Leonardo DeCaprio dating 19 year old girl - creepy, or are older women just jealous?

It's preferable that he officially dates her instead of (ab)using lots of young women as "groupies". I am puzzled that anyone bothers to even comment on this. Such has been common with male stars, regardless of age, certainly since morals became more liberal in the 1960s (but it probably went on long before, if not so such an extent).

It's also absurd that in an age where (like never before) virtually any sexual proclivity is celebrated and teenagers are supposed to be the masters of their destiny, people get angry about something as trivial as age differences in romantic partners that have been common for all of human history.

John Wayne, John Voight, Ronald Reagan, Channing Tatum, etc. are all rumored to have been male escorts for 80 year old wrinkled Hollywood executives in order to get movie gigs.

dating is a bit weird. having casual sex with is perfectly understandable.

correct, i mean, you hardly want to have a conversation with one do you?

She's Israeli.

It's in his contract.

would any man here seriously not take a 19 year old over a 48 year old? it's a no-brainer.

Most men not just high status men would prefer younger women. Older women are a fantasy for teenage boys only and when they reach adulthood older women are no longer appealing.

There's younger women and then there's 19yo. He could comfortably date women in their thirties and be a grown up. Instead he's stuck in a cycle of hooking up with teenagers and breaking up at 25 when he either dumps them or they realise their relationship is weird.

There's no indication he's done anything illegal but there are countless examples of young women being starstruck and feeling like they "know" an older, more famous person because of their celebrity which leaves them vulnerable to manipulation.

Also when you're a teenager you're desperate to be treated like an adult, and that's exactly what some men are able to take advantage of. It's extremely flattering for a teenager to have an established adult interested in them, and that flattery works in a way it wouldn't on a 26 year old.

I doubt that "older women" are frequent fantasies of teenaged boys (except maybe some later presidents of France. Older in the sense of of older than the 15 yo boy himself, yes, but maybe 18-28 yo, not 40-50...

That Hollywood world simply something totally different than the life the rest of us live.

Used to change buses in North Hollywood, usually had about an hour lay over so I'd take off down town, walking by stores with dildo's in the windows, weirdo's hitting me up to buy some drugs, guns, their sister (in my uniform), it was crazy. All kinds of strange looking people.

yes older women are jealous of the youthful beauty of younger women, duh.

however, as a 40-something year old I would not date leonardo dicaprio. Not jealous of that part.

And to those of you saying "no man would ever choose a 48 year old over a 19 year old" I do feel sorry for you as you will likely never have real love or connection in your life. Some people actually want a reasonably attractive woman that gives them real love and companionship and faithfulness, not a transactional sort of relationship like this one where she gets money/status/fame and he gets sex with a young person.

There's a reason this is Leo's 3 millionth 19 year old.

19 year old's aren't interesting with their clothes on to anyone who isn't younger than their early 20s.

Leonardo DiCaprio is 48. The gf is 19. A teenager is too young IMO. Would be OK if she was say 25. The only thing I'm jealous of is his net worth!