"He has a problematic age gap with himself": Internet reacts to Leonardo DiCaprio saying he feels emotionally 35 despite turning 50

Leonardo DiCaprio feels younger than he is, and the internet is reacting emphatically.

During a recent interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed One Battle After Another, for Esquire magazine's Mavericks of Hollywood issue, Leonardo DiCaprio was asked to answer promptly:

“If you didn’t know how old you are, how old are you right now?” The 50-year-old answered, "Thirty-two."

Noting that he feels "emotionally 35," Leonardo DiCaprio said in the August 13 interview:

“It creates a feeling like you have a desire to just be more honest and not waste your time. I can only imagine how the next few decades are going to progress. I look at my mother, for example, and she just says exactly what she thinks and wastes no time. She spends no time trying to fake it.”

However, the internet has already begun cracking jokes at his expense. Here's how one user weighed in on his comments on X, for instance:

"He has a problematic age gap with himself"

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He has a problematic age gap with himself

The comments didn't end there, this user remarked:

"this is a man who hasn't had the chance to mature because he started acting at a young age. sad tbh.”

"People say the weirdest shit to not acknowledge that they are aging or have aged. It’s a part of life. Live life to the fullest so you have no regrets and feel the need to constantly stay forever young,"

someone else chimed in. Another fan quipped:

"Congrats to him or I’m sorry to him… don’t know which applies here.”

"This guy’s obsession with age needs to be studied,"

— this user pointed out.

See how the rest of X is reacting to Leonardo DiCaprio's comments.

"we can tell by the women he dates,"

One user dissed the actor. While another pointed out:

"that’s funny, because emotionally 35 is still 10 years older than anyone he’s dated.”

"Take away all his wealth and fame, and he’ll be feeling 70 in no time,"

a netizen commented. Yet another noted:

"so basically the dating pool still feels age appropriate to him.”

Leonardo DiCaprio opens up about being older: Read more

During his interview with Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio also opened up on what has changed in his life since getting older:

“Being more upfront and risking having things fall apart or risk the disagreements or risk going your separate ways from any type of relationship in life—the personal, professional—it’s that you just don’t want to waste your time anymore,” he said. “You have to just be much more upfront. It’s almost a responsibility because much more of your life is behind you than it is ahead of you.”

The actor has been romantically linked to Vittoria Ceretti, 27, since 2023. However, he has long been associated with several high-profile relationships. Nonetheless, the model reportedly told Vogue France in March that the two are focused on a life together:

“If what you're experiencing is real, if you know you love each other, then there's no reason to be alarmed,” she said. “Because love protects and gives confidence.”

Elsewhere in his interview, Leonardo DiCaprio also opened up about seldom watching his own movies, which dates back decades. However, "there's one that I have watched more than others," he said, naming 2004’s The Aviator.

"That’s simply because it was such a special moment to me," Leonardo DiCaprio said, referring to the Best Actor Oscar nomination he bagged for his work on the movie. "I had worked with Marty [Scorsese] on Gangs of New York, and I’d been toting around a book on Howard Hughes for 10 years. I almost did it with Michael Mann, but there was a conflict and I ended up bringing it to Marty."

He continued,

"I was 30. It was the first time as an actor I got to feel implicitly part of the production, rather than just an actor hired to play a role. I felt responsible in a whole new way. I’ve always felt proud and connected to that film as such a key part of my growing up in this industry and taking on a role of a real collaborator for the first time."

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