Leonardo DiCaprio’s 1991 ‘Teen Beat’ interview resurfaces after Nikki Glaser joke

At the 2026 Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser referenced DiCaprio’s 1991 ‘Teen Beat’ interview

During her opening monologue at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, host Nikki Glaser playfully roasted Leonardo DiCaprio not just for his well‑chronicled dating history, but for how little personal information he’s shared over the years, even digging up a decades‑old interview to do it.

After joking that DiCaprio had achieved countless career milestones “before your girlfriend turned 30,” Glaser admitted she had trouble finding anything personal to work with. “We don’t know anything else about you, man,” she quipped, adding, “I looked! I searched! The most in‑depth interview you’ve ever given was in Teen Beat magazine in 1991. Is your favorite food still ‘pasta, pasta and more pasta?’”

The reference sparked laughter in the room as cameras caught DiCaprio smiling, nodding, and giving a thumbs‑up to confirm the anecdote, yes, he had really written that. In the original Teen Beat questionnaire, a 17‑year‑old DiCaprio listed “pasta, pasta and more pasta” as his favourite food, a response that’s now gone viral thanks to the Golden Globes moment.

That interview, published in the now‑defunct teen magazine back in 1991 when DiCaprio was just starting out, offered other charming, quirky insights into the young actor long before blockbuster fame. Alongside the pasta confession, the teenaged DiCaprio named Jack Nicholson as his favourite actor and Meg Ryan as his favourite actress. He also cited Lord of the Flies as his favourite book and said his hobby was collecting fossils, even though he thought math was his worst subject, all details that fans later shared widely online after Glaser’s joke brought them back into the spotlight.

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The Bulldog‑like persistence of internet sleuths meant screenshots of the handwritten Teen Beat responses circulated soon after Glaser’s monologue, feeding a fresh wave of nostalgia and amusement across social media.

 

 

 

 

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