“Leonardo has grown into an extremely fine actor but back then he was just a handsome boy who didn’t always wash; he was quite smelly in that very male way some young men are. Sometimes he wore a dress. ’Leonardo, I think you’re gay,’ I said. He laughed and said, ‘No Miriam. I’m really not gay.’ But I was wrong. He did it to be talked about — much as I did when I smoked a pipe as an undergraduate at Cambridge.”–Veteran actress Miriam Margolyes, recalling the time she interrogated her Romeo + Juliet co-star Leonardo DiCaprio about his sexuality. The actress recalls the story in her new memoir, This Much Is True. Margolyes, known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movie series among many others, has lived openly as a lesbian most of her career.
Mister P
I’ve never been convinced he’s banging those super models
Derek Northcutt
Kate Winslet has described him as, “smelly, farty Leo.”
ttm9
I know for a fact that he is gay, he dated a friend of mine, but who cares.
Ronbo
Don’t forget his tryst with superman. Seriously, get honest friends.
Troyfight
@ttm9 ….more details please?
Fahd
DiCaprio owns a home in Palm Springs, California if that’s any evidence.
Margolyes is hilarious when she appears on Graham Norton. She always has great stories. I didn’t know about her memoir. It’s probably worth reading.
BoomerMyles
The best 2 stories is when she creamed her knickers when meeting Laurence Olivier (poor guest Matthew Perry was visibly horrified when he heard her tell the story) and when she gave a hand job in a park to a service man because she felt it was her civic duty.
BoomerMyles
I think Leonardo f*cks anything that moves.
LifeinShaw
Never been a huge Leo fan. Good actor but just doesn’t do it for me. However, I did like it when he commented on celebrities bitching about fame basically saying if someone doesn’t like it then they should find a new career.
mateo
Is Leo gay? Let’s ask Lukas Haas….
Donston
There’s been persistent rumors throughout the years that Leo mostly just uses these random female models for sex and to maintain a hetero image but prefers persistent same-sex attentions, affections, romantic attachments, emotional investments, relationships. But ultimately, who knows how legit it is. And if he is “closeted” he’s done a better job at shielding it than some. While a rather large percentage of Hollywood is hyper-sexual, contends with some fluidity and is in the gender, sexual, romantic, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. Even if Leo is into his sex, who really even cares at this point?
wikidBSTN
Hollywood superstars are manufactured commodities. A lot of time, effort and MONEY goes into making them. That is why it is relatively easy for the big stars to remain in the glass closet – because a lot of Hollywood pressure and influence goes into protecting the asset – providing them at every turn with manufactured plausible deniability. If anyone in Hollywood tried to seriously out such a commodity, the Hollywood power structure would shut them out and shut them down.
Donston
The media was “outing” quite a few folks up until perhaps a decade ago. Then it started to be perceived as tacky and homophobic. But as far as industry people outing other industry people, it just doesn’t make much sense to do so. There are, of course, many closeted folks (especially closeted dudes, which Kate Winslet recently talked about that). But outing people is not gonna get anything but being seen as a villain. Also, such a high percentage of the industry are closeted and in the “queer spectrum”. No one on the inside is phased by it. We also don’t truly know the dimensions of Leo or anyone else. You don’t know how much of what any of these folks present is legit and how much I’d driven by image, ego, narrative, attention. You don’t know the in and outs of anyone’s sexuality, motivations, journeys, struggles, where they are in the gender, sexual, romantic, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum.
I will say that the more time goes on, the more odd it does seem that Leo only “dates” models and never has substantial relationships and perhaps will never get married. I know some dudes are “playboys” for life. But it almost comes off like he sees women as strictly disposable playthings and commodities. Or at the very least, there’s perhaps some queerness in there and some passions, affections, attachments, investments, contentment towards his sex that keeps him from taking women that seriously. Of course, it’s all speculation. And there are other guys living in much more obvious glass closets than Leo.
Res1
At this point, Leo would be too deep into a lie to come out. If he is bi, it will be revealed after he dies. I think he would seem like a phony if he just appeared on People or The Advocate like IM BI.
Cam
You always read about DiCaprio, “Making out” with some random woman for “Hours” at some public place.
He is old to be doing that, seems like it’s to get press and reminds me of the time there were rumors of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz possibly splitting up and a few days later there was a gossip report that they were “Making out” in a night club for 3 hours.
So Franky I wouldn’t be surprised if DiCaprio turned out to be a closet case. Then again he might just be kind of an immature douche.
Man About Town
Isn’t he the one who flies around on his private jet so he can lecture people about wasting energy?
bachy
Not so sure about the gay question, but “smelly”?
That I can believe 100%.
dannyboi2
I don’t know, my gadar would say he could be bi- but it’s not strobing as It was with George Michael, Ricky Martin, Pablo Alboran or Colton Haynes. DiCaprio loves to parade his female model conquest in public places. Which gives me the feeling he might be insecure about his homosexualty but, then again it’s old school “Misogyny, Macho” crap to flaunt your woimen and that’s another notch on his belt. I was kinda wrong with George Clooney at least so far. My gardar was completely wrong with him. He seems well adjusted to family life, I’m so happy for him.