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Is Leonardo DiCaprio gunning for our hearts and memes? The \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d star certainly gave it his all Sunday at the Golden Globes. <\/p>\n
First, there were DiCaprio\u2019s reactions to host Nikki Glaser joking about all the things he\u2019d managed to accomplish<\/a> professionally \u2014 before his girlfriend turned 30. Vittoria Ceretti is 27, so he still has a few more years to polish that resume with, say, Oscar No. 2<\/a>. <\/p>\n He smiled, he pointed, he gave a thumbs up. So good, Glaser said, so vaping good. <\/p>\n Glaser also apologized, more than hinting that she had to do it because the 51-year-old\u2019s penchant for dating models in their 20s was the only thing the public knew about him personally. (Though he didn\u2019t exactly hide the whole smoker-turned-vaping icon<\/a> thing.)<\/p>\n \u201cLeo, I\u2019m sorry I made that joke. It\u2019s cheap,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know what, I tried not to, but like, we don\u2019t know anything else about you, man. Like, there\u2019s nothing else. Like, open up. I\u2019m serious. I looked. I searched. The most in-depth interview you\u2019ve ever given was in Teen Beat magazine in 1991<\/a>. Is your favorite food still \u2018pasta, pasta and more pasta\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n TBH, we really would have preferred her to ask him if he still wants to study oceanography and drive a solar-powered 1982 Jaguar. (Guessing it\u2019s a yes on the Jaguar<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Anyway, DiCaprio got a little more animated at that moment than he was on the red carpet, but it took going to a commercial break for him to go truly meme-worthy.<\/p>\n \u201cI was watching you with the K-pop thing, you were like, \u2018Who\u2019s that, is that, oh, K-pop,\u2019\u201d DiCaprio said to someone off camera, gesticulating and over-pronouncing to make himself understandable in what can be a very loud room. Which shouldn\u2019t be that funny, but it looked like this<\/a>. <\/p>\n The \u201cI\u2019m watching you\u201d movement. The elaborate hand gestures. The polite golf clap. Capped by a laugh and smile that made him look like a younger Burt Reynolds with just a touch of Jack Nicholson. Think sign language for people who can hear.<\/p>\n Perhaps instead of Ben Sadfleck, we now have Leo DiCapricious? Leo Discombobulated? It was definitely a complete change of public persona. When DiCaprio took the stage later in the show, after his film \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d won for best picture, comedy or musical, he was back to looking mostly like he was trying to keep that little nicotine pouch from moving around in his mouth. <\/p>\n DiCaprio\u2019s philosophy on fame, by the way, is in line with that: Keep your mouth shut. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a balance I\u2019ve been managing my whole adult life, and still I\u2019m not an expert,\u201d he told Time<\/a> last month, after the outlet dubbed him its entertainer of the year for 2025. \u201cI think my simple philosophy is only get out there and do something when you have something to say, or you have something to show for it. Otherwise, just disappear as much as you possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n After the fame and attention he scored with \u201cTitanic\u201d<\/a> almost 30 years ago<\/a>, he said, he needed to find a way to have a long career in Hollywood. <\/p>\n \u201cI love what I do,\u201d he told Time, \u201cand I feel like the best way to have a long career is to get out of people\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n From your lips to God\u2019s ears, Leo. We\u2019ve got our eyes on you. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n