'The View' Hosts Are Latest Celebrities to Slam Timothée Chalamet's Opera & Ballet Comments: 'I Didn't Realize He Was That Vapid'

The View cohosts are the latest to fire back at Timothée Chalamet after his recent comments about the declining popularity of ballet and opera.

Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, and guest cohost Sheryl Underwood all had something to say to the Oscar-nominated actor on the Monday (March 9) showing of the daytime talk show.

“I’m offended and disappointed in what he said. I didn’t realize he was that vapid and that shallow,” Sunny said, also noting that “ballet is hard.”

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Sheryl, a comedian filling in for conservative cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin, said Timothée‘s comments were maybe because he’s “young.”

“I think he thought he could say that,” she continued. “First, he just made the good ping-pong movie. He’s a young, handsome man, but I bet if he was playing [dancer] Rudolf Nureyev, he’d respect the art form a little bit better.”

“That goes to show a lot of young people need to understand, don’t just flip off and say something,” Sheryl added. “Really understand that your words have meaning to other young people. I think he can do it.”

“But, also, where’s the camera at so I can speak to Timothée personally: Young man, if you would like to come and talk to me about this, I’m willing to hear your thoughts,” she joked.

Sunny and Sheryl then quipped back and forth that they could both talk to him as a “tag team,” but then Whoopi stepped in with a “yeah, no.”

“You come from a dance family, so when you crap on somebody else’s art form, it doesn’t feel good. You probably didn’t realize, until you said, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble,’ but then you compounded it and said, ’14 cents.’ No, when people get mad, it’ll be a lot more than 14 cents, so be careful. I’m just saying. Be careful, boy,” the Ghost star said.

Her mention of the actor’s family is referring to his mom and sister’s involvement in dance.

Whoopi continued, “He is a boy to me. No disrespect. Really, don’t apologize when you’ve insulted. It doesn’t sound right. You can’t say, ‘Oh, this is dumb, no disrespect.’ That’s absolute disrespect.”

A newly-resurfaced video from 2019 shows Timothée saying the same things about ballet and opera.