{"id":4940,"date":"2026-03-16T22:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/misty-copeland-timothee-chalamet-i-lied-to-you-oscars-ballet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:31:22","slug":"misty-copeland-timothee-chalamet-i-lied-to-you-oscars-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/misty-copeland-timothee-chalamet-i-lied-to-you-oscars-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballet: 1, Chalamet: 0! Misty Copeland Twirls On Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet During \u2018I Lied To You\u2019 Oscars Performance Amid Ballet-Bashing Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Misty Copeland<\/a> came out of retirement and recovery just in time to make a point on pointe about Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s<\/a> ballet-bashing comments at the Academy Awards<\/a>. In a star-studded performance of \u201cI Lied To You\u201d from Sinners<\/em><\/a>, she twirled on the hypocritical hater as he sat front row.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday night, songwriter Raphael Sadiq<\/a> opened the show-stopping reenactment, inviting us back into Smoke and Stack\u2019s juke joint with his guitar. In the live-action version of the stunning cinematic sequence, co-stars Jayme Lawson<\/a> and Li Jun Li surround Miles Caton. Blues legend Buddy Guy<\/a>, Shaboozey, Brittany Howard, Christone \u201cKingfish\u201d Ingram, Eric Gales, Bobby Rush, Alice Smith, and DJ D-Nice soon emerged to join the powerhouse performance that spanned generations, genres, and geography.<\/p>\n

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At the musical, emotional, and spiritual peak of Caton\u2019s veil-piercing high note, Copeland dazzlingly danced into center stage. Her beautiful ballet moves followed a stunning series of footworking, twerking,\u00a0Xiqu, breakdancing, Zaouli, and more. The audience went wild with applause! One of the most notable members of the standing ovation was Best Lead Actor nominee for Marty Supreme<\/em>, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. <\/p>\n

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All corners of the internet and media have united to thoroughly thrash the Dune<\/em> actor for shading the ballet and opera as art forms that \u201cno one cares about.\u201d He made the controversial comments during a Variety<\/em> and CNN Town Hall with Matthew McConaughey. And the backlash hasn\u2019t taken a break since, except to drag Jack Harlow\u2019s Common Cosplay. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI admire people, and I\u2019ve done it myself, who go on a talk show and go, \u2018Hey, we gotta keep movie theaters alive. You know, we gotta keep this genre alive,’\u201d Chalamet told McConaughey per Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em>. \u201cAnd another part of me feels like, if people want to see it, like\u00a0Barbie<\/em>, like\u00a0Oppenheimer<\/em>, they\u2019re going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cAnd I don\u2019t want to be working in ballet or opera, or you know, things where it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, keep this thing alive,\u2019 even though it\u2019s like, no one cares about this anymore,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cAll respect to the ballet and opera people out there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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You know who cares about ballet? New Oscar winner Ryan Coogler<\/a>, who included a ballet dancer among the performers in the transcendent music sequence in Sinners<\/em>. It was only right to feature Copeland, who broke racial barriers in the art form to become one of the most famous ballerinas in the world. Like the legend she is, the 43-year-old delivered a master class on ballet\u2019s relevance on releve\u0301!<\/p>\n

Before she was announced as part of the Academy Awards presentation of \u201cI Lied To You,\u201d all eyes were on Copeland for a response to Chalamet\u2019s comments. By the time Copeland pli\u00e9d in his face, Chalamet already played in hers as one of the celebrities enlisted to promote <\/em>his ping pong movie. If that wasn\u2019t shady enough, Timmy\u2019s own mother, grandmother, and sister are professional ballet dancers. Make it make sense!<\/p>\n

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Check out how Misty Copeland clapped back at Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s ignorant interview after the jump!<\/p>\n

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