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\t\t<\/p>\n Charlize Theron<\/strong><\/a> is clarifying her recent comments about Timothee Chalamet<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n In a recent interview, the 50-year-old Oscar-winning actress slammed the 30-year-old Marty Supreme<\/em> actor after he said offhandedly suggested that \u201cno one cares\u201d about ballet or opera.<\/p>\n \u201c[In] 10 years, AI is going to be able to do Timothee\u2019s job, but it will not be able to replace a person on a stage dancing live,\u201d she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n While attending NYC premiere of her new movie Apex<\/em> on Wednesday (April 22), Charlize<\/strong> admitted that she was \u201ctalking out of my ass\u201d when she made those comments.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u201cHonestly, I talked out of my ass,\u201d Charlize<\/strong> told Variety<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen in ten years, okay? Nobody does.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut I assume that a living, live performance would be hard [to replicate],\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd then someone\u2019s like, \u2018There\u2019s a dancing robot in Hong Kong\u2019 \u2014 but he\u2019s not Misty Copeland.\u201d<\/p>\n Timothee<\/strong> caught a lot of flack when he first made those controversial comments about ballet and opera. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore,\u2019\u201d he said during a CNN Town Hall<\/em> event earlier this year. \u201cAll respect to all the ballet and opera people out there.\u201d<\/p>\n While hosting the 2026 Oscars<\/em> last month, host Conan O\u2019Brien<\/strong> poked some at the controversy, and you can see how Timothee<\/strong> reacted to the jokes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n