A candid, off-air moment featuring Hollywood icon Leonardo DiCaprio has captivated the internet, offering a rare and animated glimpse into what fans are calling his "real personality." The video, filmed during an advert break at the 2026 Golden Globes ceremony, has spread rapidly across social media, prompting delight and surprise from film enthusiasts accustomed to the actor's famously calm and private public demeanour.
The Viral Moment That Captured Attention
The incident occurred at the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday 11 January 2026. DiCaprio, 50, was in attendance after receiving a nomination for his role in the action comedy One Battle After Another. While host Nikki Glaser publicly roasted the star for his well-documented habit of dating younger women, it was an unguarded interaction during the commercial break that truly set the internet alight.
In the clip, DiCaprio is seen energetically engaging with another attendee—widely believed to be his co-star Chase Infiniti—immediately after the Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters secured awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. Mimicking Infiniti's presumed reaction, DiCaprio is heard saying with evident amusement, "I was watching you with the K-pop thing. You were like, ‘Who’s that? Is it... Oh, K-pop!’"
Fans React to a Rare Glimpse Behind the Scenes
The video has sparked a significant reaction online, with many users expressing astonishment at seeing such a lively and unfiltered side of the typically reserved Oscar-winner. "Insane seeing his personality IRL," wrote one observer, while another concurred, "He has so much personality offscreen." This sentiment was echoed by others who suggested that DiCaprio's composed public facade might be "the real performance all along," with one fan humorously declaring the clip "practically counts as a new Leo performance."
An alternative theory circulating online posits that DiCaprio may have been speaking to his friend and former co-star Jennifer Lawrence, rather than Chase Infiniti. The pair starred together in the 2019 satirical film Don't Look Up.
Context: The Jokes and The Winners
The lighthearted viral moment provided a contrast to the more pointed humour directed at DiCaprio earlier in the evening. Comedian Nikki Glaser, hosting the event, delivered a now widely-shared joke targeting the actor's romantic life: "What a career you've had: countless iconic performances, you've worked with every great director, you've won three Golden Globes, an Oscar, and the most impressive thing is you were able to accomplish all of that before your girlfriend turned 30."
DiCaprio, whose past girlfriends have included Danish model Nina Agdal (then 25) and actress Camila Morrone (then 20), is currently linked to 27-year-old Italian model Vittoria Ceretti. He appeared to take the jest in good stride during the broadcast.
In terms of awards, the night was a success for DiCaprio's film, One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which took home a total of four awards. Other major film winners included Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. In the television categories, the Netflix drama Adolescence dominated with four awards. The ceremony also solidified the Oscar prospects of several actors, including Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley, Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Ultimately, the brief, unscripted clip has proven that sometimes the most memorable moments at a major awards show aren't the speeches or the jokes from the stage, but the genuine, human interactions that happen when the cameras are supposedly off.
