--- title: Timothee Chalamet and Ansel Elgort on Who Was More Popular description: Former classmates Timothee Chalamet and Ansel Elgort can't agree over who was more popular while they attended LaGuardia High School. canonical: https://time.com/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-09T22:43:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:40.373Z og:title: Timothee Chalamet, Ansel Elgort Discuss Who Was More Popular og:description: LaGuardia's finest og:url: https://time.com/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09224a154e88716b/6988f7a9ab6d77e4416b1473/ansel-elgort-timothee-chalamet-friends-high-school.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrities Attend The New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Timothee Chalamet, Ansel Elgort Discuss Who Was More Popular twitter:description: LaGuardia's finest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09224a154e88716b/6988f7a9ab6d77e4416b1473/ansel-elgort-timothee-chalamet-friends-high-school.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former Classmates Ansel Elgort and Timothée Chalamet Can't Agree on Who Was Cooler in High School  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2018 10:43 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Violetta Komyshan, Ansel Elgort and Timothee Chalamet attend the New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics game at Madison Square Garden on December 21, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Violetta Komyshan, Ansel Elgort and Timothee Chalamet attend the New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics game at Madison Square Garden on December 21, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/Getty Images)James Devaney—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2018 10:43 PM UTC Stars of the moment [Ansel Elgort](http://time.com/4856232/ansel-elgort/) and [Timothée Chalamet](http://time.com/5092640/timothee-chalamet-golden-globes-2018/) might be the toasts of [young Hollywood](http://time.com/money/4816245/kylie-jenner-justin-bieber-youngest-richest-forbes-100/) together, but it turns out that they shared turf in high school as well. Since both of the boys attended New York’s famous performing arts school, LaGuardia High School (you know, the setting for _Fame,)_ _MTV_ asked the question we’ve all been dying to know: which one of them was more popular while they were in attendance? In a cute turn of events, both Elgort and Chalamet claimed that the other was more popular, with each offering evidence of each other’s high school claims to fame. “Timothée,” Elgort said. “Timothée was _so_ popular.” “Ansel had a calendar with him in it!” Chalamet countered. “Are you kidding me? How could I possibly have been more popular?” Chalamet also pointed out that Elgort was a star in the musical theater performances, while he was reduced to making rap videos about statistics. Elgort had a caveat that Chalamet couldn’t deny, however. “No one disliked Timmy,” he said. “Some people disliked me. Everyone loves Timmy.” > [](https://twitter.com/MTV/status/950741152889753602) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/"},"headline":"Former Classmates Ansel Elgort and Timothée Chalamet Can't Agree on Who Was Cooler in High School","datePublished":"2018-01-09T22:43:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:40.373Z","description":"LaGuardia's finest","url":"https://time.com/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","ansel elgort"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09224a154e88716b/6988f7a9ab6d77e4416b1473/ansel-elgort-timothee-chalamet-friends-high-school.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09224a154e88716b/6988f7a9ab6d77e4416b1473/ansel-elgort-timothee-chalamet-friends-high-school.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Attend The New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics Game","caption":"Celebrities Attend The New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics Game","creditText":"James Devaney—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/5096112/ansel-elgort-and-timothee-chalamet/","name":"Former Classmates Ansel Elgort and Timothée Chalamet Can't Agree on Who Was Cooler in High School"}}]}] ```