Leonardo DiCaprio’s co-star Teyana Taylor FINALLY reveals what the actor really said during his viral Golden Globes moment

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Teyana Taylor, who was with Leonardo DiCaprio at the Golden Globes, has shared exactly what he said during the moment that became a popular internet topic.

Leonardo DiCaprio, 51, caused a stir among his fans on Sunday night after being spotted deeply engaged in conversation with someone whose identity wasn’t immediately known. His enthusiastic demeanor was a noticeable change for the usually reserved actor.

Social media was awash with speculation over who was the recipient and what was said.

People thought he was talking to his “One Battle After Another” co-star, Teyana. A lip reader confirmed he was actually discussing watching her reactions during a K-pop segment of the show.

Teyana has confirmed he was talking to her, as she revealed in a recent interview with Access Hollywood at the premiere of ‘The Rip’ on Tuesday night.

She confirmed he had been speaking with her, and jokingly added that she barely remembers the conversation. She said she’s so hazy on the details that it’s possible they were even discussing something as strange as ‘K Pop Demon Hunters’.

I was really excited when they won because my kids were thrilled. You probably caught me in a happy, energetic mood, and that’s how our conversation started. I just don’t recall what he was actually saying, though.

I was likely laughing so much that I didn’t even register what he said – I probably wasn’t paying attention at all.

I saw a lip reader claim he was talking about K-Pop and Demon Hunters. I remember really enjoying the song ‘Golden’ when it played, and we had a conversation about how my kids, Junie and Rue, love it too. I didn’t realize that moment was being recorded.

On Tuesday, Jackie G, a Deaf content creator, shared how she interpreted a message she received: ‘I was watching you while you were talking about K-pop.’

We were confused and started laughing, pointing and asking each other, “Is that K-pop? Is it really them?”

Honestly, it was so cute! He wasn’t just talking, he actually pointed to his own eyes, then playfully at whoever was off-camera, like he was letting them know he was ‘watching’ them. Then he got all excited and started waving his hands and clapping – it was such a sweet moment!

Users on X quickly asked what conversation the AI, Grok, was referencing. Grok responded that it was a popular lip-reading video from the 2026 Golden Globes, showing Leonardo DiCaprio talking to Teyana Taylor during a break.

Okay, so I’ve been following the lip-reading analysis, and it seems Leonardo DiCaprio was asking about a ‘K-pop thing’ he saw Taylor doing – he actually said, ‘Who is the K-pop?’ – and they both had a little laugh about it. It sounds like pretty harmless, playful gossip, and he ended by saying he’d sign something, probably for her. It’s just a fun little moment between them, really!

Leonardo DiCaprio caused a buzz online not only with his conversation about K-pop, but also with his reaction to meeting Julia Roberts. After a photo was taken of them together, he was seen covering his mouth and excitedly repeating ‘That’s star power!’

In a recently popular video, DiCaprio was shown enthusiastically talking and gesturing to someone at a nearby table during a break in filming.

He sat with his 82-year-old mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, and fellow actor Sean Penn during the three-hour event in Beverly Hills, which was shown live on CBS.

Leonardo, usually a very private person, surprisingly became the center of attention at the party, often caught making amusing faces.

People were excited to see this unusual, more vulnerable side of DiCaprio, as he typically keeps to himself and often wears masks in public.

One X user wrote that they were shocked by how lively someone was, saying they’d never seen them so animated. They described it as if they were ‘literally howling’ with surprise.

He wasn’t just making funny faces during the commercial breaks. He also reacted strongly to Nikki Glaser’s jokes in her opening monologue, which covered topics like the Epstein files, recent changes at CBS News regarding work culture, and his well-known dating history.

She playfully criticized Leonardo DiCaprio’s history of dating younger women while praising his acting in the film ‘One Battle After Another,’ jokingly renaming it ‘One Man-Bun After Another.’

She told DiCaprio, “You’ve had an incredible career! So many memorable performances, working with all the best directors, and now three Golden Globes and an Oscar to show for it.”

It’s amazing you managed to do all of that before your girlfriend’s 30th birthday – it’s incredible!

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2026-01-14 14:21