{"id":2234256,"date":"2026-01-14T10:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2234256"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:20:56","slug":"timothee-chalamet-called-out-after-controversial-press-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/timothee-chalamet-called-out-after-controversial-press-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothee Chalamet Called Out After Controversial Press Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea Handler<\/strong> has compared <strong>Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/strong> to <strong>Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong> in a recent interview. The comedian has also weighed in on the Dune star\u2019s recent, controversial comments during the promotional tour for his new movie, Marty Supreme.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chelsea-handler-compares-timothee-chalamet-to-leonardo-dicaprio\">Chelsea Handler compares Timothee Chalamet to Leonardo DiCaprio<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea Handler recently appeared on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P2PpO6Bz_bQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not Skinny But Not Fat<\/a> podcast, where she called out Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s remarks during Marty Supreme\u2019s promotional tour. When host Amanda Hirsch asked Handler whether the actor is taking the press run \u201ctoo seriously\u201d, she replied, \u201cIt seemed so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Handler added, \u201c[Chalamet] seemed pretty serious about winning and getting acknowledged for his great acting.\u201d The comedian criticized the Dune star\u2019s tone, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s a great actor, but it\u2019s hard to hear someone talk about how great they are at acting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea Handler always wanted to be rich and famous\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2PpO6Bz_bQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Handler and Hirsch went on to compare Chalamet to Leonardo DiCaprio, whom they dubbed the \u201cgolden star.\u201d The comedian stated that the One Battle After Another actor \u201cwouldn\u2019t talk like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chalamet has made some eyebrow-raising comments in the past while promoting Marty Supreme. At one <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1pil9u1\/timoth%C3%A9e_chalamet_says_hes_given_topoftheline\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview during the press tour<\/a>, the actor said, \u201cI\u2019ve been handing in really, really, committed, top-of-the-line performances,\u201d for the last \u201cseven, eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also added, \u201cIt\u2019s important to say it out loud because of the discipline and the work ethic I\u2019m bringing to these things. I don\u2019t want people to take it for granted. I don\u2019t want to take it for granted. This is really some top-level s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks sparked backlash among fans, with many calling them boastful. However, in another interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/awards\/consider-this\/timothee-chalamet-interview-marty-supreme-1235169009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndieWire<\/a>, Chalamet revealed that he was channeling the energy of Marty Supreme. \u201cIt\u2019s a movie about the pursuit of a dream. I\u2019m leaving it on the field. Whether it\u2019s the merch or the Zoom or the media appearances, I\u2019m trying to get this out in the biggest way possible. In the spirit of Marty Mauser,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in a recent interview on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G98huKe_BDk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Graham Norton show<\/a>, Chalamet clarified that he was simply \u201cin the energy and the tone of the character\u201d after filming wrapped. The actor concluded by saying that he is \u201cliving in absolute humility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1714746-timothee-chalamet-compared-leonardo-dicaprio-marty-supreme-press-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.realitytea.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea Handler has compared Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet to Leonardo DiCaprio in a recent interview. The comedian has also weighed in on the Dune star\u2019s recent, controversial comments during the promotional tour for his new movie, Marty Supreme. Chelsea Handler compares Timothee Chalamet to Leonardo DiCaprio Chelsea Handler recently appeared on the Not Skinny But Not Fat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2234257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[377902,23666,22056,352002,34943],"class_list":["post-2234256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-chelsea-handler","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-pop-culture","tag-pop-culture-news","tag-timothee-chalamet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Timothee-Chalamet-Called-Out-After-Controversial-Press-Run.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234258,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234256\/revisions\/2234258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}