• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Leonardo DiCaprio slammed over 'disrespectful' act as actor was spotted in Fiji

Home> Entertainment> Celebrity

Published 09:23 22 Nov 2024 GMT

Leonardo DiCaprio slammed over 'disrespectful' act as actor was spotted in Fiji

The actor was greeted as he walked out of his hotel

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Leonardo DiCaprio has been criticised as 'disrespectful' after footage of him ignoring a greeting in Fiji was posted online.

The famous actor was spotted leaving a hotel in Nadi, a city on Fiji's main island, decked out in black clothes, a hat, and sunglasses.

As he headed through the hotel lobby there was a large crowd of people singing and clapping, while pretty much everyone else not joining in with the song and dance appeared to be filming DiCaprio on their phones.

The Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star then took out his phone and appeared to be taking a call as he went through the lobby and got into a waiting car.

Advert

According to news.com.au, the singing and dancing is a 'cultural tribute' performed by the hotel staff to greet visitors to Fiji.

Some thought DiCaprio was being 'disrespectful', others reckoned everyone should 'just let him be'. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage)
Some thought DiCaprio was being 'disrespectful', others reckoned everyone should 'just let him be'. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

DiCaprio appeared to make little to no sign of acknowledgement towards anyone as he headed for his car, and this has resulted in some people criticising the actor.

There were people who commented that he 'totally ignored the welcoming effort', while others told the Fijians 'don't waste your energy' and criticised the actor as 'so disrespectful'.

Someone else who clearly felt aggrieved at this situation commented that DiCaprio 'SHOULD'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FIJI WELCOMING PARTY', writing in all caps to fully convey their feeling on the situation.

Advert

"You have to acknowledge this, or go home," declared a commenter who said they'd visited Fiji years ago and been made to feel very welcome there.

Others just said 'hats off to the welcoming team for the effort' as they really had put a lot of gusto into it.

However, others said that people should 'just let him be', since DiCaprio couldn't even walk through a hotel lobby without being filmed by pretty much everyone there not participating in the greeting.

DiCaprio has had a long and successful career in showbusiness, though back when he first started out, he was told that people wouldn't want to hire someone called Leonardo DiCaprio as that name was 'too ethnic'.

Advert

Instead, he was advised to pick a different name, specifically 'Lenny Williams', which fortunately for everyone didn't come to pass.

His name 'Leonardo' seems to have come from the famous painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, as DiCaprio says that his parents were on their honeymoon in Florence looking at a da Vinci painting when baby Leo started 'kicking furiously'.

DiCaprio's dad decided that their family name wasn't too far from da Vinci, and so their son would be called Leonardo.

LADbible have contacted Leonardo DiCaprio's representatives for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI TikTok / fijivillage

Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio, World News, Celebrity, Social Media

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

X

@MrJoeHarker

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • 3 hours ago

    Netflix's Balloon Boy timeline explained after child 'trapped inside helium UFO' at 7,000 feet

    A Netflix doc on the bizarre incident releases tomorrow

    Entertainment
  • 3 hours ago

    Kanye West fans chant for refund at ‘worst gig ever’ following major issues as 70,000 people attend

    A number of Kanye West fans have called out the rapper for his performance in Shanghai

    Entertainment
  • 4 hours ago

    Horror banned across the world was so shocking police raided a cinema that tried to screen it

    It is one of the most controversial and shocking films ever made and was banned in numerous countries

    Entertainment
  • 4 hours ago

    Amazing way Christopher Nolan created Oppenheimer atomic bomb without CGI as film added to Netflix

    Nolan had never won an Oscar until Oppenheimer

    Entertainment
  • Cristin Milioti slapped Leonardo DiCaprio 'for 12 hours' in brutal Wolf of Wall Street scene forgotten by many
  • Margot Robbie thought she was 'going to jail' while filming scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street
  • Leonardo DiCaprio used a prop in one of his movies to give the huge plot twist away to viewers
  • Adrien Brody defends 'disgusting' act he was slammed for following best actor Oscar win