{"id":80016,"date":"2025-08-13T16:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80016\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:19:07","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-50-insists-hes-emotionally-32-amid-backlash-over-dating-younger-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80016\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, insists he’s ’emotionally’ 32 amid backlash over dating younger women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio dropped a possible explanation for his viral dating habits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old actor \u2014 who has a reputation for dating much younger women<\/a> \u2014 told filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson in an Esquire interview<\/a> that he feels nearly two decades younger than he actually is.<\/p>\n

Anderson, 55, kicked off the conversation about DiCaprio\u2019s age by urging him to answer, \u201cas quickly as\u201d he could, \u201cIf you didn\u2019t know how old you are, how old are you right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Leonardo DiCaprio revealed his emotional age after his 50th birthday. Paul Thomas Anderson\/Esquire<\/p>\n

The actor said in an Esquire interview, published Wednesday, that he feels 32 years old. Paul Thomas Anderson\/Esquire<\/p>\n

When DiCaprio replied, \u201cThirty-two,\u201d Anderson wondered whether turning 50 had been a \u201cnatural time for reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cTitanic\u201d star quipped that he \u201cturned emotionally 35 last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson joked, \u201cYour age is 50, but your emotional maturity is 32. How does that feel?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner has a reputation for dating much younger women. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

DiCaprio told the magazine how being 50 has changed his perspective, both personally and professionally. Paul Thomas Anderson\/Esquire<\/p>\n

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The Oscar winner went on to explain how his perspective has shifted since marking the milestone birthday in November 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a desire to just be more honest and not waste your time. You have to just be much more upfront,\u201d DiCaprio noted. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost a responsibility because much more of your life is behind you than it is ahead of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

DiCaprio no longer wants to \u201cwaste [any] time.\u201d Paul Thomas Anderson\/Esquire<\/p>\n

He considers himself to be \u201cmore upfront\u201d with people in his life. COBRA TEAM \u2013 CIAOPIX \u2013 FREZZALAFATA \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

DiCaprio added that this mindset comes with \u201crisking having things fall apart,\u201d as well as potential \u201cdisagreements\u201d or \u201cgoing your separate ways in any type of relationship in life \u2014 the personal, professional.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes this will only increase as \u201cthe next few decades \u2026 progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Golden Globe winner said, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cRevenant\u201d star, who discussed many of his movie roles elsewhere in the interview, has been dating girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti<\/a> since 2023.<\/p>\n

DiCaprio is currently dating 27-year-old Vittoria Ceretti. COBRA TEAM \u2013 CIAOPIX \u2013 FREZZALAFATA \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

He previously dated a string of other young models, including Gigi Hadid and Camila Morrone, pictured above. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prior to his romance with the 27-year-old model, DiCaprio was linked to Gigi Hadid<\/a>, Camila Morrone, Nina Agdal, Toni Garrn and more.<\/p>\n

This star-studded dating history has garnered a reputation for the actor dumping partners \u201cbefore [their] pre-frontal cortex has fully developed.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

DiCaprio\u2019s ex Kristen Zang defended him<\/a> in 2022, however, clarifying that she was the one to end their 1990s relationship upon deciding she had \u201coutgrown\u201d it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once upon a time in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio dropped a possible explanation for his viral dating habits. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1508,236,2866,3172,91,88,56276,2942,206],"class_list":["post-80016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-dating","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-esquire-magazine","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}