Leonardo DiCaprio got one of 2026 Oscar night’s most replayed moments after Conan O’Brien turned him into live meme material. The actor’s “caught off-guard” reaction spread fast online, but viewers also noticed the support sitting right beside him.
In the viral X post, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Italian model girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, smiles through the bit as cameras stay on the pair. The moment gave fans a rare, unscripted look at them together during his big Best Actor night for “One Battle after Another”.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend smiles as actor makes a new meme at Oscars 2026
The banter was simple and brutal. Conan O’Brien called the movie star “the king of memes” during his monologue and then invited DiCaprio to make a new one. The former late-night host prompted, “Let’s make a new meme with Leo right now.” The camera cut to the 51-year-old Hollywood star in the audience as the screen flashed, “That feeling when you didn’t agree to this.”
In the clip, the Oscar winner answers with an awkward grin and a small shrug with a prominent moustache, which adds to the joke. Meanwhile, Ceretti, 27, keeps smiling beside him in her dark red gown. Teyana Taylor, on the other side of Leo, can be seen with a smile, while nearby attendees laugh at the joke. Reactions quickly piled up. One user wrote, “Leo’s ‘I didn’t sign up for this’ energy is sending me.” Another said it would be “on every group chat in America by morning.”
The “king of memes” tag did not come from nowhere. Earlier this year, DiCaprio also went viral at the 2026 Golden Globes after a commercial-break clip showed him unusually animated in the audience. Oscar’s night just extended that run. He was nominated for Best Actor for “One Battle after Another.” However, Michael B. Jordan won for “Sinners.” Still, DiCaprio’s film had a huge night. It led the ceremony with 13 nominations and won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Vittoria Ceretti’s March 2026 Oscars date night marked the latest chapter in their quietly steady romance, after months of low-key appearances together and a relationship that first came into public view in August 2023.
This story originally appeared on Realitytea
