Timothee Chalamet kept a low profile at the post-Oscars celebrations on Sunday evening, opting to avoid the Governor’s Ball where winners traditionally have their awards personalized.

Perhaps watching others revel in their success would have been too much to bear.

The night was particularly challenging for Chalamet, who faced a public setback after losing the Best Actor award to Michael B Jordan for his role in “Sinners.” Adding to his woes, ceremony host Conan O’Brien and others took jabs at him throughout the event.

Despite being the favorite for his portrayal of a ping pong champion in “Marty Supreme,” Chalamet’s chances dwindled over the lengthy awards season. His perceived arrogance contrasted with Jordan’s endearing charm, shifting public favor.

Chalamet’s last faux pas—suggesting that nobody cared for opera or ballet—occurred on March 5, coinciding with the close of Oscars voting. This misstep likely eroded public sympathy, though it was probably too late to sway the final outcome.

During the ceremony, when Chalamet was shown applauding Jordan’s victory, a wave of laughter echoed through the venue.

That was the sound of the younger generation’s great acting hero being mocked by his more successful, older peers.

Inside the Vanity Fair Oscar party, held this year at the LA County Museum, he sat rather glumly on a white sofa at the edge of the room while girlfriend Kylie Jenner mingled joyfully with her family – sisters Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian, and mother Kris Jenner. 

Timothee Chalamet (pictured) suffered a night of public humiliation at the Oscars after losing out on Best Actor to Michael B Jordan and being repeatedly mocked

Chalamet, pictured with girlfriend Kylie Jenner, had been the front runner to scoop the award for Best Actor for his performance in Marty Supreme

Chalamet lost out to Michael B Jordan (pictured), who took home Best Actor for his role in the hit 2025 horror Sinners

For at least some of the night, he wore sunglasses indoors. A party source said: ‘He was very subdued, I didn’t see him as much as crack a smile. He didn’t circulate.’

He and Kylie left separately, oddly, but showed up together soon afterwards at Jay-Z and Beyonce’s annual Gold party at the Chateau Marmont which, as is customary, was still in full swing when the sun came up on Monday.

The night belonged to Michael B Jordan, who is also, incidentally, a co-owner of British football team AFC Bournemouth. I saw him hugging fellow nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, clearly in tears, after the ceremony finished.

DiCaprio, who is more decent than his publicity sometimes suggests, spent quite some time speaking to Jordan and congratulating him on his arrival among the big league. 

As Jordan acknowledged emotionally from the stage it felt like a culturally significant moment. 

He’s only the sixth black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, following Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Will Smith and Jamie Foxx. (Only one black woman has won a Best Actress Academy Award – Halle Berry in 2002.) 

Jordan was cheered in every room he entered, including when he dropped by In ‘n’ Out Burger just down the road from the Dolby Theatre and ordered two double doubles and a side of fries. There was a frenzy of selfies and filming by customers.

DiCaprio, who has a new moustache, sat with model girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti during the show but afterwards she went to mingle with the fashion crowd at Vanity Fair and he sat quietly for a couple of hours, sharing a bottle of red wine with Guillermo del Toro at the Governors Ball. Maybe, at 51, he’s no longer in his party era.

Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) was up for the second Oscar of his career for One Battle After Another

Irish actress Jessie Buckley (pictured) said ‘You can sleep when you’re dead,’ following her first Oscar win for Hamnet

Buckley’s Hamnet co-star Paul Mescal was glued to girlfriend Gracie Abrams

Jacob Elordi (pictured) was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Frankenstein

Irish Oscar winner Jessie Buckley was everywhere, of course, with husband Freddie Sorenson and all of her family, and fizzing with joy. 

‘You can sleep when you’re dead,’ she said, cheerfully. She spent some time with Hamnet co-star Paul Mescal, who was glued to girlfriend Gracie Abrams.

Newly single Australian actor Jacob Elordi – star of Wuthering Heights – drew a lot of female attention wherever he went, including from actresses Nicole Kidman and Teyana Taylor. 

Elordi didn’t bother with the press line at Vanity Fair but headed straight in for a couple of vodka and limes, and conversations with models Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne and the young Hollywood party crowd including actress Anya Taylor-Joy and beauty mogul Hailey Bieber.

Again, there was a couple partying apart here – with her husband pop star Justin Bieber steering clear of Vanity Fair but showing up around 2am at the Beyonce/Jay-Z party, minus his wife.

There were some grumbles about the new Vanity Fair party, which insisted that guests accept stickers over the cameras of their phones. Security was tight, and the guest list tighter.

Sean Penn, who won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another, skipped the ceremony. The Mystic River star was in Ukraine on Sunday where he met president Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support for the war-torn country.