I don't often wake up in the morning with a nagging desire to defend Leonardo DiCaprio.
He's worth hundreds of millions of dollars, for starters, and is one of the most influential actors in a sea of influential actors, with a multi-Oscar winning production company, his own gold statue and old-school movie star pull. So I cannot stress this enough: I know he that he is fine.
Plus, I'm fully on board with his descent from heartthrob to the butt of many jokes regarding his egregious pattern of dating models in their early 20s and breaking up with them as soon as they're older than 25. I like those jokes a lot. I think they're funny. And I do think a man who seems to be allergic to 26-year-olds as he approaches 50 should probably face scrutiny for that, or at the very least ridicule.
Okay, have I listed enough caveats? Onto the defence.
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On November 11, DiCaprio held a party in Los Angeles to celebrate his 49th birthday. The guest list was as wonderfully ridiculous as you'd expect, with everyone from Kim Kardashian to Lady Gaga and Chris Rock to Olivia Wilde photographed by paparazzi camped outside. Oh, and yeah, his 25-year-old current girlfriend, Italian model Vittoria Ceretti, was also there.
Even Jay-Z and Beyonce turned up according to reports, that also made clear to state that 'DiCaprio remained at the centre of the action'. Sure, sure.
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