Originally appeared on E! Online.
Timothée Chalamet is reigning supreme in the game of love.
Indeed, as the “Marty Supreme” actor won the trophy for Best Actor during the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards — hosted for the fourth year in a row by Chelsea Handler in Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 4—he publicly declared his love for girlfriend Kylie Jenner for the first time.
“I’ll just say thank you to my partner of three years,” Chalamet said from stage. “Thank you for our foundation. I love you.”
The 30-year-old added, “I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much.”
In response to his declaration, the Kylie Cosmetics founder mouthed back to him from the crowd, “I love you.”
In addition to Jenner, Chalamet — who was nominated alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another,” Joel Edgerton in “Train Dreams,” Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon,” Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” and Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” — praised his director Josh Safdie during his acceptance speech.
“You made a story about a flawed man with a relatable dream, and you didn’t preach to the audience about what’s right and wrong,” he continued. “We should all be telling stories like that. So, thank you for this dream.”
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Ahead of the first awards ceremony of the season, Chalamet had detailed his personal thoughts on his performance in “Marty Supreme,” as well as his acting career as a whole.
“This is probably my best performance,” he said last month during an interview with Margaret Gardiner, “and it’s been like seven, eight years that I feel like I’ve been handing in really, really committed top-of-the-line performances.”
Of his confidence, the “Call Me By Your Name” actor added, “And it’s important to say it out loud because the discipline and the work ethic I’m bringing to these things — I don’t want people to take it for granted. I don’t want to take it for granted. This is really some top-level s–t.”
Chalamet also spoke about his dedication to his craft in his acceptance speech at last year’s SAG Awards — now called the Actor Awards — in February.
“I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is,” he said from stage, “I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the greats. I’m inspired by the greats here tonight.”
Indeed, he named a few of his inspirations, too, adding, “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there.”
Kylie Jenner and Timotheé Chalamet took date night courtside to cheer on the New York Knicks as they beat the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA East Semifinals at Madison Square Garden on May 12. The stylish couple was joined by Kylie’s sister Kendall, and were also spotted with Spike Lee and Jordyn Woods, whose boyfriend Karl Anthony Towns plays center for the team.
