United Kingdom, May 21 -- Timothee Chalamet's mother has denied rumours that her son took ballet classes when he was younger.

The 30-year-old actor sparked fury earlier this year when he claimed that "no one cares about" ballet or opera, prompting the Library for the Performing Arts to share a clip on Instagram of the Dune star as a six-year-old in a ballet production of Romeo and Juliet, although his mother Nicole Flender has revealed that it was Timothee's sister Pauline Chalamet who attended dance classes instead.

Flender - herself a former ballerina - told People: "Timmy didn't take ballet classes. My daughter did.

"Timmy did his own dancing. You know, he was a rap artist at high school so he did his own thing."

Chalamet made his ...