Timothée Chalamet has cryptic response when asked if he’s British rapper EsDeeKid

Timothée Chalamet is staying tight-lipped about the viral rumor that he is the face behind an underground British rapper.

For months, fans have been questioning if the 29-year-old American actor is EsDeeKid, a mysterious artist who claims to be from Liverpool and performs with most of his face covered. The rapper’s debut album, Rebel, was released in June.

During Thursday’s episode of the British radio program Heart Breakfast, the Marty Supreme star had a coy response when asked if he was behind the EsDeeKid.

“I got no comment on that,” he said. “No comment.”

When the hosts said that Chalamet and EsDeeKid had similar eyes, the actor reiterated that he had nothing to say.

“I’ve got two words on that,” he continued, before opening his mouth and hilariously hesitating to say anything. “All will be revealed in due time. That was a little more than two words.”

He then joked about being a rapper in his teens, Lil Timmy Tin, after a viral 2012 video showed him rapping on stage during an event at his New York City high school.

“Let me tell you, Lil Timmy does not have the same ring to it,” Chalemet said. “Lil Timmy sounds like something else.”

Earlier this year, rumors began to swirl about Chalamet being EsDeeKid, specifically because the two have similar eyes. In August, Chalamet furthered the speculation when he showed up at a show in London that featured rapper Fakemink, who appears in EsDeeKid’s song, “LV Sandals.”

However, EsDeeKid has kept his identity hidden, performing with a balaclava over his face. His real name and age are unknown. While his debut album came out this year, he already has more than 11 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Meanwhile, Chalamet’s new film, Marty Supreme, is set to release in theaters on Christmas Day. The movie, directed by Josh Safdie, has already received rave reviews, with The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey giving it four stars.

“Chalamet jerks his limbs around and leans in hungry, and he has the same irresistible, volatile energy that drove those early Al Pacino performances,” Loughrey wrote. “The way the camera closes in on pockmarked skin, an elegantly etched unibrow, and permanent wireframe glasses, only draws our attention to the actor’s eyes, where, like Pacino, all the vulnerability lies.”

“Off screen, the actor has wrestled in the public eye with the meaning of achievement (“I want to be one of the greats,” he said in an awards speech earlier this year),” she added about Chalamet. “And maybe it’s because he sees a little of himself in Marty that he can understand that more fragile, sympathetic side to him.”