Timothée Chalamet really stepped in it recently when he sat down with Matthew McConaughey for a town hall at the University of Texas sponsored by CNN and Variety.  Their connection?  McConaughey played Timmy’s dad in Interstellar – something I had to be reminded of (which is why I’m reminding you).  In the midst of discussing career choices, Chalamet said, “I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera, or, you know, things where it’s like ‘hey, keep this thing alive,’ even though it’s like no one cares about this anymore – all respect to the ballet and opera people out there.  I just lost 14 cents in viewership.”  This caused quite an uproar – not because of the appalling and nonsensical grammar.  I think the best retort came from the head of the New York City Ballet: “It’s not even the idea that he dissed ballet and opera that bothers me; it’s the suggestion that he had the talent and aptitude to pursue these Olympic-level artistic fields in the first place.”  Thank God he has the skill for ping pong!

Our pal Fran Drescher plays Timmy’s mom in Marty Supreme.  She was interviewed on the red carpet for the SAG Awards, which are now called the Actor Awards.  E! asked Drescher (who looked sensational) if she would officiate Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s wedding – not that they’re even engaged.  “I do officiate gay weddings, so I certainly can branch out and officiate this if they wanted me to, but I have a feeling they’re not going to ask.”

What would a column be without some political news.  No, not the fact that El Presidente took Kristi Noem out in back of the White House and put her out of her misery like Old Yeller.  It’s that Ke$ha is speaking out against the administration for using her song “Blow” in their promotional video for the war in Iran.  “It’s come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war.  Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane.  I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind.  Love always trumps hate, please love yourself and each other in times like this.  This shows blatant disregard for human life and quite frankly this attack on all of our nervous systems is the opposite of what I stand for.”  Then she went for the jugular: “Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times.  Stop using my music, perverts @WhiteHouse.”