Jon Stewart Declares ‘Opera and Ballet Have Defeated’ Timothée Chalamet After Oscars Loss

Over the past week, a battle raged between actor Timothée Chalamet and the realm of opera and ballet following his disparaging remarks about the art forms during a town hall in Austin. Now, it seems that the debacle has come to an end. On Monday, following Chalamet losing the Oscar for Best Actor to Sinners star Michael B. Jordan, Jon Stewart weighed in on the controversy during his Daily Show monologue.

“As you are well aware, a terrible war has been raging for two weeks now,” Stewart said, pretending to reference the Iran war. “But as of last night, it is clear that opera and ballet have defeated Timothée Chalamet. No contest! A knockout! Even before they brought out prima ballerina Misty Copeland in the middle of the Sinners performance.” “Right in front of him!

Boom!” Stewart added, before joking, “Can’t wait to switch out my Ukrainian flag [Facebook] profile picture for the playbill to Die Fledermaus .” In February, Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey took part in an Austin, Texas town hall event produced by Variety and CNN . While...