Leonardo DiCaprio has opened up about his viral moment at the 2026 Golden Globes.
Earlier this month, the 51-year-old actor was caught on camera making animated expressions and laughing while chatting with someone who was out of view during the star-studded ceremony.
A clip of Leonardo was shared on the official Golden Globes TikTok page and quickly attracted widespread attention online.
In response to the viral clip, the Titanic star said Term that he was talking to ‘a friend’.
“It was addressed to a friend, but who knows if the other person I was talking to ultimately wants me to say his or her name?” Leonardo told the outlet.
“So, as the main character in A Bronx Tale says, I’m not a rat,” he added.
Teyana Taylor, who shares the screen with Leonardo One battle after another, told earlier Access to Hollywood that she and the actor discussed how her daughters, Junie and Rue, love the film, KPop Demon Hunters.
The 35-year-old actress said she was unaware at the time that their interaction was being recorded.
Teyana later clarified this The tonight show that after the clip went viral, she realized Leonardo was talking to someone else.
“I thought, ‘You can’t talk to me, were you talking to me?’ Because I already told people you were talking to me. So apparently he had two KPop Demon Hunter calls that night, so KPop Demon Hunters was just in his mouth all night,” Teyana joked to Jimmy Fallon.
“And I’m like, ‘Who else are you chatting like that with?’ Because that’s literally how we are [talk, with animated gestures],” she said of DiCaprio.
“So I had a little friendly jealousy, I thought, ‘Who else are you chewing your invisible gum with?’ He didn’t even know who he was talking to anymore. He said, ‘I don’t even know,'” Teyana added.
