If You Thought Leonardo DiCaprio Had An Odd Reaction When Conan O’Brien Shouted Him Out In His Monologue, It Turns Out There Was Actually A Pretty Good Reason

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At this point, the Oscars don't consciousness similar the Oscars to maine unless Leonardo DiCaprio is determination successful the beforehand row. So, I'm pleased to accidental that helium was successful attendance connected Sunday and was seemingly successful the temper to person immoderate fun.

Sitting betwixt his girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, and his One Battle After Another co-star, Teyana Taylor, Leo was the taxable of respective jokes passim the night. But, for once, they weren't astir his dating life.

Leo is simply a fable of cinema, nary doubt. But big Conan O'Brien decided to radiance a airy connected immoderate of the actor's lesser-appreciated contributions to pop culture: His presumption arsenic a powerhouse meme generator.

Then we person the Jay Gatsby champagne toast firework infinitesimal from The Great Gatsby (one of my idiosyncratic faves.)

Followed by the all-timer that is Rick Dalton pointing astatine himself connected TV portion drinking a brew and smoking a cigaret successful Once Upon a Time successful Hollywood.

Suffice to say, if they gave retired Oscars for memes, Leo would astir apt person a fewer to his sanction by now. So, Conan enactment his abilities to the trial and asked him to make a caller meme successful real-time, unrecorded from the Oscars audience. And this is what we got:

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I knew helium wouldn't fto america down.

If you've watched the clip, you'll spot that determination was a somewhat awkward hold portion Leo and those astir him figured retired what was going on, prompting Conan to joke, "They'll propulsion that up successful editing."

Well, arsenic it turns out, the meme was beauteous accurate, arsenic Leo genuinely didn't hold to beryllium a portion of the bit.

On Monday, Variety published an interrogation with assorted Oscar executives, which revealed that Leo wasn't warned astir the meme infinitesimal beforehand and was arsenic amazed arsenic the remainder of us. Fortunately, helium figured retired what helium needed to bash beauteous rapidly — but we tin forgive him for the archetypal confusion.

“I’m definite anybody implicit the property of 30 was confused,” an Oscars insider told the outlet astir the viral moment.

IMO, that makes that full happening adjacent funnier. Give this antheral his meme Oscar. Stat.

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