Leo DiCaprio: ‘Women have been the most persecuted people throughout history’

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Did you guys read the Slate’s analysis of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Girlfriend Requirements? We already know the requirements and we’ve already talked about them a million times. His girlfriends must be models, preferably of the lingerie sort. They must be blonde and leggy. And most importantly, they must be younger than 25. It’s the age cutoff thing that people are really discussing in earnest after Leo dumped Kelly Rohrbach when she turned 25 during their relationship. Why am I bringing this up? Because Leo covers the new issue of Parade, and he has one of the greatest answers ever to “why are there so few women in The Revenant?” You see, Leo is so thirsty for that Oscar, he’s even going to pander to…GASP… feminists!!!

On why he was interested in doing The Revenant: “I like stories in specific time periods. The Revenant’s era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man’s land. It defined the idea of the American frontiersman as man conquering nature. In a way, the story of Hugh Glass is about man dominating nature… It relates to what is going on in today’s world in a much more destructive manner‚ taking over nature for our own luxuries.”

Why there are so few women in The Revenant: “This represents the savagery of a lawless culture. Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion.”

Why he’s concerned about climate change despite his fame & wealth: “Because the idea of pursuing material objects your whole life is absolutely soulless. Steve Jobs sat on his deathbed talking about how greed and wealth is the root problem of everything. I believe that too. My career has given me so much from a material standpoint. I feel that I absolutely need to give back in whatever capacity I can. It’s my moral obligation.”

On whether, at 41 and single, he believes in marriage: “That time will come when that time comes. The truth is, you can’t predict marriage. You can’t plan it. It’s just going to happen when it happens.”

On whether fame is worth the price, and if he’s ever thought of quitting acting: “Fame for fame’s sake? No. But if I wanted to quit acting, I could have done it a long time ago. I love making movies. I feel lucky and fortunate to do it, and it is absolutely worth sacrificing a lot of my private life. I don’t think anyone [famous] ever really gets used to it. It’s always surreal. At the end of the day, there are people with much harder jobs who sacrifice a lot more of their own lives to do them, people in the armed forces. I don’t want to hear myself complain about the hardships of being famous—because I do have the freedom to stop, if I wanted to.”

[From Parade]

The whole Parade interview is actually a pretty good read. But my God, Leo is shilling like he’s never shilled before. While I agree with this message – “Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion” – I have issues with the messenger. True, Leo has not persecuted anyone or any group of people. His girlfriends and hookups want to be there and if his thing is “dating models in their early 20s,” there are honestly worse “types.” But let’s not believe that Leo is the feminist icon we’ve been waiting for. Also, his answer on marriage? I kind of love that he got the question, because a 41-year-old woman would have gotten the question too. Calling all journalists: ask Leo about his thoughts on marriage all the time now. He has to answer the questions because he wants that Oscar!

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  1. Senaber says:

    I liked his comments about fame. As a child of the 90s, I will always love Leo. It was that magazine cover with a swan that did me in.

    • Ollie says:

      yes, he was such a pretty guy with charisma and talent. He made it without the now obligatory sixpack and hotness.

    • JFresh says:

      +1,000,000 So glad this is the first comment here. Leo is a living legend.

  2. Abbott says:

    “Dude. Take it down a notch.” – Anne Hathaway

    I’m embarrassed for him.

    • mia girl says:

      Yup.
      He’s out-Hathawaying Hathaway

    • Kitten says:

      LOL..You gals 😉

    • MrsBPitt says:

      I saw the Revanant last night, and Leo DESERVES that Oscar! He was incredible! The movie was awesome, as was Tom Hardy…but Leo is the stand out! If he doesn’t win the Oscar this year, I’m done watching that kiss-ass fest forever!!!!!

      • artpunk44 says:

        Your review confirms my hunch that it looks incredible, and will feature Leo at his finest. I can’t wait to see it!

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        The movie was AMAZING. Leo was awesome as usual, but he did look a bit young sometimes. He needed that beard. Honest-to-God cinematic poetry. Restored my faith in filmmaking after sitting through the Dirty Grandpa and Deadpool trailers that they ran before the movie. Domhnall Gleeson and Tom Hardy were both outstanding as well. I love an old film Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) but this says the same stuff in a much more subtle way. And the violence was important and not gratuitous.

        Looks like Leo’s leaving NOTHING to chance this time. Good for him. Reminds me of John Mayer saying rather offensively how he’s not racist but his penis is. Maybe Leo knows it intellectually but can’t conceptualise relationships with anybody but the blonde 25, etc.

      • A~ says:

        I love it.

    • Reece says:

      LOL
      He’s getting a pass from me this year. He’s been in the business forever…give him a flippin Oscar (nom) already. Then he’ll be happy and go back out to his yachto’models.

    • Sarah(too) says:

      Yes! I would also like him to be asked about having babies. Does he want to be a father? Does he feel pressure? Does he hear his clock ticking?

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        He’s been asked that before. He said he’d like a family one day but didn’t say much else.

  3. Lora says:

    I don’t get the hate for him… And I really liked the interview

    • Nancy says:

      Ditto. He made women of my age love him forever in Titanic. I don’t know why people are so hard on him. He was a great child actor (Gilbert Grape) among others. Maybe these Hollywood tight asses are jealous he is single and can get any young woman he choses to be with. He is an advocate for woman, wildlife, and any cause he can lend his financial support to. I’ll always root for him. My love will go on and on……………..Jack

      • Kitten says:

        I like him the way I like Depp. I’ll always have a fondness for those two but alas, I’ve moved on. While Leo’s acting is solid as f*ck, there are more exciting actors doing more interesting things right now.

        His dating life will always be side-eye inducing for me, but it’s certainly not a reason to hate the dude.

      • NeoCleo says:

        “He is an advocate for women” how? I truly don’t ever remember DiCaprio being anything other than an obnoxious horn dog when it comes to women (of a certain age).

        His Oscar shtick is almost as entertaining as his acting performances. He certainly deserves an Oscar for more than just the body of his work but there is NO WAY this man is philanthropic when it comes to women.

      • Bridget says:

        Saying “Women are the most persecuted group ever” doesn’t make him an advocate for women.

      • ISO says:

        LD is all arrested development that is unbearable, both in his personal life but more importantly on screen. I thought he was horribly mis-cast in the titanic. His skinniness was distracting, the accent was all over the place. Plus as a romantic counterpart to the voluptuous and glowing Kate Winslet…he ruined what could have been epic. However, I just watched both the Aviator and JEdgar, and i see that DiCaprio- wants- to grow up and understand more complex adults. However, his stuntedness -still- comes through in films as well as in his tween style crushes on underwear models. He’s still sophomoric and not yet oscar worthy.

      • Esmom says:

        Ooh, ISO, I totally agree that Leo was completely miscast in Titanic, your assessment is spot on. I thought the movie was awful, too.

        I don’t know if I’d agree that he’s stunted, although he is very uneven. But I think he has demonstrated flashes of brilliance and maturity so it wouldn’t surprise me if his Revenant performance is Oscar-caliber.

    • qwerty says:

      Of coirse you did. He’s a politician.

    • Ollie says:

      “It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

    • Tandy says:

      Same. He works hard and always has. The continued, extremely prolonged whining about who he does/doesn’t date looks so much like (amusing but OLD) jealousy to the eyes of those of us who have no stake in his personal life and therefore don’t care.

      Also, what’s with this sudden insistence around here that men never get asked about marriage or girlfriends? Did everyone decide to collectively forget how that’s been the primary focus of the press’s relationship to Clooney, Pitt, Jon Hamm, et al. for the last 20 years? (ETA: And is a primary motivating factor for why queer actors have been pressured to stay closeted??)

      • Nancy says:

        Well said Tandy. Some people tend to pick apart one person they dislike while ten others in the same situation get their nod of approval. I don’t even think they realize they’re doing it. I have to say, this is a very strange day on here, lots of snarky disagreeing. Must be an after holiday, January thing!!

      • Dangles says:

        Meh. The haters hate him because they wouldn’t meet his requirements.

  4. Nut says:

    love him, he is not perfect but he has done alot for the environment

    • qwerty says:

      Like flying on private jets and sailing on superyachts with 5 of his buddies and a bunch of models every summer….

      • minime says:

        LOL Thanks! I find it surprising how people always forget that part!

      • Kitten says:

        Yes he has done a lot for the environment in a very “Do As I Say Not As I Do” kind of way.

      • Saks says:

        No, like producing documentaries about the issues, developing eco resorts, giving money to research and associations.

        Also, for your other statement just keep in mind that the meat industry alone causes more emissions than all transportations combined, so if you are eating meat or soy (another super destructive industry), you are probably causing more damage to the environment than Leo is renting a yatch..

      • Josefina says:

        I truly appreciate Leo’s help for enviromental causes (it’s true he does give a lot of money), but it baffles me when people think he himself is serious about it.

      • MrsNix says:

        Flying on jet planes and sailing on super yachts, though definitely hypocritical if one adheres to the mainstream environmentalist canon, is not the problem.

        The problem, and the only one that matters at all as far as changing the climate issues we’re facing (water, air, widespread hunger, deforestation, mass species extinction…etc.), is how we produce meat. Livestock agriculture is the #1 planet killer in this age and time, and it’s the only one that matters at all in any statistically significant way.

        Leo recently produced “Cowspiracy” which is the first documentary I’ve ever seen that addresses this truth and dares to name the political power players (both in the environmental lobby as well as the agri lobby) invested in making sure everyone still thinks that light bulbs, low flow toilets, and carbon taxation is the way to change the world.

        I respect that. Those of us who have been reading and studying the effects of modern industrial livestock agri-business over the last two decades have known this information for a very long time. Leo DiCaprio is the ONLY celebrity I see standing up for this narrative and these facts in an effective way.

        So…he can bang models if that’s his preference. He’s not doing anything wrong there, no matter how I personally feel about it.

        He IS, however, putting his money where his mouth is about the environment and the health of the planet.

      • Pandy says:

        Well I give to lots of enviro causes and am a veg – but if i need to take a plane I take a plane. Do we expect him to
        Ride a mule train to get around? Tilling the mule poop into the soul as he rolls along? I’m sure he buys carbon offset credits and in a modern world that’s the norm. And as other posters note he’s also a veg so of course he does not support the #1 pollutant.

      • qwerty says:

        @Saks
        Im vegan, actually.

        @Pandy
        Really, those are the only options he has? Private jets or a mule?

        @MrsNix
        It’s great that he’s made Cowspiracy, I’ll give him that. Awesome that his name is attachted to it as well, probably lots of people will see it just because of this. He’s still a hypocrite though.

      • Ash says:

        Whether Leo flies private or commercial, one could argue that he’s helping create more pollution.

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        I think he only flies private jets when it’s part of his movie promoting and not footed by him. Let’s not make it too hard for people who’ve literally raised tens of millions of dollars for the environment. Leo’s done more in that respect than any of us have.

      • Well says:

        Leo is thoroughly ignorant about the environment. His good work seems to be all for ego or show. Just there to get him cool, “alternative” points. He’s such a phony.

    • Dangles says:

      Great stuff. So sick of uniformed cheap shots people take at him for his environmental work.

    • Caz says:

      Not really. he has done as much for the environment as Bono has for poverty. They’ve both said a lot of things that have maybe raised awareness…the core problem is still there.

  5. Allie says:

    I don’t think he’s trying to be a feminist icon. I like Leo, because he’s always semi grounded in his answers. Yes, he has awful dating standards. But I’ll take a million of him rather than total attention seekers while they’re dating like Taylor Swift.

  6. lilacflowers says:

    He really didn’t answer the question about why there are no women in the film, did he?

    But his statement about marriage is realistic and accurate. “That time will come when that time comes. The truth is, you can’t predict marriage. You can’t plan it. It’s just going to happen when it happens.” More people should learn that. There would be fewer divorces.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      So true. I think timing was a huge force in my first disastrous marriage. I thought it was time to get married, I was in love so, duh, I should marry him. Not a good idea. I wonder if her only likes women under 25 because he thinks they are too young to be serious about marriage? Not that every woman over 25 wants to get married, but maybe he thinks the younger ones are just having fun for now?

      • ell says:

        i don’t think it has anything to do with marriage, it’s just that he considers women meat, so the younger the perkier they are. that’s it.

      • lilacflowers says:

        I think way too many people put life on a schedule, instead of accepting that life doesn’t work that way. And I think we are trained and conditioned that way too. I see so many intelligent women working down a checklist of what they think they have to do and when they think they have to do it by in order to have the perfect life and be happy and it doesn’t make them happy. They aren’t enjoying life and they’re wondering why they aren’t happy because they have the husband and the 2 kids and the house and the career that is supposed to make them happy.

        As for Leo, I think he likes women under 25 because they’re pretty and he is treating them as disposable dolls.

    • ell says:

      well, i mean, he acts in the film he didn’t write it so it’s not really something he should answer? they should ask the director/writer. but then again the revenant is based on a memoir of sorts (i think?) so they were probably just sticking to a story that didn’t include women. idk.

    • Pondering thoughts says:

      Well, to be honest, in that line of business (fur trapper) and in those times there just weren’t that many women. One could even put it down to the movie telling things as they were.

      Apart from that I am really grateful that there are more women in movies in active and leading roles. Femal detectives and female doctors and female judges and so on! It is getting better!

      • Nic919 says:

        maybe there were no white women doing fur trapping, but there plenty of First Nation and Inuit women living in those conditions and many of them were matriarchies. So it is a typical white male privilege view point to assume that no women were living in North America in the colonial period. After all without women the First Nations and Inuit would not have been able to procreate.

      • Pondering thoughts says:

        @ Nic 919
        “So it is a typical white male privilege view point to assume that no women were living in North America in the colonial period. […] After all without women the First Nations and Inuit would not have been able to procreate. ”

        I never suggested that. You twist my comment a bit too much to prove something very negative. And typical white male privilege doesn’t get abolished by demanding typical 1st wave feminism privilege which shines through in your comment. On the other hand perhaps I should get more precise.

        I should clarify:
        In those times white women mostly stayed at home and didn’t go fur trapping nor to war. And that does very much apply to First Nation women, too. There weren’t that many matriachats among First Nation people but most of them were patriarchal. And even those few matriachats did not necessarily include the women into their “army”. So perhaps that might be why there were not many women in the movie.
        Get your facts straight. That is how it was.

        I am not into desparately changing a story to include women at all costs. Imagine it weren’t just male First Nation people but also female First Nation people who hunted the fur trapper. I think it would have changed the story. The story focuses very very much on Hugh Glass and that is just how it is narrated.
        I am not really willing to trash The Revenant movie because it doesn’t include any women as important characters.
        And I am not really willing to demand that all art has to always include female characters because I don’t want to invoke any kind of typical 1st wave feminist privilege which demanded that everything had to be just about women.

        In the end art must be allowed the liberty to be done as it pleases. It is one of the great achievements of our time to grant that privilege to art.

    • Rachel says:

      Thank you! All I could think was, “But he didn’t answer the question.” And maybe it was a silly question to ask him, but instead of saying, well, it’s based on a memoir, so it is what it is, or something to that effect, he spouts some drivel about women being persecuted (which while it is true, has nothing to do with the question) because he wants that Oscar, so he’ll throw out as many sound bites as he needs to win??

    • qwerty says:

      lilacflowers, great comment.

    • A~ says:

      The movie is about a time and place when there were rarely women around.

  7. Jules says:

    So says the man that dates girls young enough to be his daughters………………

    • FLORC says:

      Don’t judge on that. A 14 year age difference is enough to claim that.
      That he changes them out in batches for a few years new models. That he appears to value their entry into VS over much else. So says the man who does that…

      I wonder how long it will be post Oscars until he’s on a yacht with 6 19 year olds checking out his rad karate moves.

  8. grabbyhands says:

    “Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history”

    Not that this has stopped me from treating them like a string of interchangeable barbie dolls because I am a living mid life crisis stereotype.

    I appreciate his work on climate change, but damn son-so very thirsty. And such an obvious shill for a statuette.

    • Prairiegirl says:

      Gold star for this comment, grabbyhands.

      • fiona says:

        I’m giving you one of those fake plastic medals they hand out at kids birthday parties. You deserve one. He’s such a fucking creep. Moral obligation? Pfft. He’s so stuck up his own arse.

    • Elisa the I. says:

      @grabbyhands: so much THIS! And I agree with the commenters above that Iñárritu is the one who should answer the lack of women in the film.

      • Nic919 says:

        And Leo doesn’t have the power to question the director? Of course he does, it just is not an issue he thought to bring up. Leo isn’t a nameless actor trying to make his name in the industry.

    • QQ says:

      HALLELLU!!!!

      The Shill Is Hard with this one, FFRS, he cut the wolfpussy beard so we can see he still has some sort of Jawline, Isn’t looking like a deadhead hobo recluse and now “women matter” to the Homey?? LLOLOLOLOOL This is Affleck/hathaway campaigns Level Muchness

      *folgers Jingle* The Best Part Of Waking up, It’s Bullsh*t in your cup

    • Pondering thoughts says:

      They all shill for an Oscar. They all point out how great their movie was and how much they suffered for their art.
      Just look at Portman for Black Swan. She whined about how hard she trained ballett to do the movie. And then after she got her Oscar the news came out: the difficult stunts were done by a professional ballett dancer who got no public credit for it. Now that is hypocrisy as Portman practically indicated that she had managed to become a professional ballett dancer in those few monthes of preparation for the movie. I found that rather disgusting.

      At least Leo doesn’t hide his stuntmen when there were stuntmen. And there was a pic on instagram depicting Leo and his stunt double.

      • Ash says:

        I was thinking the same thing. They all shill for the Oscar.

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        Not only because they all desperately want one but because they’re contractually obligated to push it for the film’s bottom line.

    • Dangles says:

      Looking forward to his Oscar win. The pointless outrage is going to be hilarious.

    • Well says:

      I swear, he just learned that’s the new thing to do to be cool — to be a feminist. Too bad his entire life in the public eye is a testament to how much he isn’t one.

  9. Janet says:

    How come he doesn’t get crap for being bloated? His face is a mess. Talk about aging badly.

  10. Granger says:

    I don’t get how his answer about the persecution of women has anything to do with why there are no women in The Revenant?

    • jinni says:

      Exactly. I feel like that answer really didn’t answer the question about why there aren’t any women in The Revenant. Plus the first sentence of the answer and the last sentence don’t seem to flow. Like there are suppose to be other sentences in between them that would make his answer make more sense.

      • qwerty says:

        That’s cause 1.the real answer would not be nice and 2.he has a list of bullet points with quotes that he has to throw in somewhere to get the Oscarnso when he heard a question about women he pulled out his notebook, looked up the page titled “beetches” and read the first off the top

      • Naya says:

        Qwerty on point. The Oscar consultants they are paying good money probably prepared a list of things to say to counter the male dbag image he has cultivated over the years. When in doubt all he has to do is pull a quote from the memory bank and smile. I expect more insincere bs from this insincere bs’er over the next two months.

    • tracking says:

      Right. Because there is no good answer, so he fudged it with something he thought would sound good. That’s why it’s pandering.

    • lilacflowers says:

      He didn’t answer the question at all. Or maybe he did and it was edited badly.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Cause it didn’t.

    • T.Fanty says:

      And, to add on to that, films like the Revenant, that glory MEN doing MANLY things, because it’s the American frontier, and that’s what true American grit is, only adds to the problem, not only facing women in this country, but defining this middle America patriarchal cowboy bulls*t that’s killing us. This romantic ideal of the fortitude of the lone frontiersman is one American myth that doesn’t need resubstantiating. It’s the reason those yahoo terrorists are holing up in Oregon and the justification for a hell of a lot of prejudice in this country.

      • FingerBinger says:

        The Revenant + Men doing manly things= terrorists in Oregon. You’re reaching with this comment.

      • t.fanty says:

        I don’t think it’s to blame, but I think it’s part of a myth of America as frontierland that creates a really detrimental cowboy mentality that results in stupid sh*t, like holing up in Oregon and thinking one has a right or need to take a machine gun to the supermarket.

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        @T.Fanty, you have to see the film (bcoz I assume you haven’t). The whole film is about the destructiveness of that myth.

      • Well says:

        Agree, T. Fanty.

        This movie was made and SOLD with that “we’re toughin’ it in nature so aren’t we cool and we deserve Oscars” BS, which is exactly the kind of BS those Oregon people eat up.

        People aren’t going to see The Revenant to sit there and stroke their chins and say, “Hmm yes… I see exactly how lame and destructive white frontiersmen were and how the patriarchal, colonialist, racist mindset they thrived in has led to the continued abuse of oppressed groups and destruction of the environment today.”

      • Chips'n'Gravy says:

        Neither of you guys have seen it yet? SPOILER ALERT: The Revenant ends on a highly ambiguous note about Hugh Glass’s “heroism.” He’s basically a tragic, empty figure at the end, right to the very, very last shot. The single white man with the supposed moral voice (Gleeson’s character) is outed as a ruthless colonist towards the Native Americans about 3/4 into the film (during his exchange at the “party” with Fitzgerald). The “survivors” – whether Native American or white – are those who’ve engaged in the confronting violence. If anyone comes out of this seeing it as a call of heroism of mountain people or the frontier man, they need to see the film again (and contrast with Cold Mountain, for example. And yes, True Grit was a silly film in that sense). This film is way more sophisticated than that. It’s in no way supporting the cowboy/frontier man myth; in fact, Hugh Glass is an ambiguous figure, a figure that encapsulates the violence (of all kinds) of the epoch and the kind of hollowness and desperation of survival in the harsh land. The final fight between Fitzgerald and Glass has an odd ennui about it – deliberate. See it before you judge, people. I don’t know how even a teenager who’s watched superhero films their entire life could see this film and end up with what Well and T.Fanty suggest. Because the anti-colonist message is super strong in this one – the Native American chief (?) seeking his daughter is given just about equal voice as Glass.

    • Josefina says:

      Because it didn’t answer the question at all. Tbh, he should’ve just told the interviewer to ask Iñárritu. He was the only who actually made the movie.

      Idk why people are mad about the abscence of women in this particular film, though. Given what the story is about and the nature of the film, it’s more or less supposed to be a sausagefest. The one that bothers me is The Big Short. That’s one sausagefest that could do with a little more oysters.

      • melior says:

        I wished he had used the word sausagefest in his interview. That would have been an interesting read.

      • Nic919 says:

        So no Native American women existed in the frontier? That’s demonstrably false.

      • Josefina says:

        @Nic919
        I also have pretty solid proof a lot of black men existed in ’80s Harlem, but that didn’t stop Lee Daniels from featuring a mere couple of them in Precious. Because that was a story about women. And this is a story about men.

        We could have a discussion about the lack of good roles for women in Hollywood and I’d most likely agree with you on everything, but I’d still fail to see why Iñárritu would be obligated to put a quota of female characters in this one film.

      • MarBear says:

        I’m not offended by the lack of women in this film. My impression is that this is supposed to be a really gritty, and for lack of a better description, a uber masculine film. Putting a women in the film just for the sake of putting a women in the film doesn’t feel like progress to me.

    • Dangles says:

      Indeed. I always go to my local multiplex when I want to study history too.

    • MarBear says:

      haha yes, he really didn’t answer the question, To be fair though I find it rather crass and unfair to put him on the spot with that kind of question. Clearly he is not the screenwriter or director he has no say about characters or casting. If he directly answered that question I feel he would have offended someone.

  11. FLORC says:

    There’s nothing wrong with his answers. They’re all very well stated, but a bit empty too.
    That aside…
    He wants this Oscar! He’s wanted this for awhile and that’s no secret. Now that he is a real contender he’s bringing his game. Which included dropping his model gf because that’s from the old Leo. Old Leo doesn’t have Oscar noms.
    He’s doing everything right.

    • qwerty says:

      Old Leo has plenty of noms.

      • FLORC says:

        With real chances. Nothing like this.
        He takes roles that are pure oscar bait, but with no real chance when looking at the competition. This is real and he’s stepping up.
        I did edit my post and a few words went missing.

    • lilacflowers says:

      Old Leo had for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape when he was still a teenager.

      • FLORC says:

        Speaking of his performance as much as it was a joke Tropic Thunder logic can be applied. Johnny was awesome, As Juliette too.
        Leo’s seemed average. Maybe because there were greater performances in that movie in in that year.

  12. Esther says:

    “Why are there no PoC in your movies” “Slavery was bad, man, like really bad”

  13. Maybeiamcrazy says:

    I don’t understand the reaction. He is saying that women have been presecuted throughout history which is true. He is not saying that he wants to be a feminist icon or even a feminist. He is just acknowledging a fact. His dating choices have nothing to do with this. They are completely seperate issues. Dating 25 year old models means that he is immature not necessarily a misogynist.

    • fiona says:

      Are you serious?! His dating choices confirm that he literally sees no romantic or sexual value in a woman over the age of 24/25 & isn’t a perfect barbie doll vs model. He doesn’t need to marry these women but he dates women barely into adulthood. He dates airheaded barbie dolls. He acts all high and mighty but there are plenty of young, smart, beautiful women aged 29-35 who would be just as hot. I say this as a 23 yo girl. It’s messed up. It says a lot about what he thinks about women. That he sees no value in dating a woman who has substance.

      • FLORC says:

        Fiona
        Little known facts. When he has those gatherings on his yacht they are acctually discussing female advocates literature and history. And when they all retire to the bedroom Leo is only facilitating their empowerment. Once they are properly empowered he gives them a sendoff and takes in the next young model to strengthen.
        After all. He was the heart throb in Titanic and he’s talking about feminism. Win/Win!

      • Amanduh says:

        Fiona: I’m wondering how you know all the women he dates are “airheaded Barbie Dolls”? Is it because they’re Models? Isn’t that somewhat prejudiced??

      • FLORC says:

        Amanduh
        The women have given interviews that remove all doubt with some. And others are said to approach Leo as a way of passage being a young model.
        They might be deep thinkers, but I’d like to see that evidence.
        With the latest being Bar acting like tax shelters, evasion, and overall tangled lies I don’t think he’s going for brains.

      • Otaku Fairy says:

        His dating/sexual preferences might mean he’s shallow, immature, not ready to settle down, trying to recapture his youth, mostly interested in physical relationships right now, or a combination of some of those things, but I don’t know if he should automatically be labelled a misogynist for that. If he treats the women he hooks up with badly or if he mistreats/disrespects women who are outside of his sexual preference, then I agree he’s a misogynist. (Also, if he really did dump somebody because she turned 26, then yeah, I think that’s sexist, vain, and hypocritical.) I also don’t know his complete dating/sexual history- has it always just been young attractive blondes, or is this just something that started up within the past few years? It could be sexism on his part, but it would be easier to say that for sure if I knew more about his politics and the way he treats and views women, not just what kind of women he finds the most physically attractive.

      • Amanduh says:

        Florc: Really? I’ve never seen/heard an interview from most, but a quick Google search found this:
        http://www.elle.com/fashion/interviews/a32349/toni-garrn-for-president/
        …I wouldn’t say she sounds like an airhead, would you?
        I just find it somewhat hypocritical to assume these women are “airheaded Barbies” and then be outraged that Leo dates them and possibly views women as such. You think that they’re airheads because they’re aesthetically good looking?? If women don’t respect them, why should we expect men to?!

  14. Ben Dover says:

    Leo’s thirst is gripping.
    Take several seats, Mr Victorias Secret.

  15. Minxx says:

    “Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history…”
    Leo has a point. That’s why he’s giving a chance to every blond, leggy model under 25. He is not going to limit himself to just ONE gf/wife. It wouldn’t be fair.
    Give it to him already, I can’t take it anymore!
    Lainey: “I spoke to one Academy voter who told me Leo D has his vote because ‘I’m afraid if he doesn’t get it this time, next time he’ll be hooking his nuts up to a car battery’”.
    http://www.laineygossip.com/Leonardo-DiCaprio-is-wearing-down-Academy-voters-with-his-thirst-for-Oscar/42671

  16. minime says:

    Ahahah I love it that he receives questions on marriage as part of his Oscar campaign, but where are the questions about babies???! I want questions about babies! I want to hear his thoughts on this great subject! 😀

  17. fiona says:

    I don’t know why people defend him, stating that he isn’t a misogynist.

    He is a middle aged man that exclusively dates barbie dolls under the age of 24/25 from a lingerie catalog. While this doesn’t make him a bad person, it certainly does show that he doesn’t see much value in women who don’t fit these ideals. A successful, rich, man dating someone younger is understandable. But there is younger & then disgustingly young. 29- 35 would be reasonable – 29 still being a huge age difference. I mean, there are so many beautiful women out there who have something more to contribute towards society than their perky tits. If he’s such a worldly man who wants to make a difference, why doesn’t he date someone who is beautiful, young AND intelligent? Who offers more to the world than posing naked? He likes to preach about his moral obligations and this & that…Yet he then chooses to spend his time with disposable, interchangeable barbie dolls? Sorry, I’m not stupid enough to buy it. This man doesn’t value a smart, beautiful woman over the age of 25. This is the face of misogyny.

    This is more than just being shallow. I don’t say this because he doesn’t want marriage – that’s understandable. Monogamy isn’t for everyone. I have a problem with the fact that he can’t date anything other than a model, barely into adulthood. I say this as a 23 yo girl. Leo sends shivers down my spine.

    • T.Fanty says:

      Yeah, that’s pretty much it. He can talk until he’s blue in the face, but he shows us what he believes all the time, through his actions.

    • Josefina says:

      “Disturbingly young” is an exaggeration I think. Early 20s is an adult. Immature, most likely, but more than old enough to make their own decissions.

      I think the thing about Leo is he constantly changes his girlfriends. If he started dating one 22 y/o model and stayed with her at least a couple years, I’d be inclined to believe he actually cares about more than their physical appearance. But since they rarely last a couple months, you can tell he doesn’t give a shit. And you know what? That wouldn’t bother me at all, either, if he didn’t go around telling the world how much he loves smart and strong women. We can see through your bullshit, Leo.

      • fiona says:

        I just don’t understand why he doesn’t date someone who at least, represents his morals and ideals in some form. He’s full of it. Maybe it’s just me because I’m 23. I just see my peers (21-24) barely as adults. Yes, we have the age but due to a crappy economy (at least where I live) most of us can’t get real jobs and experience independence until we’re at least 24-27. A lot of us still live at home in a very teenage like way. Yes, we’re adults but with so little life experience & independence. None of my friends have real jobs, we’re all interns or studying at the moment because if you don’t – good luck getting a decent paying job anywhere over here. I’ve hardly had a taste of the real world on my own. I have no independence and I’ve only ever had one partner. The thought of dating someone entering middle age makes me feel like vomiting. It makes me feel a ticking time bomb to dispose of once I’m a little older and lose my “value”. I’m sick of people accepting this “healthy male sexuality” lifestyle when it is actually a very damaging mindset to treat one gender.

        I think my generation is stunted in comparison to my parents generation. Who could all afford houses & marriage within a few years of graduation. With one income while the other stayed at home. Even 15-20 years ago where my Aunty could afford a 2 bedroom house, straight out of uni. Unheard of these days (australia melbourne & sydney at least) unless you have parentals to help you out. The economy is crap, jobs are sparse and I feel like it’s stunting me & my peers growth. We might look like adults but we can’t live & act like them yet. Sorry about the tangent but I think dating a 22 year old is still crazy young for someone that is 40(?). I think about how much I’ve matured in the last two years.

      • melior says:

        Fiona, is this in Sydney and Melbourne? I wasn’t aware that the economic prospects are so dire for youth in these cities.

    • Dangles says:

      So you’re insisting that he has sexual relationships with women he isn’t attracted to? That’s like telling a lesbian to have a sexual relationship with a man.

      • fiona says:

        Like telling a lesbian to have a relationship with a man? So you’re comparing a man dating a woman a little older than 25 to dating a WHOLE DIFFERENT GENDER? I know you can’t help what you’re attracted to, however he doesn’t see the beauty in a woman over the age of 25? Even a rough old 28 years? You can’t even compare that to dating a completely different gender. It’s not like vaginas get saggy between the ages of 24 and 26.

        Also, there is more to love/sex than just physical appearance. He sees no value in women who are young and intelligent. Kind of hypocritical when he campaigns about having depth & meaning about the world. Keep licking that rim. mmmm

      • Dangles says:

        I did that to highlight the absurdity of insisting that someone should have sexual realationships with people they’re not physically attracted to. Sure there’s more to sex than JUST physical appearance but physical attraction is still an important and necessary part of it. Also, just because you don’t want to have sex someone doesn’t mean that you don’t value their qualities. People are more than just f**ckable or unf**ckable.

      • Josefina says:

        No, we’re asking him not to talk about how much he appreciates women and their strengths while treating them as disposable living blow up dolls he can pick off a catalog.

      • Dangles says:

        @Josefina: You’re assuming that the only women in his life are women he has sex with. I’m sure he’d know and respect a lot of women that he doesn’t have sex with. Also it takes two to tango, so the women he’s choosing to be with sexually are also choosing to be with him. People keep overlooking that.

      • Otaku Fairy says:

        Well, I do have a problem with entitled MRA dudes who basically imply that women are mean, sexist man-persecutors for having physical preferences (whether it’s about age, looks, or not something physical, but whether or not the guy makes as much money as they do) for their male partners, because I don’t think an individual not wanting to get with someone means they’re oppressing them. I also disagree with the (small, but definitely there) transactivist crowd that argues that any woman who only has sex with people without penises is a transphobic TERF. But then again, since women face a lot of pressure to look like young, blonde Victoria’s Secret models, I can see why a man mostly getting with women who fit that standard is side-eye worthy. I don’t think preferring certain physical requirements is the same as disrespecting others or not feeling they should have the same rights, but I do agree that his answer was phony and pandering. And I definitely think his preference shows a shallow, immature side to him.

      • Dangles says:

        So you think preferring certain physical requirements is a sign of immaturity? Is that just in Leo’s case or in everyone’s case?

      • Otaku Fairy says:

        “So you think preferring certain physical requirements is a sign of immaturity? Is that just in Leo’s case or in everyone’s case?”

        Not counting sexual orientation, I do usually think it’s a little shallow, limiting, or in some cases, immature to only be willing to date people with a certain physical trait- like a person who only dates people with a certain hair color, eye color, a person who refuses to date anyone over or under a certain height, somebody who says “I won’t date anyone who weighs more/less than….(insert healthy number here)”. You run the risk of missing out on a great relationship with someone who doesn’t have that trait. Personally, if I had refused to be in a relationship with anyone who didn’t have my perfectly ideal body type or look, I would have missed out on two of the most amazing/exciting relationships I’ve ever had. But even though that type of limit seems shallow and limiting to me, and it doesn’t seem like the best advice, I don’t think a person is doing anything unethical by doing that.

    • MarBear says:

      He can value someone without dating them. Yes, his dating profile is a little immature but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t admire and value older women.

  18. perplexed says:

    His getting married isn’t going to change my life in anyway (unless he marries me, which is never going to happen) so I don’t care whether he wants to get married, and his lack of desire to get married has no bearing on whether I want to watch his movies.

  19. OhDear says:

    “Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion”

    This answer doesn’t make sense on many levels, including, but not limited to the fact that being a woman and being of a certain race and/or religion are not mutually exclusive.

    • Sarah01 says:

      To me it made a lot of sense. when I read it I felt emotional, all the different historical stories of women and their suffering have come to mind. Just recently I watched ‘the keeping room’ and it perfectly highlights how women are hunted and persecuted, especially in war. And their survival is dependant on becoming men. It’s not a well thought out of thorough answer, but I totally get what he is saying on every level.

    • lexx says:

      Right. I was like so what about Women of Color? Bless. Someone just give him the statue so he can shut up already.

      • Feminist says:

        Women of color??? ALL women of all races and religions have been abused and tortured by men for a very long time and it’s still happening today. Look what happend recently to the women in Germany who were assaulted and raped by muslim mobs or the serial killers in the U.S who have killed hundreds of women! We are ALL being hunted. Stop being in denial!

      • OhDear says:

        What lexx and I are saying in part is that you can’t separate the race and/or religion from gender. So when he says that women are more persecuted than a racial group and/or a religious group, it makes no sense because if you’re persecuting a racial group and/or a religious group, you’re also persecuting women who are part of that race and/or religion.

      • Marty says:

        Ah white feminism strikes again.

        @Lexx- Pay no attention the person who can’t pick up a history book or use Google.

      • K2 says:

        feminist, please don’t deny intersectionality as essential to any respectable version of feminism. Please. I’m assuming you are annoyed by male class warriors insisting feminism is irrelevant compared to class oppression, because men and women both suffer under capitalism, right?

      • Otaku Fairy says:

        @K2 “I’m assuming you are annoyed by male class warriors insisting feminism is irrelevant compared to class oppression, because men and women both suffer under capitalism, right?”- That’s a good point.

      • Lady Mimosa says:

        @feminist, you said race and religion doesn’t matter,then you specified that the men are Muslim.lol

    • Josefina says:

      Yeah. As a woman myself I think that’s pretty silly to say. Warp me to 1800’s Louisiana, and I’d rather wake up in the body of a white woman than a black man. And I could come up with another hundred examples.

  20. Mark says:

    You want more hollywood men to talk about sexism and when he does you all go after.

    God forbid he sleeps with 25 year old models, what a monster. You are all petty as hell.

    Never happy

  21. ??? says:

    His latest ex, Kelly, was already 25 when they started dating. She is turning 26 this or next month.

  22. Josefina says:

    Another requierement to the list: Having the same ammount of oscar wins as him.

  23. Who ARE these people? says:

    Why there are so few women in The Revenant: “This represents the savagery of a lawless culture.”

    Which means what, that in a savage lawless culture the men have killed off all the women?

    I don’t know why he had to go there (except to sound deep). If the story is based on historical fact and the facts involved a group of men, so be it.

    It might have been the wrong movie to ask that question about. Most are fair game, though.

  24. Josie says:

    I don’t mind his pandering. It’s about time that a man made a statement like that to a magazine.
    Women have been through hell and are continuing to suffer at the hands of men. Lets not be too cynical about the motives of a man who makes a statement like this.

  25. Squiggisbig says:

    While it is commendable that he mentioned that women have been persecuted throughout history, he really is essentially dodging the question. I think that for a lot of people working in Hollywood they won’t actually address these representational issues until these films flop (what up, “Aloha!”). Which we as viewers could easily facilitate by not seeing these things! Also the revenant looks really boring to me because it’s just Leo dicaprio “suffering” (working hard for a lot of money) and not having any sort of complex interactions with women. But haven’t (and won’t be) seen it so I could be wrong!

    He’s super gross with the age cutoff and weirdly bloated face. If I were an Oscar consultant I would definitely set him up in some showmance relationship with someone age appropriate and seemingly intelligent. Leo’s super thirsty for an award so I’m actually kind of surprised he hasn’t tried that yet…

  26. TOPgirl says:

    Leo is just gorgeous. He also seems to have a good head on his shoulders. He’s one of those guys I never get tired of looking at and watching his movies.

  27. Pumpkin Pie says:

    He is right.

    And regarding his love life, that’s his own business, and it’s not like he forces his girlfriends to be with him. I mean, maybe it is indeed a business.

    • MarBear says:

      Yeah, tbh not sure why so many people on here are so offended by his dating choices, Yes, he dates young model types, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t value older women.

  28. Zaytabogota says:

    I don’t understand why so many women take personal offence to a strangers preference in partners. Younger people tend to be happier and more optimistic, they don’t have baggage, they have fewer commitment expectations, they are more open, energetic and not set in their ways. Which is what someone with endless options, who travels a lot and isn’t desperate to settle down will go for. If he ever meets someone he genuinely connects with and falls in love she’ll probably be 30+, the most appealing women in that age group are paired off already, it’s a much smaller pool to choose from.

    I like his comments about women, he’s right and there’s no hypocrisy. He’s not causing harm to women, he just dates pretty twenty somethings who want to date him. There’s no crime in that.

    I can’t wait to see the reverent. I’ve loved him onscreen since Romeo and Juliet.

    • Original T.C. says:

      Please. Superficial men date young women because they still have the dew of youth and high tits. A white male friend of mine actually pointed out that women of his race start looking their best at 16 and peak at 24 then start rapidly aging. So now he only dates Asian women because they don’t peak until 40.

      I gave him a flat look and he has NEVER brought that up again. I couldn’t get pass the age 16 remark. But now that I read the Slate magazine that conversation is coming back to me.

      • Tala D says:

        HAHA exactly.

        And wow the 16 remark honestly makes me uncomfortable.

      • Dangles says:

        Whenenever I see unattractive white men, particularly middle aged men, walking around with young and attractive Asian women I always wonder if they went overseas to get them. A few weeks back I saw a guy in his fifties walking hand in hand with a girl who looked early twenties. I side eyed him and felt like saying something. Guys who go overseas to take advantage of impoverished women because they can’t get women in their own country sicken me.

      • fiona says:

        Why are you friends with this person. I think I would have lost it. I used to put up with men speaking that way about women because I didn’t know any better. What a creep.

        @dangles. I used to see it at my old workplace all the time. Middle aged men dating women who are barely 19 years old. Often they are women who little to no options due to poverty and may already have children back at home. Often the men who do this are low income earners who don’t see any value in a woman their own age. So they look for a cheap wife abroad. These gross men don’t even care about communicating with them. They just want a living, breathing sex doll that doesn’t speak to them in their language. Then clean the house & cook afterwards. One man (in his 50’s?) proudly showed me his photos and she looked about 17. Acting like he was her knight in shining armor. Unfortunately I couldn’t say anything and had to grin & bear it. I felt sick. Very common in the outer suburbs in Melbourne, Australia. Thank god I don’t work there anymore.

      • Original T.C. says:

        @Fiona
        I Know. It was a complicated friendship when I was working in a hostile environment and he was a source of support and guidance to get through the old boys network. I think he saw me as “different” so always treated me like an equal. It’s only when I started meeting his girlfriends that I saw THAT side of him.

        P.s.actually this is no longer the old school picking up on Foreign Asian women. These are young good looking American born Asian-Americans. But girls with self esteem issues and brain washed to thinking White guys are a prize in our society. Even douchebag ones

  29. serena says:

    I can’t like him not even when he’s saying right things. Yeah it’s all right and pretty, but then he goes and just date 20something blonde models.. so don’t even try to bring feminism on, IT’S BS!

    So irking.. I don’t feel any sincerity in him, so he doesn’t have my support. I’d much rather prefer another actor to get the Oscar.

  30. Original T.C. says:

    That Slate mag is everything.

  31. knower says:

    ….You mean “Beard Requirements” right?

    😉

    Also, WHOA. How many Leo fangirls are in the comments having heard their Google Alerts go off? You guys are the reason he could never come out and has to maintain the under-25 blonde model charade strung together with NDAs.

  32. anna says:

    oh Leo I soo want to be on board with you. I wish I could not take in to account your dating history

  33. Moi says:

    I liked the interview honestly. And now I want to become more educated on Livestock Agriculture too. Who he dates doesn’t bother me….and he and I are the same age. These younger women have free will and he’s not forcing their hand in any way. When he meets the right person, he will settle down…or not. *shrugs* His personal life doesn’t change the fact that he’s a very talented actor and brings me entertainment so…

  34. Patty says:

    I have a feeling that if he does ever get married, it will be with someone completely against type. Also, someone should tell Leo that marriage doesn’t just happen. At least it shouldn’t happen that way. Usually two people in a relationship decide to work towards that and then decide to get married.

    I hope he finally gets his Oscar, it’s been obvious for years that he is gagging for one.

  35. Lotta says:

    I looked up the karate moves on the boat and I think he looks kind of sexy doing that. And he got his leg up really high too. I never found him attractive before, not even in The Titanic.

    I meet him. I even partied with him twice and he really is a nice guy, and I’m not a blond uneducated young Barbie bimbo. I’m more of a brunette super feminist.
    (I didn’t sleep with him though. My friend did that).

  36. ichabod says:

    If anyone is interested in learning more about this movie, especially all of you who haven’t seen it, watch this interview on Charlie Rose with Alejandro González and Leo. http://charlierose.com/watch/60670696 It is interesting and I think it shows the making of this film has more than one dimensional motivation and process.

  37. Well says:

    All I gotta say is I can’t believe Johnny Depp isn’t winning more awards or getting more nominated even! Black Mass looks so much more interesting and his acting in the trailer alone gave me shivers. I’d rather have Johnny talking about his process for Black Mass than have to see any more of Leo.

    And what’s with Leo in recent years making movies where he depicts and outright glorifies the worst parts of our culture — capitalistic greed in Wolf of Wall Street, and this patriarchal frontiersman killing animals BS in Revenant — and then turning around and saying that it’s not to glorify those characters but to merely record how bad they are, so people understand how bad they are? And why are people eating up this BS?

    Like, come on. Leo took those roles because he thought those movies sounded cool! He even appeared in a PR video for the real guy behind Wolf of Wall Street. He just wants that Oscar. He’s so full of it, oh my god!

    • Chips'n'Gravy says:

      “depicts and outright glorifies the worst parts of our culture”

      You sound a bit confused. You need to catch these films before judging them. I can’t say I know anything about Leo’s motivations but these films aren’t what you say they are.

      • Well says:

        No, I know exactly what these movies are. Sorry, but I think you and others who think these movies are amazing are the confused ones.

  38. Susie says:

    Actually there are a couple of women in the film, but it’s not a story about women! It’s a beautifully shot film though and Leo is always riveting to watch-throughly recommend it!

  39. Mira says:

    Ok, let me come out and say that I like older men. I always did. And when I mean older, I mean 5 years older than me, 10 years older than me. So I’m not surprised that there are 20-25 year old women who date him.

  40. iLoveMyPug says:

    Just bc his physical preferences in women are very shallow and piggish, does not mean he is objectifying women or doesn’t respect them. He certainly seems educated and fair minded enough to reserve the right to allude to the history of female oppression. The way he treats his mother speaks much more about his respect toward women than his physical preferences, which are what half of married men are lusting for on the Internet anyways. What is he supposed to do? Marry or settle down if his heart isn’t into it? Would we give any middle aged female celeb crap for resisting the social pressures of marriage?