Adolescence actor Owen Cooper told Timothée Chalamet that he’s “not Scouse” at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday (January 4).
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Chalamet was named Best Actor for playing Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme, with the movie also getting a further eight nominations. Adolescence, meanwhile, led the TV categories with six nominations, winning four. The latter included a Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television win for Cooper as Jamie Miller.
Cooper and Chalamet, who recently quashed rumours that he was the anonymous Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid by teaming up with him in a new remix and video, were captured on camera discussing the city at the awards show.
In the clip, filmed by E! News, Chalamet asks Cooper about his phone background, which the latter seems to confirm is a tribute to late footballer Diogo Jota, who was a Liverpool player at the time of his death in a car accident in July last year.
Chalamet responded with “Diogo Jota RIP”, before asking Cooper if he’s from Liverpool. Cooper was born and raised in Warrington, halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, seemed to say, “I’m not,” before adding: “I don’t have a Scouse accent”.
The pair then posed for photos together, with Cooper putting his arm around Chalamet, who flashed a peace sign. Cooper shared the images on his Instagram Stories, and they went viral after being shared on social media.
In one, he poked fun at the EsDeeKid rumours by tagging the rapper rather than Chalamet himself.
owen turning the critics choice awards into a meet & greet and tagging timothée as esdeekid pic.twitter.com/uQ6LcjK84M
— timothée chalamet’s impregnator (@indiehamlet) January 5, 2026
Elsewhere at the awards, Chalamet thanked his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, for supporting his acting career. Accepting his Best Actor award, he started: I got a lot of people to thank. I don’t know if I’ll be up here again, so give me a second. Damn, I’m more nervous than I thought I’d be.”
He paid tribute to his fellow nominees, including Michael B. Jordan for his roles in Sinners, and to Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie for “crafting a role and story” for him. Then, to Jenner, he said: “Thank you to my partner of three years. Thank you for our foundation. I love you. I couldn’t do this without you.”
Marty Supreme earned a glowing five-star review from NME, with Jordan Bassett writing: “The direction is so frenetic that it somehow makes table tennis even more thrilling than the rubber-burning race scenes in F1, while there are at least three jaw-dropping set-pieces that Safdie lands on you like gleefully delivered trick shots.”
Adolescence, meanwhile, got four stars. “While there’s room for improvement, Adolescence is still essential viewing,” wrote Rhian Daly. “Its unflinching commitment to the darkest corners of the story will remain with you long after the credits have rolled. These four episodes alone won’t stop the encroachment of the so-called ‘manosphere’ on regular boys’ lives but it has the power to start some much-needed conversations.”
NME also named the Netflix drama as one of the top TV shows of 2025, writing: “Every year there’s a show that enflames the collective consciousness so aggressively it seems almost divinely ordained. As if the big telly god in the sky has analysed all of our brains and crafted the perfect story to match. In 2025, Adolescence was that show.”
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