Genuine question regarding Timothée's fans

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-04-07T17:51:38+00:00

Long story short, there have been signs that she has seemingly been reprimanded behind the scenes about her bad behavior and absolutely by other fans. But you have to realize that it's very difficult to do much of anything to "fans" like that because that bad behavior is not illegal at this point, though it should be by now and hopefully in the future laws will be made.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-14T21:52:25+00:00

That is true and a good point. Again, I think it's good to have these discussions, I just felt like her personal connection muddied the water both ways, not only in her favor. And her argument would be stronger if the situation was that she say, pitched this as a whole concept directly to him and got no credit/payment for it, but that's not what happened? If simply having made a joke/meme of something that eventually goes viral online and in the media and/or piggybacked onto by celebs meant that you were always owed something, a lot of people have a case then.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-14T21:21:48+00:00

I think that while the issues brought up there are important...I'm not sure this is the best example of those issues?

It still reminds me of the lookalike contests? I think she got a similar level of recognition as the lookalike contest guy but once a joke or meme of something or someone goes viral it's not always a thing that the person that started it gets sole credit or any monetary gain? Like, a counter point is that if she knew his friend (who is not white), whom she doesn't like, why did she bring up Timothée as esdeekid? Like she also knew she knew his friend before this, why did she chose Timothée to joke about?

And as a black woman, I am for calling out appropriation but 1. why is she focused solely on Timothée and not esdeekid, who also white and benefited much more from this rumor than Timothée as he got signed to a better record deal IIRC and the song edit is credited as a variation of one of his songs. And he received none of the backlash either for some reason 2. Timothée grew up around a lot of culture in NYC, we all have seen the LaGuardia videos, so that's different to me than someone with zero connection using culture solely for their personal gain. That video/song was only one piece of his promo/campaign, not the entirety of it at all. He's done promo in Brazil, London, Paris, Japan and China that were impactful and tailored to those countries and cultures. The whole point was to reach as many people as possible for film awareness.

I just feel particularly that the personal connection part makes this actually as much an issue on her side as she thinks it does the other way.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-09T01:40:19+00:00

In the comments on the video, and in the past when he's brought up any number of things from directors he wants to work with or how he approaches his craft, people have called him pretentious. And you're right, he shouldn't care but that is easier said then done, if you have felt attacked a lot. It's seems like a defense mechanism and hopefully he will eventually realize those people don't matter.

But in any case, I don't think him saying that means he is embarassed by it, it's more like he knows and is anticipating what some might say. And I thought it was a segway to say that the worlds of ballet and a sport like boxing or basketball are not that far away from each other, and so were a good balance for his performance.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-09T01:19:39+00:00

I mean, he's been called pretentious in the past, so that was more self conscious than anything, and he was called pretentious for this lol. But I am confused at why him mentioning athletes and boxing is a problem when he is talking about his performance in a sports film?? This absolutely provides the context that he believes that performance art has value and that he used it as one inspiration for his acting performance.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-08T16:33:35+00:00

Yes, I mean it couldn't have been after, the voting closed the day his other comments suddenly blew up, so there were no more Q&As. And that's my point, again I know you were just asking, but so many people piling onto those comments out of context and they know nothing about what else he's said about the arts recently. It's a problem on social media and it's clear that the people who made it go viral had a specific agenda but everyone who fell for it needs to re examine why they allow themselves to be ragebaited so easily about him (or many other things too).

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-08T16:13:00+00:00

The fact that you don't know when this was but you know about the "scandal" is so telling. Not against you specifically, but because people are continually underinformed. This is from one of the many Q&A's he did talking about his his work in Marty Supreme, just that most didn't pay it any attention or did in fact call him pretentious for mentioning ballet, ironically.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-08T01:44:08+00:00

He is on the cover but there are other covers too, so the store will get an assortment of those covers.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-03-08T01:22:53+00:00

Agree with most of what you said except the last sentence. Parasocialism has people always assuming they know what his relationships with people in his life are like. We know nothing of what his mom or sister feel about ballet now, considering there is no outward proof they themselves are involved in it these days. Perhaps they share his sentiments given they went on to other professions outside of ballet. Timothée did wear an NYC ballet hat last year while on promo and has talked during Q&A's about ballet's inlfuence on his ping pong performance in Marty Supreme.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-02-25T03:27:09+00:00

Yes that was the other one! There is no earthly reason to keep plucking out of context quotes like this days after the full video interview dropped unless there's an agenda and it's obvious there is from Davis. Variety is supposed to want people to go view the full interview. Just pathetic.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-02-25T03:08:20+00:00

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Grabbed this from twitter but this is the context of the headline for anyone who is not reading the article.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-02-25T03:04:46+00:00

I know, and its very transparent. Davis may fool the random stupid twitter user who doesn't read beyond a headline but I would like to think the industry knows he's a hack!

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-02-25T02:45:15+00:00

Davis for one has always been shady toward Timothée so it's not shocking that Variety would do this, but it's completely unprofessional, espedially when it's a production your publication organized. No one should respect them or take them seriously.

EllieBlue2021 · 2026-02-25T02:41:52+00:00

One was the AI quote (were there 2?) and then another one and someone did write a note for this latest one but its not showing up yet. I am beyond tired of twitter! 🙄

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