Timothée Chalamet understands that his personal life is of interest, especially now that he is dating Kylie Jenner. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to talk much about it—at least not yet.
TO GQChalamet addressed his fame and made his first comment about dating Jenner while maintaining privacy. On having fans following his life and the interest in his personal life in general, he said, “I can’t say that none of it matters because my intense fandom has gotten me to where I am.”
But he is also “irritated by the idea that he may not have the right to complete privacy.” GQreporter Daniel Riley wrote. Riley gently suggested that his position seemed fair, but “if he really wanted to be left alone, he probably wouldn’t spend time with one of the four people with the most followers on Instagram,” Riley added. . Jenner is, of course, the fourth most followed person on Instagram.
Chalamet nodded to this comment, laughed and said: “This reminds me of that time recently South Park episode of the Worldwide Privacy Tour (which was a parody of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and had their characters travel the world demanding privacy). Sometimes people get confused when you say you’re trying to live a private life.”
Riley noted that after he interviewed Chalamet before the SAG walkout, Chalamet and Jenner went public with their romance at a Beyoncé concert. Because of the strike, he was unable to ask Chalamet any further questions on this matter.
Chalamet talked a little about how important it is to protect your humanity, which also helps improve his art. “You have to have experiences in your personal life that are helpful to you,” he said. “The active rise of my career was so new to me that for some time it was this experience that fueled my work. But you need real experience. Human experiences. You must fall in love, you must be bored. I talked about the crease in the couch cushion the last time we talked (in 2020 when he mentioned just sitting still), but in that time I never found that crease! I never slowed down. I was never out of sight. But this year in Los Angeles I feel great.”
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Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (especially Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions in To taste, tastefully, stylish And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she enjoys running around Central Park, getting people to take photos of her #ootd, and exploring New York City.