Leonardo DiCaprio is a huge Star Wars nerd — new information to me, but I feel that it checks out.
However, with that said, he did not, in fact, make his girlfriend sit through the entire franchise's movies, prompting her to call the experience the "worst date of my life."
Let me backtrack a little: Last night, a satire page on Twitter with the handle @LeCinephiles tweeted a fake breaking news story about the Don't Look Up star. It read, "BREAKING: Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriend, Camila Morrone details the 'worst date of my life' with the actor."
BREAKING: Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriend, Camila Morrone details the “worst date of my life” with the actor. “He rented out a whole cinema, and made me watch every single ‘STAR WARS’ movie while he ran around with his lightsaber pretending to fight bad guys.”
The tweet was accompanied by a fake quote: "He rented out a whole cinema, and made me watch every single Star Wars movie while he ran around with his lightsaber pretending to fight bad guys."
First, the 47-year-old A-lister is still presumably dating 24-year-old actor and model Camila Morrone.
Second, in case you don't want to take me at my word, the page has reaffirmed multiple times that it's a satirical account.
Now, as far as celebs being absolute weirdos go, this is certainly not high on the list, and I can totally see why people would take it at face value. Also, objectively, picturing Leo running around a dark, empty theater making lightsaber noises is so hilarious, I desperately wish it were true.
And let's not forget, there's somewhat of a precedent: Jonah Hill recently revealed (in an actual interview with an actual magazine, namely W Mag) that his costar made him watch The Mandalorian while filming the Adam McKay satire.
After the initial tweet from @LeCinephiles went viral, the account asked journalists to interview the star about the viral phenomenon.
if someone out there is interviewing leo in the next month or so, can you please ask him about our tweet. we need this to be canonised irl
By the looks of it on Twitter, both the real and fake Star Wars-themed stories seem to have elevated Leo's star status, as fans proclaimed their readiness for a marathon date.
Hit me up @LeoDiCaprio
Is it bad that I now want to go on a date with Leonardo DiCaprio? https://t.co/t0kDoWpOkM
That wasn’t a date. That was a test and she failed miserably. https://t.co/Pr9Gi93swd
It's so hard to see other people living your dreams. https://t.co/R7a5CB7RKH