Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet took a witty jab at the Oscars after the New York Knicks clinched the NBA Finals. Madison Square Garden was filled with loud cheers as the team secured the championship win. Chalamet, a known Knicks fan, was right in the middle of it, soaking in the win.<\/p>\n
What Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet said about the Knicks\u2019 title win and the Academy Awards<\/p>\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet reflected on the New York Knicks\u2019 NBA championship win on Monday by tying the moment to a clever Academy Awards<\/a> comment.<\/p>\n \u201cWay rather this than the Oscars,\u201d Chalamet said in footage shared by ESPN<\/a> as he captured videos of the players with his phone.<\/p>\n \u201cC\u2019mon, baby! Knicks are champions, baby!\u201d the Dune star added. Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet was in his usual courtside seat for NBA Finals Game 5.<\/p>\n Social media, especially X (formerly Twitter), lit up in no time with fan reactions ranging from hype comments to responses about his Oscars comment. \u201cChildhood dreams matter more than adulthood dreams, so it\u2019s a valid response,\u201d reasoned<\/a> a fan. \u201cNow they\u2019re NEVER giving him an Oscar,\u201d posted<\/a> another. \u201cTimmy said Oscars? Nah, gimme that Knicks chip first Absolute legend energy!\u201d wrote<\/a> a supporter. \u201cIf such childish antics continue, the next Oscar will slip away too,\u201d commented<\/a> an X user.<\/p>\n Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s remarks about the Academy Awards arrived roughly three months after he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Michael B. Jordan for Sinners. A Hollywood awards analyst told Page Six<\/a> that the Little Women actor\u2019s chances slipped after coming across as overly confident at key moments.<\/p>\n \u201cHis campaign for Marty Supreme started it \u2014 the arrogance of his outfits, befitting a clown more than an Oscar winner,\u201d a Hollywood insider told the outlet.<\/p>\n The New York Knicks secured their third franchise title and first since 1973 by beating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the Finals. Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet marked the win courtside, then joined the team in the locker room for the champagne celebration.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Sibanee Gogoi on ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Takes a Swipe at Oscars After Knicks\u2019 NBA Finals Win<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet took a witty jab at the Oscars after the New York Knicks clinched the NBA Finals.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[84970,7,1634,6,1220,191,474,93460,5081],"class_list":["post-761484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-academy-awards","tag-basketball","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-the-oscars","tag-timothee-chalamet"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116753073689155007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}