{"id":879669,"date":"2025-12-21T23:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/timothee-chalamet-lets-his-inner-sports-fan-fly-at-the-marty-supreme\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:30:42","slug":"timothee-chalamet-lets-his-inner-sports-fan-fly-at-the-marty-supreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/timothee-chalamet-lets-his-inner-sports-fan-fly-at-the-marty-supreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Lets His Inner Sports Fan Fly at the \u2018Marty Supreme\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marty Supreme<\/em> isn\u2019t in wide release till Christmas Day, but it\u2019s already taking New York by storm. Wednesday night in Nolita, 48 table tennis aficionados faced off in the first ever Marty Supreme<\/em> Invitational\u2014where the man of the hour, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet,<\/strong> made a surprise appearance before the final match.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Airbnb Experiences, the ping-pong pop-up took over The Aula, a new studio space inside St. Patrick\u2019s Basilica. Guests dined on light bites and sipped cocktails as they watched a hand-selected group of the best amateur ping-pong players in New York face off in elimination- style play across six different tables.<\/p>\n

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The event was emceed by Giullian Yao Gioello,<\/strong> co-founder of Bounce, an underground pop-up ping-pong party. \u201cMe, my homey Blu DeTiger<\/strong> and Rex DeTiger,<\/strong> we started hosting ping-pong tournaments like a year ago underground,\u201d he told Vanity Fair.<\/em> \u201cWe take a ping-pong table and bring it to a random club. We throw a tournament, and then we throw a crazy-ass party.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Around 11 p.m., Marty Supreme<\/em> star Odessa A\u2019zion<\/strong><\/a> and director Josh Safdie<\/strong> rolled in to the event. Soon after, rumors began swirling that Marty Mauser himself would make an appearance. After a few fake outs\u2014there could have been another Timmy lookalike competition<\/a> at the invitational\u2014Chalamet finally appeared a little after midnight, wearing an orange jacket, of course, and a gray hoodie. Flanked by his orange ping-pong-ball-head entourage, Chalamet addressed his audience from the rafters with A\u2019zion by his side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat the fuck is going on, baby! Let\u2019s fucking get it, baby,\u201d said Chalamet before instructing the DJ to cut the music. \u201cAll right, let\u2019s get really serious. Who\u2019s left in the Marty Supreme<\/em> Invitational? What I want to do right now is come downstairs and see this up close and personal. Then we\u2019re gonna rip this\u2014we\u2019re going to see two semifinals matches, and one finals match. And then we\u2019re all going to party on behalf of Airbnb.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chalamet would eventually join the masses on the floor for the semifinals. Koto Kawaguchi<\/strong>\u2014who stars in the film as Marty\u2019s Japanese nemesis, Endo, won his match, and then made it all the way to the finals, facing off against Kevin Lewis,<\/strong> a former model and real estate agent with Compass and one of the top amateur ping-pong players in New York. As hundreds watched, Lewis and Kawaguchi went toe to toe, rallying back and forth as Chalamet sipped red wine and watched from the front row.<\/p>\n

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Before the last match, Chalamet shouted out his director, Josh Safdie, calling him \u201ca genius\u201d and thanking him for unlocking the secret tennis table fan in all of us. Chalamet then instructed the Marty Supreme<\/em> cast members still in the rafters\u2014specifically Luke Manley,<\/strong> who plays Marty\u2019s best friend, Dion\u2014to watch the final match on the floor. \u201cLet\u2019s root for our boy Koto,\u201d said Chalamet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yet Lewis would defeat Kawaguchi, winning the first ever Marty Supreme<\/em> Invitational. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the fuck just happened,\u201d said Lewis, holding his trophy after his big win. He then hyped up opponent Kawaguchi, whom Lewis said he\u2019d looked up to for a long time. \u201cTo face him and somehow win that match, I\u2019m truly humbled.\u201d Dream big, indeed.<\/p>\n

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Timothee Chalamet with the Marty Supreme<\/em> Invitational winner, Kevin Lewis.<\/span>Tyrell Hampton.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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