Leonardo DiCaprio Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About His Age-Gap Romances
Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating life has always been fodder for tabloid headlines because he has a distinct pattern for supermodels under the age of 25 — although they have skewed a bit older in the past few years.
Still, the Oscar winner turned 50 in 2024, and director Paul Thomas Anderson dared to ask a question for an Esquire profile that required DiCaprio to say the quiet part about his romances out loud. The Magnolia filmmaker wanted him to answer this directive “as quickly as” possible: “If you didn’t know how old you are, how old are you right now?”
Without hesitation, DiCaprio responded, “Thirty-two.”
Later in the interview, he admitted that his 50th birthday made him feel closer to being “emotionally 35.”
“Well, it creates a feeling like you have a desire to just be more honest and not waste your time,” he added. “I can only imagine how the next few decades are going to progress.”
That revelation might give clues into his dating life over the years — from Gisele Bündchen to Gigi Hadid. While DiCaprio is rarely asked about his personal life, his ex-girlfriends have often had to answer to the age differences.
Camille Morrone, who was 22 when she spoke to the Los Angeles Times in December 2019, didn’t bat an eyelash about the 23 years between them.
“There’s so many relationships in Hollywood — and in the history of the world — where people have large age gaps,” Morrone explained. “I just think anyone should be able to date who they want to date.”
Currently, DiCaprio is dating model Vittoria Ceretti — she’s 27, he’s 50. They’ve been together since late 2023 after breaking things off with Hadid. She also doesn’t seem bothered by the age difference, but the A-list fame bugs her.
“As soon as you’re in a relationship with someone who has a larger following than you, you become ‘girlfriend of’—or ‘boyfriend of,’ for that matter. And that can be extremely annoying,” Ceretti told Vogue France in April. “Suddenly, people are talking about you as so-and-so’s girlfriend who was so-and-so’s ex. So, it’s not nice to think that you can’t love whoever you want, because of the labels people need to stick on you.”
So, DiCaprio feels close in age to the women he dates based on his emotional maturity. He may be 50, but he’s thinking like he’s in his 30s.
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