By: Katrina Penaflor Managing Editor
Leonardo DiCaprio and his beautiful face of perfection finally took home an Oscar.
This was his sixth—yes, non-Leo super fans, sixth—nomination, and after years of being robbed, he finally won.
Please, everyone take a brief moment of silence to appreciate this.
Being an avid lover of all things Leo, I obviously have felt like everything Leonardo DiCaprio has ever been in has deserved an Oscar. Especially in his role of Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
We all saw the scene where his character was so doped out on quaaludes that he couldn’t walk or get down the stairs of the country club. That scene was glorious.
Of course, leading up to the award ceremony there were nothing but jokes about how disappointing it would be for DiCaprio to not win (again) this year. Like, how the Oscar would go to the bear from the movie instead of Leo. But I never lost faith.
As many predicted, his role in “The Revenant” earned him the coveted, gold statue. I mean, the man slept in a dead animal carcass for this movie. How could he not win?
DiCaprio graciously accepted his award to a standing ovation and worked in a few words about global climate change to top it off. His Instagram bio does say he’s an environmentalist, after all.
Also, look for the picture of DiCaprio holding the card that had his name on it. You can see him subtly, maybe on purpose but who’s to know for sure, flipping off the academy.
After the long awaited win, the Internet exploded in memes and GIFs in celebration. I think one of my favorite things I saw was a clip of DiCaprio getting his Oscar engraved. He asked the woman who was working on his statue, “You do this every year?” And she answered, “Yes.” To which DiCaprio added, “I wouldn’t know.”
God bless him.
Contact the author at kpenaflor12@wou.edu or on Twitter @journalkatrina
