country,” Nathan began.

He continued, “Well, one doesn’t want to give this more attention than it deserves. And yet…It was kind of kaleidoscopic in its stupidity and insensitivity and yet strangely telling about where we are in this country. Let me explain. Let me get to the comedy portion of our program. First of all, one should remember, people will be going to see Swan Lake and La Traviata long after someone at a dinner party says, ‘Who was Timothée Chalamet?’ It’s the show business circle of life.”

He added, “The bigger question is: Why was there a town hall meeting with Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet? I mean, who deemed this meeting of the minds necessary? … Why isn’t there a town hall meeting with Democrats discussing how to get this lunatic out of the White House? Then I realized, ‘Oh, he’s still promoting that endless ping pong movie.’ And, you know, I’ve got news for Timmy: If you think nobody cares about opera and ballet, I can’t tell you how much we don’t care about ping pong.”

“He was doing it with Matthew McConaughey, so I’m thinking some weed was smoked before it. This may just be a tragic case of terribly unfunny people trying to be funny, which always ends in disaster,” he added.

Many stars have slammed Timothee for his statements.