He, at least, has a sense of self-mockery.
While Chris Rock's joke about Will Smith's wife led to a memorable slap in the face, and the latter being banned from attending the Oscars for the next ten years, Amy Schumer had taken her precautions before the ceremony, which took place on March 27.
Indeed, the comedian, who co-presented the evening, said he had contacted Leonardo DiCaprio upstream, to submit the following joke to him: “He has done so much to fight against climate change, and leave behind a cleaner planet. and greener for her friends.
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It's no surprise to anyone: the Oscar-winning actor only dates women much younger than him.
And is ready to laugh about it too.
In the last episode of the American radio show
The Howard Stern Show
, dating from April 13, Amy Schumer thus declared that before the awards ceremony, she had contacted the interpreter of
Titanic
to warn him of his joke.
He would have simply replied: “Go ahead”.
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From publicized “sex symbol” to discreet boyfriend
In recent years, the 47-year-old actor has been making conquests younger than him, after having had serious relationships with women of his age such as Kristen Zang, Gisele Bündchen or Bar Rafaeli.
He was then in a relationship with actress Blake Lively, thirteen years his junior, before chaining many stories, only a few months, with young models.
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But for four years, Leonardo DiCaprio seems to have decided to ask.
In 2017, the American star got in a relationship with Camila Morrone, a 24-year-old model.
This time, it's serious: when the actor was nominated in the category of best actor for the film
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
(2019), he did not hesitate to take the young woman to the Oscars 2020, whereas usually he comes rather in the company of his mother.
A proof of commitment that is worth, in Hollywood, all the engagements in the world.