Poor little celebrity

This article gave me a headache-- because of all the eye rolling!

Leonardo DiCaprio says the movie Titanic “objectified” him and made him feel like a piece of “cute meat.”

Um. Get over it.

You ARE cute. You played Jack, a romantic lead who said things like “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me” as you froze to death. Tween girls want a guy that looks like Leo. They also want a guy who’s hero enough to give up their only bit of driftwood so we don’t freeze our ass off in the Atlantic. So some girls put a picture of you on their bedroom wall--- how does that make you any less of a serious actor?

And if we want to talk objectification let’s recall Titanic. If memory serves, I believe it was Kate Winslet who did full frontal nudity in that movie. I mean, really, and while I think Winslet has the most smokin’ body in Hollywood, she has to constantly endure the patronizing Hollywood press “congratulating” her on her “courage to be fat in the entertainment industry.”

And really, has Leo been typecast? No. I have seen him in no romantic comedies or any traditional “romantic” roles since Titanic. He’s done:

The Beach
The Aviator
Catch me if you Can
Gangs of New York
The Departed
Blood Diamond

Yep, don’t see much romance in there. I’m sure scripts came across his desk for romance but he chose to ignore them because he was a big enough star—THANKS TO TIANIC. Sure he had critical acclaim from earlier roles in “Romeo and Juliet” and “Basketball Diaries” but it was Titanic that made him a millionaire and a recognized name.

Here’s my theory, Leo… you got sick of all the guys making fun of you for playing a “softie” role in major chick flick like Titanic. Well stop it, we get it. You’re a big tough macho man. You go to basketball games, play hardened cops in Scorsese films and date hot models like Gisele Bundchen. We get it, you’re too cool for Jack Dawson. But don’t bite the hand that feeds you and certainly don’t talk smack about movies that made you a star.

And on a personal note, I’m hurt! Titanic was a huge awakening for me in 7th grade. It was the first movie romance that made me cry so hard it hurt. To me there was nothing more beautiful than the love that would “never let go.” Leo, you better watch it or I’ll go all Rose DeWitt Bukater on your ass. Oh yeah, she was feisty, she’d beat you up!