Oscars 2022: Amy Schumer joke about Leonardo DiCaprio and his ‘girlfriends’ draws gasps
Many in the audience looked uncomfortable after the quip
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Your support makes all the difference.Amy Schumer took aim at Leonardo DiCaprio during the opening monologue at the oscars.
Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall hosted this year’s ceremony, starting with a speech in which they made jokes aimed at The Power of the Dog, JK Simmons and Samuel L Jackson.
After Sykes and Hall left the stage, Schumer made quips about King Richard and Being the Ricardos. However, her joke about Don’t Look Up drew the biggest gasps, due to her comments about lead actor, DiCaprio.
“Leonardo DiCaprio is doing so much for the planet,” Schumer said, adding: “He will leave it in a better shape for his girlfriends.”
Many actors in the audience, including Will Smith, Timothée Chalamet and Jessica Chastain, gasped, covering their heads with their hands.
This is not the first time the actor, 47, has been roasted for his relationships with younger women at an awards show.
Earlier this month at the Baftas, Rebel Wilson approached 20-year-old CODA star Emilia Jones, stating: “I’ll give you the award for the person in the crowd Leonardo DiCaprio would find most attractive... He does like them young.”
In 2020, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais made a dig at the star while talking about Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“[It’s] almost three hours long – it’s an epic” he said, adding: “Leonardo DiCaprio attended the premiere and by the end his date was too old for him.”
As the audience – including DiCaprio – laughed along, Gervais continued: “Even Prince Andrew’s like, ‘Come on, mate, you’re nearly 50, son.’”
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DiCaprio is currently dating 22-year-old model Camila Morrone.
The biggest moment of the ceremony arrived when Will Smith hit Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Smith, who went on to win Best Actor for King Richard, broke down in tears during his speech, in which he shared what Washington had told him in the aftermath of the incident.
Following the incident, a joke Rock made about Pinkett Smith at the 2016 Oscars resurfaced online.
Earlier in the ceremony, Regina Hall – who was hosting the ceremony alongside Schumer and Wanda Sykes – poked fun at Smith and Pinkett Smith’s marriage.
Dune and Coda were the evening’s big winners, with the latter winning all three nominations it was up for, including Best Picture.
Find the full list of Oscar 2022 winners list here.
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