Nathan Lane Blasts ‘Schmuck’ Timothée Chalamet Over His Ballet And Opera Comments

The actor had a lot to say about the "Marty Supreme" star’s controversial take on the performing arts.

Stage and screen actor Nathan Lane didn’t hold back when asked about Timothée Chalamet’s dismissive take on the performing arts.

Appearing on “The View” Thursday to promote his imminent return to Broadway, Lane savagely weighed in on Chalamet’s assertion that “no one cares about” opera and ballet.

“What a schmuck!” he proclaimed, before deeming Chalamet’s comments “kind of kaleidoscopic in [their] stupidity and insensitivity, yet strangely telling about where we are in this country.”

True to form, the “Birdcage” star didn’t stop there.

“First of all, one should remember people will be going to see ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘La Traviata’ long after someone at a dinner party says, ‘Who was Timothée Chalamet?’ It’s the show business circle of life,” he said. “The bigger question is: Why was there a town hall meeting with Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet? I mean, who deemed this meeting of the minds necessary? Why isn’t there a town hall meeting with Democrats discussing how to get this lunatic out of the White House?”