{"id":8694,"date":"2026-04-20T12:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:26","slug":"charlize-theron-joins-chorus-of-disapproval-over-timothee-chalamets-ballet-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/?p=8694","title":{"rendered":"Charlize Theron joins chorus of disapproval over Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s ballet comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The former ballet dancer said Chalamet\u2019s comments were \u2018reckless\u2019 in an interview with the New York Times in which she also discussed her violent childhood<\/p>\n<p>Actor and former ballet dancer Charlize Theron has joined the chorus of disapproval aimed at Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/mar\/09\/timothee-chalamet-backlash-opera-and-ballet\">his remarks that appeared to disrespect performers of ballet and opera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/18\/magazine\/charlize-theron-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.yXKj.fRabddIhUnDK&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share\">In an interview with the New York Times<\/a>, Theron said: \u201cOh, boy, I hope I run into him one day,\u201d adding: \u201cThat was a very reckless comment on two art forms that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time. But in 10 years, AI is going to be able to do Timoth\u00e9e\u2019s job, but it will not be able to replace a person on a stage dancing live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/apr\/20\/charlize-theron-timothee-chalamet-ballet-comments\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former ballet dancer said Chalamet\u2019s comments were \u2018reckless\u2019 in an interview with the New York Times in which she also discussed her violent childhood Actor and former ballet dancer Charlize Theron has joined the chorus of disapproval aimed at Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet over his remarks that appeared to disrespect performers of ballet and opera. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92,516,514,518,20,519,215,261,517,122,520,515,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-ballet","category-charlize-theron","category-classical-music","category-culture","category-dance","category-film","category-music","category-opera","category-south-africa","category-stage","category-timothee-chalamet","category-world-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oko-oko.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}