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Timothee Chalamet opens up on Lily-Rose Depp yacht pictures

The young actors were snapped kissing in Italy.
The young actors were snapped kissing in Italy.

Timothee Chalamet has admitted he was “embarrassed” after pictures of him kissing his then-girlfriend Lily-Rose Depp on a yacht emerged last year.

The Hollywood actor, 24, was snapped relaxing with 21-year-old Depp, his The King co-star, in September 2019.

The pictures went viral. Speaking to GQ, Chalamet said the images left him red-faced.

The King UK Premiere – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Lily-Rose Depp (left) and Timothee Chalamet, who were pictured kissing on a yacht last year (Ian West/PA)

“I went to bed that night thinking that was one of the best days of my life,” Chalamet said.

“I was on this boat all day with someone I really loved, and closing my eyes, I was like, indisputably, ‘That was great.’ And then waking up to all these pictures, and feeling embarrassed, and looking like a real nob? All pale?”

The Call Me By Your Name actor also dismissed suggestions the incident was a set-up.

He said: “And then people are like: This is a PR stunt. A PR stunt?! Do you think I’d want to look like that in front of all of you?!”

Chalamet is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young stars. He has starring roles in keenly awaited sci-fi epic Dune, set for release next year, and in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch.

Chalamet is also set to take the lead in a forthcoming Bob Dylan biopic.