Council leader invites Timothée Chalamet to Hull
Council leader, Mike Ross, has extended the invitation after the Wonka star said he thinks the city has the 'sexiest accent'
Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet has been invited to pay a visit to Hull after saying he thinks the city has the sexiest accent.
Hull City Council Leader Cllr Mike Ross said the Wonka star would get a warm welcome after naming the accent among his top three for sex appeal in an interview.
The council leader said on Twitter: “As leader of the council here in Hull, can I say you are always welcome to come visit the city.
“I know we’ll give you a very warm welcome.”
It comes after the Hollywood A-lister gave his verdict on which accents are the sexiest in an interview with LADBible.
Fellow Actor Keegan-Michael Key asked the Dune star, who is fluent in French as well as English, if he thought the French language was the sexiest.
In response, Chalamet said: “I like the Hull accent.”
After Key questioned his response and the audience laughed, the Wonka lead said: “Why is everyone cracking up? Hull is sexy.”
He then went on to list his top three sexiest accents as Hull’s, Essex’s and those of middle-aged Northerners.
When asked if the idea to invite the Hollywood actor to Hull was his wife’s idea, Cllr Ross replied: “She’s completely unaware.”
Others commented on the offer, with one Twitter user saying : “A patty butty will be ready.”
Since the star’s comments, others have reacted to discovering his soft spot for the Hull accent.
One Twitter user said: “Just seen Timothée Chalamet ordering a patty butty in Bob Carvers.”
Another said: “Timothée Chalamet declaring his love for the Hull accent feels like a fever dream.”
One said: “I 100 per cent agree, it’s about time my rough northern accent was recognised.”
Another said in reference to the City of Culture year: “Timothée Chalamet has done more to put Hull on the map with one sentence than anything in 2017 ever did.”
Further comments included one which said: “As someone from Hull, I have absolutely no idea how Timothée Chalamet has heard of Hull.”
Another said: “Timothée Chalamet loves the Hull and Essex accents?
“He’d have loved me after too many snakey B and blacks in Welly when my accent was a hodgepodge of both then.”