• moistclump@lemmy.world
    57·
    2 days ago

    I laughed. And then I got curious and looked it up. Kate Winslet was 22 during the filming of Titanic. Her character was 19.

    • M137@lemmy.world
      201·
      2 days ago

      I’ll continue the comic and say that she only said it because she knew he was a creep.

    • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
      56·
      2 days ago

      I think 27 was chosen specifically too. 26 would have been a tighter upper bound.

      ps: just noticed a different version was posted below before, sorry for the repeat

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        1 day ago

        I love this graph because of how succinctly it summarizes info. But I also hate this graph because it is missing like 10 or 15 other women he has dated of several ages that break the neat pattern. Also, it hides how only like two of those relationships were truly serious, the rest are gossip and tabloid speculation from having seen him “next to them”. It is all very speculative. He does have a weird thing for younger women, but I think that part of it is that most single women on his social circle are going to be aspiring and upcoming super models.

        • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
          15·
          1 day ago

          Oh no, I have been a part of disinfographics propagation. Thanks for the correction. It seems some of the older women (31, Laura Whitman for instance) were not a confirmed long term relationship but there are some rumors that DiCaprio romantically pursued them.

    • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
      60·
      2 days ago

      Leo has a thing about dating women of a certain age IRL. To a hilarious degree. Nearly every one of his openly admitted girlfriends were dropped at the same age, where shortly after, he would find a younger woman to date and start the cycle anew.

    • half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      36·
      2 days ago

      He famously doesn’t date women who are older than 25. Someone on reddit made a great infographic if you want to google it.

        • M137@lemmy.world
          441·
          2 days ago

          Really? He’s dated a lot of women, none over 25, that’s not a coincidence. He’s 50 years old BTW.

          Here’s the infographic, from 2022:

          • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
            61·
            2 days ago

            I was asking if it’s a coincidence he keeps breaking up with them at a certain age like a weirdo, or if the relationships just always go poorly anyway.

            • Decoy321@lemmy.world
              212·
              2 days ago

              Allow me to help give context. This is Leonardo DiCaprio we’re talking about, a very famous movie star. This man can afford to have eccentric personal relationship rules. These women, while much younger, are still adults who can make informed decisions about their own lives. It’s even easier to grasp when you realize this just means they know the relationship has a predetermined max limit.

              Thi2nk of it like a summer fling. Someone comes into town, just for the summer. You really hit it off and both of you want to spend more time with the other. But you both know at the end of Summer, they’re leaving town again. Would you still be willing to enjoy that time together?

              It’s kind of like that, except the other person is Leonardo fucking DiCaprio, and they’re leaving town because they’re rich celebrities who can do whatever they want.

              So yeah, it’s definitely fuckin weird, but that doesn’t exactly make it bad. Those are independent variables.

              • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
                61·
                14 hours ago

                Reminds me when people were shit talking Melania Trump for being obviously much younger and hotter than Dried Turnip. She shut them up because no shit, shes hot, he’s affluent, it’s win win. Relationships are social contracts, not Disney fairy tales.

            • FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee
              6·
              2 days ago

              He’s probably a bit screwed in the head from having the fame from a young age, seems unsurprising tbh

        • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 day ago

          I think he’s gay, and these women are hired to be his beards. Part of the deal for them is that they get exposure, and also a chance to rub elbows with the Hollywood elite. All of which would be a lot more enticing to someone just starting out in life and their career.

        • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          It could also be that they still aren’t that emotionally mature and when they turn 25 they realize what a weird situation they are in and thus leave him. I do think it has to be a mutual agreement. It’s too tight to be a coincide and thus far Leo has never been in any scandal or negative comments about the relationships and he is still friends with a lot of them. So, it’s weird, but not in a “creep abuser” kind of weird. I just think he is emotionally stunted from so much fame and power from an early age. It fucks up social development.

        • stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          72·
          2 days ago

          My question is mainly why are those women willing to date someone who might as well be their grandfather? I guess the relationship provides many connections they can use to boost their own career. But aren’t they weirded out by that creepy old man at this point? Wouldn’t they rather date Timothée Chalamet?

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
    528·
    17 hours ago

    Leo is a pedophile. He won’t openly date a child but he will go as low as he possibly can without going to.jail

    Edit: I get it, you guys don’t think so, but lets wait and see. I’m a woman and have known some guys that only date very very young women in my life. I was a young woman at some point too. Believe me he would date a 16yo if he didn’t had so many lights on him. But…let’s wait and see… things are coming up

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      471·
      1 day ago

      Leo is a pedophile. He won’t openly date a child but he will go as low as he possibly can without going to.jail

      Leo’s behavior isn’t very socially acceptable, but he isn’t a pedophile.

      His explanation is that he doesn’t have any interest in starting a family or having children, and he thinks that the drive to do so for women kicks in in the mid-to-late twenties. Women he dates know this going in, they know it’s never going to go anywhere real, they know there’s an end date. They get to participate in his lifestyle, they get to meet a bunch of important people, etc, in exchange for a sexual relationship with a very wealthy, attractive man.

      They’re young, but they’re adults capable of making decisions for themselves. Maybe some will regret it later, others won’t. But regardless, it’s a mutual agreement between adults.

      Gross? Creepy? Yeah, especially the older he gets. Sexist? Oh absolutely. 100%. Pedophilic? No.

      Edit: fixed a formatting typo

    • TeabagRd@discuss.onlineFrançais
      9·
      1 day ago

      He dates women that are able to vote, are you saying that women at this age can’t manage themselves ? Pretty sexist innit ?

    • orcrist@lemm.ee
      9·
      1 day ago

      It’s pretty fucked up if you accuse him of that without any real evidence. Do you have any?

      (Many people agree that he likes to date young women and that’s creepy, but it’s not nearly as messed up as what you accused him of.)

    • psivchaz@reddthat.com
      91·
      1 day ago

      The bar is kind of low these days, so the fact that he doesn’t go lower still somehow makes him better than a large chunk of famous people.