If Timothée Chalamet actually desires to win a greatest actor Oscar on the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, the “Marty Supreme” star higher keep away from making the massive mistake that he made on the 97th annual ceremony: Strolling the purple carpet with girlfriend Kylie Jenner and having her seated beside him within the Dolby Theatre.
Hollywood business skilled Rob Shuter mentioned that folks have been fairly shocked that Chalamet didn’t win for his efficiency as Bob Dylan in 2024’s “A Complete Unknown.” However Shuter mentioned Jenner is the explanation he didn’t as a result of she’s a member of the Kardashian household and folks within the “snobby” Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences look down on their actuality TV stardom.
“Everybody thought he he was going to win (for “A Complete Unknown”). The studio thought he was going to win,” mentioned Shuter, a former publicist, gossip columnist and editor of the American version of “OK!” journal who now publishes the Naughty However Good Substack. Talking on The Nerve podcast, Shuter mentioned that the Oscars producers clearly anticipated Chalamet to win as a result of they sat him in “the winner’s seat,” one of many seats within the entrance row of the Dolby Theatre.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 07: Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner attend the purple carpet through the seventieth David Di Donatello at Cinecitta Studios on Could 07, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Photographs)
When second-time winner Adrien Brody’s title was introduced as an alternative, “there was a shock, and there was almost like an investigation in Hollywood, almost like a failed political campaign, to uncover why this didn’t work,” Shuter mentioned. “Why didn’t this work? What was it about this movie, this process, this campaign, that didn’t connect? And all the results, I’m told, pointed their finger at Kylie.”
Shuter’s feedback come within the wake of conflicting stories final month over whether or not Chalamet had damaged up with Jenner after 2½ years of relationship. A lot was manufactured from the actual fact Chalamet didn’t accompany Jenner to the star-studded occasion thrown by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for her mom Kris Jenner’s seventieth birthday.
Chalamet and Jenner’s relationship has lengthy been recognized to be on-off, however the Every day Mail quoted a supply who mentioned that the romance was positively off and that the actor “had broken up” with the cosmetics entrepreneur. However a second supply advised the Every day Mail: “There is trouble in paradise, but they aren’t completely over.”
Folks journal sources supplied an much more optimistic tackle the connection, saying “They’re really in love.” Folks mentioned Chalamet and Jenner had been aside in latest months as a result of he was working in Europe, although they make “an effort to see each other every few weeks.”
Shuter advised Maureen Callahan, the host of The Nerve, that he anticipated Chalamet and Jenner to be extra “off” than “on” within the coming months as he promotes “Marty Supreme.” This hotly anticipated sports activities comedy-drama, due in theaters on Christmas Day, focuses on a singular character named Marty Mauser, who’s an up-and-coming desk tennis star within the Nineteen Fifties.
“So they’ve gone back and forth many, many times,” Shuter mentioned. “I think at the moment, they are in a down period. My reporting tells me they’re not over yet. They’ll get back together.”
However Callahan replied: “He’s such a wannabe serious artiste, and you can’t do that if you’re dating a Kardashian Jenner.” She added: “I think Timothée is gunning for an Oscar with this ping-pong movie, and I think he knows he’s not going to get it (if he’s dating Jenner).”
Shuter agreed, saying: “You might win a People’s Choice (award) if you date Kylie Jenner. … There’s still a real snobby elite group that runs the Oscars. They really are. These are not people who enjoy a “Mission: Impossible” or a “Wicked” or a bucket of popcorn. These are the actual filmy varieties … and they don’t take effectively to the Kardashians.”
“So even if he gets back with Kylie, if they end up (back) together, don’t expect her to be walking red carpets with him, which is what she did last time,” Shuter continued. “She started to pop up on carpets, and that’s the kiss of death in this snobby Oscar world.”
Critiques for “Marty Supreme,” and for Chalamet’s efficiency, have to this point been fairly stellar, based on the Hollywood Reporter. The movie, directed by Josh Safdie, was screened on the New York Movie Pageant in late October.
“If Marty Supreme exists to prove that Timothée Chalamet could have easily kicked it with the New Hollywood icons of the ’70s, the Harvey Keitels and the Gena Rowlandses, then point proven,” wrote Clarisse Loughrey of The Impartial. “He’s truly one of our greatest talents.”
BBC’s Caryn James mentioned that “Chalamet’s performance as Marty Mauser is so engaging that you can put his offscreen antics aside.” It’s not clear if James was referring to his Kardashian affiliation when she talked about Chalamet’s “antics,” however she additionally praised his efficiency in final yr’s “A Complete Unknown” and mentioned the movie “Marty Supreme” is “as fresh, funny and exhilarating” as Chalamet is within the film.
Oscar predictions at Gold Derby present that Chalamet is the no. 2 contender to win the Oscar on the March 15, 2026 ceremony — simply behind Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another.”
As an alternative of parading Jenner round on the purple carpet at awards ceremonies within the coming months, Chalamet ought to deliver his mom, Callahan mentioned. “That’s really good advice,” Shuter laughs, saying Chalamet may present the Oscar voters that he’s somebody who loves his mom. He additionally recommended that Chalamet purchase a canine.
