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Business Insider
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Timothee Chalamet's mom dishes on the perks, the paparazzi, and parenting a superstar
She knew he was going to be a star before everyone else. She knew it long before her then-teen son ambled onto the stage of the 1,150-seat auditorium at New York's LaGuardia High School with his baggy jeans falling off his lanky frame, stealing the annual talent show with his Lil' Timmy Tim rapper routine; before he made eating a peach an X-rated sex act in the coming-of-age film "Call Me By Your Name"; and before he'd flip his mop of wild chestnut curls and have a gaggle of girls scream his name. In fact, as the mother of 29-year-old actor Timothée Chalamet, Nicole Flender knew he was going to be a success when he truly was a "complete unknown." Before his baby face was on the cover of Time magazine, before he was the answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle, and long before his style made the best-dressed lists, he was just her son. "He was a normal kid," Flender said. "He wanted to be a soccer star." She's a mom to 2 stars She knew the theater was his calling when the crowd went wild for his high school rap persona — and not just because she was a biased mom who recognized his spark. "Everybody loved it," she told Business Insider. His star has certainly risen. He's played fighters, lovers, Willy Wonka, and even King Henry V. He's been in seven best picture Oscar-nominated films and twice been nominated for Academy Awards, for his performance as a lovestruck teen in "Call Me By Your Name" and as musician Bob Dylan in the biopic "A Complete Unknown." She's in a distinctive position as the mother of two stars. Timothée's sister, Pauline Chalamet, four years his senior, is an actor and a director who splits her time between Paris and Los Angeles. She recently starred in Mindy Kaling's HBO Max series, "The Sex Lives of College Girls." Thanks to Pauline, Flender will celebrate her first Mother's Day as a grandma. "That's what I'll be called — it's what my grandmother was called and what my kids called my mom," she said. She's not surprised her kids are talented Flender isn't surprised that her kids have talent. They come from a showbiz family. Their grandmother, Enid Flender, danced on Broadway in shows like "Kiss Me Kate," and their grandfather, Hal Flender, was an author and television writer who worked with many comedy greats, including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen. She's a trained ballerina who spent years on national tours with musicals including "Fiddler" and "Gypsy." Her brother Rodman Flender, a child actor, has been a filmmaker and TV director for shows like "The Office" and "Ugly Betty." Timothée was a performer at a young age, entertaining family, friends, and classmates. In elementary school, he did Disney commercials. In middle school, he appeared on "Law & Order." Flender excitedly emailed everyone she knew about his prime-time debut, even though his character was murdered in the first minutes of the show. Flender modestly takes little credit for her kids' success. Both carved their own paths, she said. Pauline pursued ballet, starring in "The Nutcracker" at Lincoln Center with the School of American Ballet. "It was like training for the Olympics," Flender said. Now she has her own production company. Timothée excelled at travel soccer, she said, and his chess, sports, and Tae Kwon Do trophies still adorn the shelves in her theater district apartment, along with his acting awards. She used to call him Tiny Tim Known as "Timmy" to his friends and family, she called him "Tiny Tim" or "Toothless Tim" and later "Tall Tim" on family holiday cards, depending on his current status. "He's always been independent," she said. At 17, Timothée had his parents (his French dad is a former journalist) sign papers saying he didn't need a chaperone in Canada to film "Interstellar," in which he plays Matthew McConaughey's son. "He makes his own decisions about what projects to pursue," she said, adding that she's more of a cheerleader than a "momager." In fact, her kids rarely ask her for counsel on big life decisions. "He told me after the fact" that he had purchased what's reportedly an $11 million mansion in Beverly Hills, despite the fact that she's a real estate agent at the Corcoran Group in New York. She also avoids offering dating advice. Her son has had a roster of celebrity girlfriends, publicly starting with Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon in high school, the Mexican singer Eiza González, and Johnny Depp's daughter, Lily-Rose. He's now dating Kylie Jenner, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and part of the Kardashian clan. Flender is often the last to know what's happening in her son's life. "Kylie was the one who told me that he would host 'Saturday Night Live' for the third time," she said. Hollywood hasn't changed her son Flender is often his plus-one on the red carpet. "The photographers love us," she said. "They always want me to get in the picture. They like to see a son who is close to his mother." Being his date for the SAG Awards was a last-minute surprise. "I got a text on the Thursday before to ask if I'd be his date for that Saturday," she said. She raided her closet for a slinky black gown and hopped on a plane. When she joined him for the Oscars, she borrowed a royal-blue number from a friend. There are perks to being a star's mom during award season: She's had full-glam hair and makeup done and been outfitted by Louis Vuitton. Cartier jewelers once blinged her with priceless diamonds for the Golden Globes. "They knock on your hotel door at 9 o'clock the next morning, asking for them back," she noted. Hollywood hasn't changed her son, she said. "Not at heart. He keeps himself grounded." She remembers when she and Timothée could walk down the street unrecognized. Now, even a neighborhood stroll could end up as paparazzi fodder. "They photographed us together in SoB=Ho and LA a year apart, and I was wearing the same vintage Fiorucci shirt," she said, laughing. "He bought it for me, so I wear it when we're together to show him I love it." Despite her children's fame, Flender is very private. She'll occasionally post an Instagram photo of herself dolled up for an awards show, but she avoids reading social media mentions of either kid. She's often surrounded by A-listers but says she's not starstruck. Yet, she does admit to dropping her son's name to get a photo with basketball legend Charles Barkley at a bar recently. "I told him my son was a big basketball fan, and he was happy to pose with Timothée's mom,'" she said. Most of all, she's proud to have two kids who have surpassed anything she could've imagined. "All I want is for them to be happy," she said.
Business Insider
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Timothée Chalamet's mom isn't surprised her kids have talent. She's more of a cheerleader than a 'momager.'
She knew he was going to be a star before everyone else. She knew it long before her then-teen son ambled onto the stage of the 1,150-seat auditorium at New York's LaGuardia High School with his baggy jeans falling off his lanky frame, stealing the annual talent show with his Lil' Timmy Tim rapper routine; before he made eating a peach an X-rated sex act in the coming-of-age film "Call Me By Your Name"; and before he'd flip his mop of wild chestnut curls and have a gaggle of girls scream his name. In fact, as the mother of 29-year-old actor Timothée Chalamet, Nicole Flender knew he was going to be a success when he truly was a "complete unknown." Before his baby face was on the cover of Time magazine, before he was the answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle, and long before his style made the best-dressed lists, he was just her son. "He was a normal kid," Flender said. "He wanted to be a soccer star." She's a mom to 2 stars She knew the theater was his calling when the crowd went wild for his high school rap persona — and not just because she was a biased mom who recognized his spark. "Everybody loved it," she told Business Insider. His star has certainly risen. He's played fighters, lovers, Willy Wonka, and even King Henry V. He's been in seven best picture Oscar-nominated films and twice been nominated for Academy Awards, for his performance as a lovestruck teen in "Call Me By Your Name" and as musician Bob Dylan in the biopic "A Complete Unknown." Flender is often his plus-one on the red carpet. "The photographers love us," she said. "They always want me to get in the picture. They like to see a son who is close to his mother." She's in a distinctive position as the mother of two stars. Timothée's sister, Pauline Chalamet, four years his senior, is an actor and a director who splits her time between Paris and Los Angeles. She recently starred in Mindy Kaling's HBO Max series, "The Sex Lives of College Girls." Thanks to Pauline, Flender will celebrate her first Mother's Day as a grandma. "That's what I'll be called — it's what my grandmother was called and what my kids called my mom," she said. She's not surprised her kids are talented Flender isn't surprised that her kids have talent. They come from a showbiz family. Their grandmother, Enid Flender, danced on Broadway in shows like "Kiss Me Kate," and their grandfather, Hal Flender, was an author and television writer who worked with many comedy greats, including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen. She's a trained ballerina who spent years on national tours with musicals including "Fiddler" and "Gypsy." Her brother Rodman Flender, a child actor, has been a filmmaker and TV director for shows like "The Office" and "Ugly Betty." Timothée was a performer at a young age, entertaining family, friends, and classmates. In elementary school, he did Disney commercials. In middle school, he appeared on "Law & Order." Flender excitedly emailed everyone she knew about his prime-time debut, even though his character was murdered in the first minutes of the show. Flender modestly takes little credit for her kids' success. Both carved their own paths, she said. Pauline pursued ballet, starring in "The Nutcracker" at Lincoln Center with the School of American Ballet. "It was like training for the Olympics," Flender said. Now she has her own production company. Timothée excelled at travel soccer, she said, and his chess, sports, and Tae Kwon Do trophies still adorn the shelves in her theater district apartment, along with his acting awards. She used to call him Tiny Tim Known as "Timmy" to his friends and family, she called him "Tiny Tim" or "Toothless Tim" and later "Tall Tim" on family holiday cards, depending on his current status. "He's always been independent," she said. At 17, Timothée had his parents (his French dad is a former journalist) sign papers saying he didn't need a chaperone in Canada to film "Interstellar," in which he plays Matthew McConaughey's son. "He makes his own decisions about what projects to pursue," she said, adding that she's more of a cheerleader than a "momager." In fact, her kids rarely ask her for counsel on big life decisions. "He told me after the fact" that he had purchased what's reportedly an $11 million mansion in Beverly Hills, despite the fact that she's a real estate agent at the Corcoran Group in New York. She also avoids offering dating advice. Her son has had a roster of celebrity girlfriends, starting with Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon in high school, the Mexican singer Eiza González, and Johnny Depp's daughter, Lily-Rose. He's now dating Kylie Jenner, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and part of the Kardashian clan. Flender is often the last to know what's happening in her son's life. "Kylie was the one who told me that he would host 'Saturday Night Live' for the third time," she said. Hollywood hasn't changed her son Being his date for the SAG Awards was also a last-minute surprise. "I got a text on the Thursday before to ask if I'd be his date for that Saturday," she said. She raided her closet for a slinky black gown and hopped on a plane. When she joined him for the Oscars, she borrowed a royal-blue number from a friend. There are perks to being a star's mom during award season: She's had full-glam hair and makeup done and been outfitted by Louis Vuitton. Cartier jewelers once blinged her with priceless diamonds for the Golden Globes. "They knock on your hotel door at 9 o'clock the next morning, asking for them back," she noted. Hollywood hasn't changed her son, she said. "Not at heart. He keeps himself grounded." She remembers when she and Timothée could walk down the street unrecognized. Now, even a neighborhood stroll could end up as paparazzi fodder. "They photographed us together in Soho and LA a year apart, and I was wearing the same vintage Fiorucci shirt," she said, laughing. "He bought it for me, so I wear it when we're together to show him I love it." Despite her children's fame, Flender is very private. She'll occasionally post an Instagram photo of herself dolled up for an awards show, but she avoids reading social media mentions of either kid. She's often surrounded by A-listers but says she's not starstruck. Yet, she does admit to dropping her son's name to get a photo with the basketball legend Charles Barkley at a bar recently. "I told him my son was a big basketball fan and he was happy to pose with 'Timothée's mom,'" she said. Most of all, she's proud to have two kids who have surpassed anything she could've imagined. "All I want is for them to be happy," she said.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Timothée Chalamet's Mom Just Spoke Out About His Relationship with Kylie Jenner
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner's relationship has intrigued fans and haters alike online ever since they started dating. Neither star is outspoken about their relationship, but they aren't exactly hiding it, either. Maybe they're not posting lovey-dovey Instagrams, talking about each other in interviews, or posing on the red carpet together, but they are attending awards shows, sporting events, and music festivals together. Now, though, there is a teeny bit of insight into their relationship from a surprising person in a surprising place: Chalamet's mom in an interview about her real estate career. The Dune star's mother, Nicole Flender, was profiled by Curbed in relation to her work as a real estate agent in New York City. Like her son and her daughter, actor Pauline Chalamet, Flender also works in the arts. She's been a dance teacher and worked with the theater union Actors' Equity. She still substitute teaches and occasionally acts today. She talks about all of this in the interview, and the conversation touches on Chalamet's relationship with Jenner when his own home purchase was brought up: an $11 million house in Beverly Hills. "Did he ask for my advice? No," Flender told Curbed. "He said, 'Guess what? I bought a house.'" Since Beverly Hills is pretty close to where Jenner lives, the Kardashians star got a mention, too. "I have to say she's lovely,' Flender said of her son's girlfriend. 'She's very nice to me." Recently, Flender and Jenner were both Chalamet's guests at the Academy Awards where he was nominated for Best Actor for A Complete Unknown. Chalamet and his mom arrived to the event together, and Jenner joined them once they were inside the theater. Flender looks forward to visiting Chalamet (and, presumably, Jenner) on the west coast, but has no interest in moving to be closer to either of her children. (Pauline lives in Paris.) "Would you like your mom to be trailing you everywhere?' she said. 'I like being able to go visit them.'
Time of India
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Timothée Chalamet's mum spills some tea on Kylie Jenner and it's a plot twist nobody saw coming
We have got a celeb mum's approval, and it is not just any mum, it is Timothée Chalamet's. That's right, the Oscar-nominated heartthrob's mother, Nicole Flender, has officially given Kylie Jenner her stamp of approval. And honestly? It is the wholesome moment we never knew we needed in the middle of all the Hollywood chaos. What does Timothée Chalamet's mom think of Kylie Jenner? In a recent sit-down with Curbed, Flender casually dropped a bombshell that had fans double-taking. When asked about her son's super-private romance with the Kylie Cosmetics mogul, the NYC real estate agent was all praises. 'She's lovely,' she apparently said, adding that Kylie has been nothing but kind to her. Cue the collective sigh of relief from Chylothée shippers everywhere. But that is not where the tea ends Flender, who is clearly the queen of keeping it real, also recalled how she discovered Timothée had bought a swanky $11 million mansion in Beverly Hills, conveniently close to Kylie's. Was she part of the decision-making squad? Not even close. Apparently, he just dropped it on her out of nowhere like, 'Guess what? I bought a house.' Bold move, Timmy. Bold move. While both her kids have now gone international (his sister, Pauline, just grabbed herself a Paris pad), Flender's staying loyal to NYC. 'Would you want your mum tailing you 24/7?' she quipped, proving once again that she is the real MVP of keeping boundaries in check. The aww moment between Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner And let's not forget the Oscars moment that had everyone talking. When Timothée was up for Best Actor at the 2025 Academy Awards, Kylie willingly gave up her seat so he could sit next to his mum during the big announcement. He may have lost the award to Adrien Brody, but he definitely won the night in the 'boyfriend and son goals' department. Even when Kylie had to skip the SAGs due to her stylist's sudden death, Flender stepped in without missing a beat as Timmy's plus-one. Now that is what we call a supportive future in-law moment, right? So, for anyone still wondering whether Kylie fits into the Chalamet clan , Nicole Flender just made it crystal clear. This love story might actually have staying power, and we are here for every dramatic, glowy-skinned, $11-million-mansion-filled chapter.
CNN
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Timothée Chalamet's mother, Nicole Flender, is having her own moment
Call Nicole Flender by her name, as she is not just the mother of two successful actors. Flender is the mother of Timothée Chalamet, star of numerous films and a two-time Oscar nominee, as well as Pauline Chalamet, who most recently starred in the series 'The Sex Life of College Girls.' But Flender is also an accomplished real estate agent with the famed Corcoran real estate firm in New York City. According to a recent article in Curbed, she 'has been selling real estate with Corcoran for nearly a decade, ever since her husband, Marc Chalamet, a French journalist who now works for the U.N., spotted a Groupon deal for discounted courses at the New York Real Estate Institute.' 'Flender was working as a dance teacher in New York City public schools at the time, and her children — by that point working, but not famous, actors — had left the nest: Timmy was about to audition for 'Call Me by Your Name,' and his elder sister, Pauline, was at acting school in Paris,' the publication stated. Thanks to the article, we know that Flender's connections to the entertainment industry aren't just tied to her famous children. 'Flender's father, Harold, was a comedian and novelist whose book 'Paris Blues' was adapted into a film starring Sidney Poitier,' the article states. 'Her mother, Enid, was a Broadway dancer. Her brother, Rodman, was a child star who became a writer and director.' In the 1970s, Flender and her family were 'among the first to move into Manhattan Plaza, the subsidized-housing complex in Hell's Kitchen where the majority of tenants had to be performing artists, through the city's Mitchell-Lama program.' Their neighbors in that building included 'the then-30-something Larry David, who lived next to a comedian named Kenny Kramer, the inspiration for the Seinfeld character.' Not that Felder isn't proud of her kids. After Timothée Chalamet won SAG Award for male actor in a leading role for 'A Complete Unknown,' she talked to 'Entertainment Tonight' about her excitement. 'It's just incredible because I was with him from the start,' she said. 'From those first commercials he did and 'Law & Order' he did as an 11-year-old. This is just incredible. I'm so happy. I'm so proud.' Felder also had her own star turn. Her bio on the Corcoran site notes that she danced at the Lincoln Center with the New York City Ballet when she was a child and went on to perform in several Broadway musicals. Felder, who is fluent in English and French, is also listed as an officer of Actors' Equity Association, where she represents more than 50,000 stage actors across the country. She is a member of the voting body for Broadway's Tony Awards and the author of the book, 'Cool Careers for People who Love Movement.'
