Leonardo DiCaprio

[BudgeUpAnne]

I know this has been discussed before but I am sickened by the thought of the latest rumours surrounding his love life. 19 years old? Just so wrong!

@Wagsandclaws

Today 20:29

Kate Winslet said in an interview with the Independent in 2021 that she 'knows of at least four' gay men who are 'terrified they'd lose out on roles if they were out' and how awful it is. ( she's right! ) Considering the amount he gets papped with his 'bestie' I would be shocked if he wasn't tbh.

I'm With Kate, I think it's awful but as pp have said, a great swathe of movie-going America is conservative and I think it would be very hard to get straight roles if you are an out gay man.

The only fairly mainstream actor that I can think of who is American and out is Neil Patrick Harris, I've seen him in straight parts.

Frankly I think Mr Leonardo is gay and is trolling the public and press with his girlfriends.

Agree with this. I think he is gay - and using beards too. As I said earlier in the thread, these 'relationships' never ever EVER go anywhere. He never lives with them, he never gets engaged, he never marries them, and he rarely includes them in family and close friend celebrations or events. He always goes out with his mates for his birthday, and spends Christmas with his mother. Never these 'models.' And they all look the same. Also, they ALL have the same 'papped on city bikes' pics taken, and the same 'source' saying 'they are sooooooooooo in LOVE.

FFS no-one believes it. Does Leo - and his agent/Manager/PR team actually think people are buying these farcical, fake, 'beard' set-ups?

As someone who has always really liked Leo, as there are many things to like about him, I PRAY he is gay, and these are just beards. (Though as I said, no-one believes these are real relationships so he is wasting his time anyway!) I hope he is gay because if not, then I am seriously disturbed at him dating a 19 year old.

IDGAF if she is an 'adult' and 'of age' lalalalalala. Makes fuck-all odds. She is still only 19, and was at school LAST YEAR. A man who is 50 next year should NOT be dating a fucking teenager. Not in any walk of life. This is seriously putting me off him.

I hope his PR team see all the backlash he is getting (he is being slaughtered on Twitter, and on many online forums,) more than he has ever been got at before. People are disgusted with him, angry with him, and disappointed in him. His fan base is going to start dwindling, and this could affect his career more than coming out as gay.

I say I hope his PR team see it, because then maybe they will stop this 'fake romance' going ahead, and hook him up with someone older. Even late 20s would be better. But I still think he is utterly ludicrous for dating these carbon copy assembly-line models. I don't know any other actor who does this like he does. And I re-iterate, NO-ONE believes any of these 'relationships' are real.

Jonathan Bailey is an out gay man, and played a sexy heterosexual man in Bridgerton very convincingly! I don’t know any woman who watched him in that and didn’t fancy the pants off him. He’s also been cast as the male
romantic lead in the movie version of the musical Wicked. So to say a gay man can’t convincingly play a straight man is just nonsense.

I adored Leo growing up. I was 12 when Romeo and Juliet came out and I was obsessed. He was an absolutely beautiful young man. Now…he turns my stomach.

Why on gods earth would he be terrified of anything? Hes so incredibly wealthy and established as an actor.

It's true there are no out gay men who are carrying big studio films though, that Incan think of. The gulf between the LGBTQIA rainbow friendly Hollywood and the ticket buying heartlands (whether their actual views or the industry's perception of their views) is vast. And also the slight issue of how you play it if you've been firmly closeted for 30 years.

So to say a gay man can’t convincingly play a straight man is just nonsense.

No one has said that, to be fair. They've said Hollywood doesn't tend to cast gay men in leading straight roles. Which isn't the same as saying gay men wouldn't be able to convincingly play the role.

19 is pretty young. But he's a hot, older guy, so why not. I was with someone 48, when I was 22. Thinking back it's a bit gross, but it didn't feel like that at the time. I don't think there was a power imbalance at all, if anything I pursued him.
Why wouldn't you go for someone young and attractive if you liked them? Sometimes I wonder if women are saying this because it makes them feel insecure.

Then you're doing it with the wrong guy. I'm sure most 48 year olds would be better than most 19yo (IME anyway)

Then you're doing it with the wrong guy. I'm sure most 48 year olds would be better than most 19yo (IME anyway)

Agree with this. The huge age gap is still icky but statistically an older man will be better at sex than a teenage boy.

Then you're doing it with the wrong guy. I'm sure most 48 year olds would be better than most 19yo (IME anyway)

More experienced at better sex, yes, but the thought of shagging someone who's old enough to be my teacher or even dad is too much

Im a man who is 34 but I only date younger women because during my teens and 20s I was shy, socially awkward and I also worked a lot of hours. I only lost my virginity a couple of years ago but the reason why I only date younger women is because they are less likely to have kids (I want my own kids and dont date single mothers) and are more likely to be in shape. Im into women who are petite or slim

Im tall, in very good shape, good paying job, full head of hair and I like to think im decent looking but I get more attention from women now than what I did in my 20s

That’s fine, date who you like. But you sound very focused on the way you look and the way your potential girlfriend looks. No wonder you date people much younger than you as that’s a pretty immature way to think. As you get older you realise there is so much more to a successful relationship than how “in shape” someone is especially if you’re looking to have children with someone which means statistically they’re unlikely to keep the same figure they have when you met them.

Not you again

I was thinking the same @Fuckstix

I'm not having sex with 48 year olds OR teenagers 😅

Im tall, in very good shape, good paying job, full head of hair and I like to think im decent looking but I get more attention from women now than what I did in my 20s

Oh yeah and that's why you're talking shite on mumsnet? 🤣

Yes, that's more what I was getting at.

I dont know why the assumption is made that he must be gay. There are loads of men who want to shag late teen / early 20s models or any woman that will have them. Dear god, look at a porn website - "barely legal" and "teen" will be in the top five most popular categories. Leo is rich, famous, still pretty handsome, and can. That's it - he can do what absolutely loads of men want to do, which is shag an endless procession of lithe, willing young women. So he does.

Personally I think his life must be a bit empty but he's the one who is going to be a very lonely old man, so I can't get too worked up about it.

Amazing you found time to post on an internet forum since you're so busy being inundated by young slim women!

Thanks for making the time for us.

They're beards, his partner is Lukas Haas. These girls are just in a contract with him to promote their image and become famous whilst keeping up appearances for him.

He needs to give this act up at some point as it's cringey. Many Hollywood actors kept their sexuality hidden, he's no different. He actually came out in an interview during the Basketball Diaries, but his PR company got it scrapped and ever since he's hidden it.

*Im a man who is 34 but I only date younger because during my teens and 20s I was shy, socially awkward and I also worked a lot of hours. I only lost my virginity a couple of years ago but the reason why I only date younger women is because they are less likely to have kids (I want my own kids and dont date single mothers) and are more likely to be in shape. Im into women who are petite or slim

Im tall, in very good shape, good paying job, full head of hair and I like to think im decent looking but I get more attention from women now than what I did in my 20s*

Yep. You are one of many inadequate and insecure men who are too insecure to form relationships with women equal to them in life experience. Younger women tend to tolerate a lot more shit from these types. I know because I was one. Sigh.

I have a friend who has been with his partner for years. He has no intention of having children, earns very well and enjoys his own space so there hasn't been any incentive to move in together (I don't know his girlfriend well enough to speculate about her true views on the situation). I imagine that setup wouldn't work for many women but such people do exist.

I can imagine that an alternative, for a man who had the capacity, would be to date younger women (who aren't necessarily expecting relationships to last forever) and turn them loose when they reach the age when they would be considering marriage and children. Better than stringing them along until they're mid-30s or being an uninvolved father. If they're the social climbing type, he would even be improving their pool of potential suitors.

I did some quick googling and it looks like all except his most recent girlfriend are married with kids to men who have some degree of either fame or riches. Leo is still living like a bachelor, unmarried with no kids so if that's what they wanted from life, they would not have been getting it from him.