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Doja Cat questions Timothée Chalamet’s viral comment that “nobody cares” about ballet and opera anymore.

in an apparently TikTok since removedthe 30-year-old rapper called out the Oscar-nominated star over controversial comments he made while attending a CNN and Variety event in Austin, Texas, alongside Matthew McConaughey last month.

During the event, the “Marty Supreme” actor he told McConaughey“I don’t want to work in ballet or opera where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this alive, even though no one cares anymore.'”

Chalamet seemed to instantly realize that his comment could be perceived as an insult, adding: “All due respect to ballet and opera people. Damn, I just shot for no reason.”

After the actor’s comments resurfaced online this week, Doja Cat addressed him in a video clip.

“Opera is 400 years old. Ballet is 500 years old,” he began before calling out Chalamet directly, mispronouncing his name, perhaps on purpose. “Someone named Timothée Chalamet, a great guy by the way, had the nerve to say on camera that no one cares.”

Arguing that Chalamet could “walk into an opera house right now.” [and] The seats will be filled,” he continued, “and no one says a word as the performance goes on because everyone has so much respect for him.”

“There’s an etiquette around opera. There’s an etiquette around ballet. It’s incredible. It’s an incredible theatrical medium. It’s fucking beautiful,” declared Doja Cat. “People go to the dance studio every day. Dancers show up at 8 a.m., 6 a.m., whatever, they show up and break and bleed every day, just because they respect it. They love it, they love what they do.”

Noting that “it doesn’t matter if the industry is going through difficult times,” the musician (born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini) maintained that “many industries [are having] a difficult moment.”

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“Your industry is going through tough times. My industry is going through tough times. It doesn’t mean people don’t care. People care. Dancers care. Singers care,” he added. “The audience cares. There’s still an audience. People don’t give a damn. You show up in a nice outfit, you sit down and shut up. That’s the usual etiquette around those things.”

To conclude his message to the actor, he added that he “maybe I should learn something from that.”

Representatives for Chalamet did not immediately respond to News’s request for comment. The “Dune” star has yet to respond publicly to Doja Cat’s comments.

Doja Cat isn’t the only celebrity to take issue with Chalamet’s viral attack.

Chalamet came under fire on “The View,” with co-host Sunny Hostin revealing she was “offended” and “disappointed” by his comments as a member of the Dance Theater of Harlem, a black classical ballet company.

“I didn’t realize he was so vapid and shallow,” she said of the 30-year-old actor.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized Chalamet for criticizing the arts and noted that she comes from a “dance family.” The French-American actor’s mother (Nicole Flender), grandmother (Enid Flender) and sister (Pauline Chalamet) have danced with the New York City Ballet.

“When you shit on someone else’s art form, it doesn’t feel good,” Goldberg added. “It doesn’t feel good to see, and you probably didn’t realize it until you were like, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble.’… So be careful. I’m just saying, be careful, kid.”

After reiterating that Chalamet’s family has a strong background in dance, co-host Sarah Haines joked that “this seems like a family problem.”

Several ballet and opera companies have also rebuked Chalamet’s suggestion.

The Los Angeles Opera wrote on Instagram: “Sorry @tchalamet. We would offer you complimentary tickets to Akhnaten, but they are selling out. There are a few seats left to purchase if you hurry.”

London’s Royal Ballet and Opera said in an Instagram post: “Every night at the Royal Opera House, thousands of people gather to see ballet and opera. For the music. For the storytelling. For the sheer magic of live performance. If you want to reconsider, @tchalamet, our doors are open.”

Tagging Chalamet in a post, the Metropolitan Opera wrote on Instagram: “All due respect to the opera (and ballet) people out there.”

The Metropolitan Opera added in the caption: “This is for you, @tchalamet… [eyes emoji]”