Surely the biggest new star of 2017 was Timothée Chalamet. At just 22-years-old, the actor starred in two of this year’s Best Picture nominees: Lady Bird and Call Me by Your Name, for which he received a nomination for Best Actor.
Call Me by Your Name is a beautiful tale of forbidden love set in beautiful Italy in the early ‘80s. Speaking of romantic entanglements of long ago that involve a Chalemet, Alexis Nedd has something to say on the matter. The interactive editor for Cosmopolitan and Buzzfeed veteran took to Twitter yesterday to detail the very embarrassing and subsequently funny story about the time she accidentally kissed Chalamet’s dad…in front of the man’s wife. (She was just trying to be “French”—but not that French.)
I'm so happy for Timothée Chalamet getting his Oscar nomination, really I am but I can't read about him without having a massive stress flashback to that time I accidentally kissed his dad on the mouth in front of his wife
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
so timothée's mom and my mom went to high school together, their class got back in touch over facebook ~5 years ago. Mama Nedd invited a bunch of her old classmates to our annual holiday party, Tim's parents showed up! Ok, nice to meet you both.
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
it should come as no surprise to anyone that timothée's father is
1) very good-looking
2) very french
3) did i mention he is handsome and french?— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
(tim's mother is a lovely, sophisticated woman and I hope to god she has forgotten this story, I hope to every god in the heavens everyone but me has forgotten)
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
Anyway I open the door to greet them, welcome them in, hug Tim's mom, introduce myself, turn to Tim's Hot Dad and go in for a hug but I DID NOT KNOW THE FRENCH DO NOT HUG
The french kiss on the cheek. I decide to play it cool*
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
*if you've followed me for any length of time you'll recognize 'i decide to play it cool' as the signal that everything is about to fall apart, as is the pattern in my miserable life
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
I swerve my head around to get that first cheek kiss in! Nailed it, *muah*, I'm practically an American girl in Paris right now.
Ain't nobody told me there was gonna be a second kiss tho.
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
All I know if I was moving my face away from his face but Mr. Chalamet was not. He went in the same direction. Panic. What the fuck. Where am I going? Where does this end?
It ends in me planting history's noisiest smooch directly on his lips.
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
My eyes are like saucers, I turn to see Tim's mom standing there aghast. Nobody speaks. I think now would be a beautiful time for god to take me into his arms. FINALLY, my mom rolls up and whisks Nicole and Marc off for a tour of our house. I'm…not doing great.
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
there's no neat button to the end of the story. Tim was still in high school at the time, later his mom told me he wanted to act and I distinctly remember thinking "I hope that kid isn't in anything I want to see or I'll be forced to think about the kiss forever"
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018
so uh….fuck me I guess
congrats timothée on your wild, sure to be long-lasting success.
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) January 23, 2018