And the 30-year-old didn’t take the designation lightly.
“It feels like a stupid honor,” he told Keke Palmer during a red carpet interview at the 2022 Met Gala, before correcting his choice of words, saying, “It’s a stupidly big honor—I should put it like that.”
And with his return to the fashion extravaganza this year, as well as his Oscars nomination for Marty Supreme and his upcoming movie Dune: Part 3, Timothée is having quite the busy year. But when he’s not walking a red carpet, he insisted on making time for a life outside of the spotlight.
“You’ve got to have real experiences,” he told GQ in an interview published in 2023. “Human experiences. You’ve got to fall in love, you’ve got to be bored.”
To see all the stars who did make it to the Met Gala this year, keep reading.
