Death of a Salesmanrevival starNathan Laneisdefinitelynot buying whatMatthew McConaugheyandTimothée Chalametare selling.
Lane savagely slammed both actors during a Thursday morning appearance onThe View, where moderatorWhoopi Goldbergasked the Hollywood veteran to weigh in onthe ongoing controversythat saw Chalamet — amid a town hall discussion with McConaughey — dismiss the popularity of art forms like opera and ballet.
"Oh, what a schmuck," Lane said, as comedianJoy Beharobserved, "He opened his mouth. Poor guy. Leave him alone!"
Lane replied, further digging in on Chalamet: "It was kind of kaleidoscopic in its stupidity and insensitivity, and yet strangely telling about where we are in this country."
He added, with a nod towardhis own filmography, "First of all, one should remember, people will be going to seeSwan LakeandLa Traviatalong after someone at a dinner party says, 'Who was Timothée Chalamet?' It's the show businesscircle of life."
Lane posed that "the bigger question is, why was there a town hall meeting with Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet? Who deemed this meeting of the minds necessary?"
He then jabbed Donald Trump upon asking why there isn't "a town hall meeting with Democrats discussing how to get this lunatic out of the White House?"
Speaking on the subject of the Oscar-nominatedMarty Supreme, which follows Chalamet as a hyper-competitive ping-pong player, Lane added: "I've got news for Timmy. If you think nobody cares about opera and ballet, I can't tell you how much we don't care about ping-pong."
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Lane issued a final criticism of both stars when he joked that "some weed was smoked beforehand" at their joint town hall.
"This may just be a tragic case of terribly unfunny people trying to be funny, which always ends in disaster," he finished.
Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to representatives for McConaughey and Chalamet for comment.
Earlier this week,Goldberg and Sunny Hostin also criticized Chalametfor saying that "no one cares" about ballet and opera.
Hostin said that Chalamet's words were "vapid" and "shallow," while Goldberg advised him to "be careful, boy" about his words on other people's art — especially as he contends for Best Actor at the Oscars this Sunday.
In EW'sannual Secret Ballot feature ahead of the Oscars, one anonymous actor told us that he "lost a lot of respect" for Chalamet amid the 30-year-old performer's comments: "F--- that guy," the actor said.
The Viewairs weekdays on ABC.
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