Misty Copeland Says Timothée Chalamet ‘Wouldn’t Be an Actor’ if Not for Ballet and Opera and It’s ‘Very Interesting That He Invited Me’ to Promote ‘Marty Supreme’

The ongoing reverberations from Timothée Chalamet’s remarks about ballet and opera don’t appear to be dying down anytime soon, with fresh backlash this time coming from someone who helped market his last film.

Ballet dancer Misty Copeland — who was used in the promotion for “Marty Supreme” — has now taken aim at the Oscar-nominated actor over comments made during “A celebrity.land & Variety Town Hall Event” in which he said he didn’t want theatrical movie going to end up like the “ballet or opera,” where artists want to “keep this thing alive” even though “no one cares” about it anymore.

“First I have to say that it’s very interesting that he invited me to be a part of promoting ‘Marty Supreme’ with respect to my art form,” Copeland said during a panel for Aveeno. Copeland wore a “Marty Supreme”-branded jacket in an Instagram post in late 2025, while…