Teyana Taylor Tries To Shed Some Light On Viral Leonardo DiCaprio Golden Globes Clip
One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor is opening up about one of the biggest mysteries in showbiz right now… what exactly was going on in that viral video of her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio from the Golden Globes?
Both Teyana and Leonardo were in attendance at this year’s ceremony, where the former picked up the Best Supporting Actress In A Film prize and their movie was the night’s top winner in the film categories.
During an ad break, the usually-reserved Titanic star was caught on camera speaking to an unseen fellow guest in a much more animated style than we’re used to seeing from him.
For the last few days, people have been trying to work out exactly what brought so much enthusiasm out of Leo, with one of the most popular theories suggesting that he was talking to someone about one of KPop Demon Hunters’ wins.
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During a new interview with Access Hollywood, Teyana suggested that she was the one Leo was speaking to in the viral clip – and claimed that they were, indeed, discussing KPop Demon Hunters.
“The crazy part about it is, I’m so blacked out from that day, that I want to say we may have been talking about KPop Demon Hunters, because I was so happy when they won,” she explained.
“My kids love KPop Demon Hunters – so, I was over there just jamming, and I think he just caught me jamming and that’s when we started talking about it.”
She added: “I just don’t remember what he was saying, I don’t even think I really even heard what he was saying. I probably was just laughing and kiki-ing back and had no clue back and had no clue what he was saying.”
Teyana was quick to note that she didn’t know for sure that’s what was going on, but she just “went right with the lip-reading lady” whose theory about the viral moment has now racked up 35 million views on TikTok, and an additional 33 million on Instagram.
@accesshollywood The mystery has been solved! We now know who Leonardo DiCaprio was talking to during his viral #GoldenGlobes moment! #awardseason
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However, she later appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s US talk show, where she backtracked the story somewhat following a phone conversation with Leo himself.
“Yesterday I thought I broke the Da Vinci code, right?” she quipped, revealing that she “had to call Leo” to get the full story, only to discover she hadn’t quite got things right.
“I knew exactly what KPop [Demon Hunters] was because Chase [Infiniti, her co-star in One Battle After Another] taught me,” Teyana explained. “So I was like, ‘you can’t be talking to me – were you talking to me, because I already told people you were talking to me?’. And he was like... so apparently he had two KPop Demon Hunters conversations that night!
“KPop Demon Hunters was just in his mouth all night! And I was like, ’who else is you kiki-ing with like that? Because literally that’s how we kiki! I had a little friendly jealousy!”
Unfortunately, she then revealed that Leo “doesn’t even know who he was talking to”, although Teyana can now officially rule herself out.
Teyana became a first-time Golden Globe winner on Sunday night for her performance in One Battle After Another, and is now even more heavily tipped to pick up an Oscar nomination.
Movie fans don’t have long to wait to find out, with this year’s nominees being announced on Thursday 22 January.