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A 2018 email from publicist Peggy Siegal to Jeffrey Epstein references Timothée Chalamet. Discussing Woody Allen’s film starring Chalamet, Siegal says he was “forced by the press and his agents” to donate his salary.
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This is a really beloved + iconic joke from the late great Mitch Hedberg, if you need a laugh I cannot more highly recommend his standup! It is refreshingly offbeat and “simple” (eg. about stuff like The DoubleTree Inn and getting a receipt for a donut).
He has always had a self-satisfied quality about him that set off my “this is a shithead” spidey senses. They have been validated countless times and here’s one more.
Maybe I'm missing out but I honestly don't think I've seen a single movie he's in all the way through.
Just checked imdb - there's been 3. Interstellar (didn't realize he was the son), Lady Bird, and Loving Leah which is a Jewish hallmarkesque movie, lol.
he’s been signed to one of the top 3 talent agencies (I forget off the top of my head) since he was 7 years old or thereabouts, so they’ve been developing him for a long time and have put $$ into his career paying off down the line. but i’ve never understood the hype, he got lucky that CMBYN came out when straight girl tumblr stan culture was still alive and well ‘cause he’s just a mediocre face who appeals to those w mediocre tastes
He's a certified gamer(tm)(derogatory) so I've always been highly sus of him based on that alone. He's just glowed up into a fuckboi so he gets the "he's so quirky and funny" benefit
He's a good actor. He is a physical type that people are open to casting. He went to LaGuardia. He is wealthy and connected. He was able to hire/work with solid, well connected agents, managers and publicists.
What about this makes him bad though? I’m not sure I understand. He gave his salary away for the film because it was tainted at a level of public knowledge because of the film being associated with Woody Allen. Him being forced to do it or not doesn’t put him in a circle with Woody Allen…
I don't know if it's true or not but I take second hand claims about people's motivations with a grain of salt. Especially a woman in her 70s claiming a 22 year old is her friend and confiding in her. And I don't really trust publicists anyway.
But those are all secondhand characterizations by people trying to launder Woody's reputation by imagining a conspiracy to destroy him. Why would assume they know Chalamet's actual intentions, let alone are describing them accurately?
Ronan Farrow made his snarky tweet that kind of blew the accusations back into the limelight in 2014 when Woody Allen was getting an honorary Golden Globe. They shot it in 2017. Timothee stood by the film until the backlash was too strong, and then he donated his salary after Rebecca Hall did it first.
I don’t see anyone here equating his actions to Woody Allen’s or arguing that they’re in the same circle, so not sure where you’re getting that from. People are reasonably responding negatively to the claim that, despite publicly apologizing, Chalamet was not at all sorry about working with a known abuser and was actually only upset about having to donate money and the impact on his Oscar campaign.
I think Oney said something about that kind of thing, where young actors sign a contract and be made to work on a film that they don't want to. I think that's what happened with The Cat in the Hat and actor Mike Myers, where he was forced to do that movie.. I think.
I'm not defending Timothee, just that maybe he was obligated by contract to do that movie.
I keep wondering this and maybe it's that he's willing to provide things other people wouldn't (seems unlikely) or maybe he has similar tactics to a cult leader and used the blackmail material to cultivate intimacy (giving him too much credit?)
But also maybe a lot of Hollywood & rich people are just dumb? And they have these same conversations with a bunch people in all kinds of recorded formats because they cant imagine there being consequences and dont know how to shut up?
he's moving like an intel officer, setting honeypots, moving dark money, doing dirt with people so they're all in the club together; academics, media, politicians, it's what we do to other countries
I wonder if he gave bits of goss back to his informants as if he was a bit of a gossip queen, or whether he was a ‘listening ear’ that validated their nastier feelings so they were inclined to go to him with their rants. or he payed them with favours. or money… these people ate fucking shameless so maybe they were happy to be paid informants
I don't understand why? I'm not like a fangirl of his but I don't see anything damning in this email. It's a third party who doesn't like the Me Too movement saying that Timothy Chalemet hates being asked about Woody Allen on his press tour (understandable, if my boss was a pedo and people were insinuating that I knew about it, or that by being employed by him I was supporting pedophiles even though I didn't know he was a pedophile when I worked for him, I'd be annoyed too). And I'd be even more annoyed if I felt like I had to give away my salary to charity, I mean I'd do it, but I'd be annoyed, because I'm 22 and that was my big break and now I'm famous and broke which is the worst because now I can't hire security. Like this all seems very logical.
It shouldn't be a shocker to anyone, but a lot of people seem surprised that a rich persons act of kindness was a public relations thing, a political thing, a tax right-off, or any number of things. It's never just about doing what is right.
People that DO do it out of kindness give a sizeable chunk of their wealth to do something good or right.
I know nearly no one is religious these days, and that's fine, but for me, their are quotes or stories in the Bible that do resonate with me as a bit of a life lesson. Almost all of them are from Jesus and the New Testament.
"[Jesus] sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:41–44)"
That is to say, these rich ***holes will donate a pittance of their wealth and never feel a thing, but poor, working folks will donate half a days pay to do something good.
i bring this up in every timothee thread i see and no one wants to hear it. 😭 he's also friends with shia labeouf in private and THOSE emails were leaked. even if he's not an abuser, timothee clearly values them and i've always found it gross particularly from someone with a large, mostly young female fanbase. he's legitimizing these nasty men to them and normalizing their behavior, whether he's trying to or not.
I have less than zero patience for these “sensitive soulful-eyed softboy on screen” types who lean into that image. Half the time they are just grimy cheesy podcast-type bros (or worse) beneath the hair pomade.
Ezra Miller, James Franco, Casey Affleck, etc etc.
Im confused as to how anyone can hang out with anyone who doesn’t have the same value system as them, surely you’d feel immediately uncomfortable? Either you don’t see anything wrong with that behaviour and you’re just better at hiding your own shit or you’re fucking dense as fuck.
I just don’t think Chalamet ever deserved it this year (I like Hawke, Dicaprio, and Jordan more), and his tasteless black culture vulture campaign was extremely off putting. Just trying to celebrate the idea that his win isn’t inevitable with a little fun. And if MBJ does win it’s a deserved win.
It's seriously rare nowadays to see someone become a character. Often it's the opposite, the character ends up being heavily influenced by the actor/actress playing him/her.
MBJ really sold his performance in Sinners and stole every scene, he was just so fun to watch. Regardless of what you think of the movie, I feel he deserves credit for that alone.
Incredible. He’s so distinctly two people, down to hand movements, mannerisms, and facial twitches. Michael B. Jordan put on an absolute masterclass in Sinners. Anyone saying otherwise doesn’t actually care about the art of acting. This is no disrespect to the other nominees
the lesson that should’ve been learned from Green Book winning Best fuckin’ Picture? no one cares about internet fed frenzies. if they did GB wouldn’t have even made the BP 10
Not saying this to protect Timothée, but I wouldn’t trust anything Woody Allen says. I mean, this particular part is probably not a lie, but in general I don’t think referring to his memoir as proof is a good idea.
Or anything Peggy says for that matter. Timothy Chalamet may be exactly who they say he is, or this may be Woody Allen parroting Peggy Siegal who hung out with hollywood elites and emails Epstein...
oh whaaaa "this itty bitty 22 year old wittle boy is being USED!" Can we please stop infantilizing men? He was a grown ass adult and everyone knows about Woody.
Reminds me of those leaked emails from the "Young Republicans" Facebook group where Vance was defending the horrific shit they were saying and calling them young kids, just figuring out the world but like all the dudes were older than 25 and most were between 30-45 lol
Penn Badgley iirc. I heard that he was homeless for a while before hitting it big, he’s always been quick to call out Joe Goldberg as a PoS, and he just seems like a really humble guy in interviews
Right now the Heated Rivalry boys! I know that they've only been famous for two months but but it really seems like they come from normal backgrounds and upbringing and most importantly, they're NOT nepo babies at all...
They made a giant deal out of giving Roman Polanski an Oscar for no reason and Harrison Ford personally delivering it to him so he wouldn’t face prison, so, yeah.
Have the Epstein files not illuminated that there is no decency among anyone with any power and that they will continue to prop each others bullshit up so they can continue to get away with their own
They gave Casey Affleck an Oscar even after the sexual harassment lawsuits (which he settled out of court), they gave Green Book the Best Picture Oscar even after the racism allegations against the writer and Don Shirley's family saying the film was inaccurate, awards and standing ovations to Roman Polanski, they've given Sean Penn not one but two Oscars, etc.
Agree. At this point I actually expect them to award problematic/harmful people just so they can further normalize this. It really seems like everyone with power is trying to move the goal posts on abhorrent behaviour….
Soon Yi also mentions him but she calls him a prick and is happy that his film did not get good reviews (this was in 2018). Actors doing stuff for good publicity when their careers are beginning is nothing new.
I know this is not the same thing, but I really think "silence = guilt" as the stance of "the court of public opinion" undermines the constitutional protections we enjoy as Americans, specifically the right to remain silent and not having that used against you.
Unless I'm misunderstanding, is it still not a net-positive that he donated to these organisations? Even if he had ulterior motives (i.e. getting some good PR out of it), he still did a good thing.
Especially considering the majority of large scale donations to not-for-profits are for reasons other than philanthropy.
From a 2018 article in Vanity Fair: "Timothée Chalamet is the latest actor to publicly distance himself from Woody Allen. The actor, who has been on a whirlwind press-tour stumping for Call Me by Your Name, declared on Tuesday that he is donating his salary from the upcoming Allen film A Rainy Day in New York to three different charities: Time’s Up, RAINN, and the L.G.B.T. Center in New York."
Michael B Jordan who defended Jonathan Majors for beating the shit out of his girlfriend? I guess it’s fine though because he’s so handsome 🥰. Beating women is WOKE if you do the right movies.
Why do grown men (or in this case, I guess Peggy is emailing him, but still! lol) email each other like it's a LiveJournal post. I'm glad the evidence exists but have y'all noticed that? Who puts that much of their personal business in an email?
“For a silver fox, you are in tip top shape”….even if he wasn’t the horrific human he was, that’s not true by a long shot 🤣 he and his friends are all such sycophantic losers I hate it all.
Ew you know, looking at so many young artists and celebrities now... Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Rachel Zegler, Jenna Ortega... who are all in their early 20s...who have gone through SO MUCH SHIT for daring to have empathy and calling out fascism for what it is. Who try their best to use their platform for good and their voice for good...and then you had 23 year old Timmmy tim tim, privileged white boy, loved by everybody and hailed as an Oscar frontwinner, deciding to just embrace whatever side gets him ahead. Fucking ew.
I totally believe this considering Timothee decided to work with Woody in the first place but also apologized to his sister after publicly denouncing Woody. Timothee's such a phony with no backbone.
I mean wasnt like his dad is like connected to the french media and unicef and his mum went to yale (yale is a bit sussy btw just that you all know). So his parents definitely were wealthy and already had connections. So timothy was always a spoiled rich brat not surprised.
Not to be a defender of Timothe, but this is like triple levels hearsay for us to believe the underlying truth. We’re hearing from an agent, through Peggy, to Epstein, in an email. Pretty hard to take the validity of it seriously unless you just already want to beforehand.
Well, that was whining just for nothing. Famously, Allen only pays his actors according to the Sag Aftra basic tabulator. So, all those actors and actresses that are A+ on his movies could as well do it for free by their standards. They are acting in his movies because of admiration, not money.
Hahahaha poor Timmy had to donate his salary after working with a pedophile and predator director, either be a man about it and stand by your decision to be a scum bag or don’t do it at all. Joke ass actor fr.
this woman told epstein she will bring him babies from africa, by the way. one of the most evil people on the planet, from what little i’ve read of the files.
and this is the 50% of files they chose to release. who knows how bad they get in the other 50%.
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