Timothée Chalamet brought his chaotic awards season campaign to a close at the 2026 Oscars on Sunday in one of the night’s most divisive looks.
The “Marty Supreme” star appeared at the ceremony in an all-white Givenchy suit with wide-legged trousers and matching shoes. The look appeared to be a throwback to his 2018 Oscars ensemble, but was interpreted by fans on social media as everything from an homage to the boy bands of the early 2000s to Colonel Sanders.
Timothée Chalamet appeared at the 2026 Oscars on Sunday in an all-white Givenchy suit with wide-legged trousers and matching shoes.
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“Timothée Chalamet stuns as Kevin from the Backstreet Boys,” one person quipped on X, to which another quickly responded: “Don’t you DARE disrespect Kevin Richardson like this.”
Other takes were similarly cheeky.
“What in the Keven Federline is this?!” one person wrote, alluding to the former dancer who was married to Britney Spears from 2004 to 2007.
Added another: “He looks like a prom date who has really bad breath and didn’t order a corsage.”
“Timothée Chalamet stuns as Kevin from the Backstreet Boys,” one person wrote of the look.
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The reactions weren’t particularly surprising given the final stretch of Chalamet’s Oscars campaign. In recent weeks, he’s drawn criticism for seemingly going to lengths to embody the smugness of his “Marty Supreme” character in interviews and public appearances.
“It’s been like seven, eight years that I feel like I’ve been handing in really, really committed, top-of-the-line performances,” he told one journalist in December. “This is really some top-level shit.”
He also ignited an online frenzy when he proclaimed that “no one cares about” opera and ballet during a conversation with his “Interstellar” co-star, Matthew McConaughey, at a CNN & Variety town hall in February.
In recent weeks, Chalamet has been criticized for seemingly going to lengths to embody the smugness of his “Marty Supreme” character in interviews and public appearances.
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His dismissive take on the performing arts was widely condemned by a host of ballet and opera performers, while A-listers like Jamie Lee Curtis and Nathan Lane also chimed in.
And as he kicked off Sunday’s Oscars, host Conan O’Brien didn’t miss an opportunity to take a playful dig at Chalamet over the controversy.
“Security is extremely tight. I’m told there are concerns about attacks from both the opera and ballet communities,” he said in his monologue. Addressing the actor directly, he added, “They’re just mad you left out jazz.”
