This is why ‘straight prince of twinks’ Timothée Chalamet is hailed as a queer icon

Despite being straight (as far as we know) and in a very high profile relationship with Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet is regularly hailed as a queer, bisexual – or sometimes even lesbian icon. But why?

His reputation probably stems from his breakout film, Call Me By Your Name, a sexual coming of age story where Timothée Chalamet plays 17-year-old Elio, in love with 24-year-old graduate student Oliver. It was hailed as one of the best films of 2017, not least because of the famous *peach scene*.

The movie famously led to Timothée Chalamet being christened ‘Hollywood’s Straight Prince of Twinks’.