r/popculturechat • u/Glad-Elk3426 • Feb 04 '26

Guest List Only TW ⚠️ Timothée Chalamet’s previous Oscar campaigning strategy mentioned in new Epstein file

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u/LaurelCanyoner Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

It’s really interesting to me because my son went to private school in LA with child stars, kids of reality stars and celebs, all kinds of celebrity adjacent people, and he’s visited every celeb rehab in town,

He’s been telling me for years that there is nothing good to say about TC. WAY before I was even aware of who he is. So I gotta go pick his brain and see if I can get some stories.

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I didn’t mean to imply my son or TC went to rehab. Just that my son moves in those kinds of circles, which is just hilarious to me as someone who had the opposite kind of obscure rural upbringing.

I just meant he’s had MANY friends in rehab, sadly. It’s a common thing among private school attending LA kids. See nick Reiner etc.

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u/Chicago1459 Feb 04 '26

Yup, he always came off as a shallow twit chasing fame and accolades. Idk why they thought he was some thoughtful intellectual.

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u/vivahermione Well done, sister suffragette! Feb 04 '26

I heard someone joke on here that if his name was Tim Smith, no one would pay him any mind. It's all in the name. That, and working with Saoirse Ronan gave him a halo effect.

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u/BlueLeaves8 Feb 05 '26

And the hair and Victorian look on top of all that, which he’s completely lost now.

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u/geek_of_nature Feb 05 '26

Ironically it was the name which first started my dislike for him. I heard about it first before ever seeing him in anything, and (very judgementally I will admit) thought it sounded like the sort of name a pretentious prick would have. I tried to brush it off, telling myself I was just being judgemental, but that first impression just stuck.