--- title: What Was Timothee Chalamet Was Reading At The SAG Awards? description: The Beautiful Boy star was snapped looking studious at the awards show reading and everyone has a theory about it. canonical: https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-28T16:22:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:08.411Z og:title: Timothee Chalamet Was Caught Reading at the SAG Awards og:description: And everyone's got a whole theory og:url: https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteeb158405f7a03f0/69894414457a52e240d6064a/timotheechalametsagawards.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Cocktails og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Timothee Chalamet Was Caught Reading at the SAG Awards twitter:description: And everyone's got a whole theory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteeb158405f7a03f0/69894414457a52e240d6064a/timotheechalametsagawards.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Timothée Chalamet Was Caught Reading at the SAG Awards and Everyone's Got a Whole Theory About It by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 28, 2019 4:22 PM CUT  Timothée Chalamet at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards cocktail party at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Timothée Chalamet at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards cocktail party at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Morgan Lieberman—WireImage/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 28, 2019 4:22 PM CUT The 25th SAG Awards had plenty of [memorable moments](http://time.com/5514182/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-a-star-is-born/ "undefined") on stage, but Timothée Chalamet managed to grab the at-home audience’s attention while quietly sitting at his table at the show. As host Megan Mullally delievered her opening monologue, the cameras panned through the star-studded audience and stopped at Emily Blunt’s and John Krasinski’s table for Mullally to crack a few jokes. In the background, Chalamet, who was nominated for his supporting role in _Beautiful Boy_, was spotted taking some time during the proceedings to read during the show. The picture went viral as people tried to guess what the young actor found so diverting while surrounded by some of the biggest and brightest stars in Hollywood at one of the season’s biggest awards shows. Was he studying for finals? Reading a script for a [_Call Me By Your Name_ sequel](http://time.com/5414291/timothee-chalamet-call-me-by-your-name-sequel/ "undefined")? > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1089691408963784704) > [](https://twitter.com/cocogbay/status/1089696909055283200) > [](https://twitter.com/MissSassbox/status/1089694167440285697) > [](https://twitter.com/OhMySanchez/status/1089691612110761985) > [](https://twitter.com/Bryzmangous/status/1089860560227889152) > [](https://twitter.com/janaine/status/1089692569410375682) > [](https://twitter.com/adhyban/status/1089711659357097984) Whatever he was reading ([_People_ claims](https://people.com/movies/sag-awards-2019-timothee-chalamet-reading-program-viral-photo/ "undefined") it was just the award show’s oversized program) it certainly made some audience members feel a kinship with the young actor as he performed a very relatable act in a very un-relatable situation. While Chalamet ultimately lost the [SAG Award](http://time.com/5514335/black-panther-wins-sag-awards-2019/ "undefined") for outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role to Mahershala Ali for _Green Book_, he won the internet’s—and every bookworm’s—heart. > [](https://twitter.com/shxrlocked/status/1089740965898846209) > [](https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/1089791330539192320) > [](https://twitter.com/rubbrsouls/status/1089722623100104704) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/"},"headline":"Timothée Chalamet Was Caught Reading at the SAG Awards and Everyone's Got a Whole Theory About It","datePublished":"2019-01-28T16:22:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:08.411Z","description":"The actor was snapped looking studious at the awards show","url":"https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteeb158405f7a03f0/69894414457a52e240d6064a/timotheechalametsagawards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteeb158405f7a03f0/69894414457a52e240d6064a/timotheechalametsagawards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Cocktails","caption":"25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Cocktails","creditText":"Morgan Lieberman—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5514472/timothee-chalamet-sag-awards/","name":"Timothée Chalamet Was Caught Reading at the SAG Awards and Everyone's Got a Whole Theory About It"}}]}] ```