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Video: Leo Forgets His Oscar In A Restaurant Where He Was Vaping For Victory
Leonardo DiCaprio waited 23 long years for his goddamn Oscar, and last night, he finally got it for getting not-raped by a bear. So, one would think you'd have to pry the little gold guy from his cold, dead hands (which might have been flipping off the Academy during his speech, according to Leo middle-finger truthers). But after a night of drinking, vaping, and basking in the deliciously warm light of victory, little details like keeping tabs on a gold statuette can get a bit fuzzy.
In this glorious Pulitzer-worthy footage (sorry Spotlight!!) captured by undercover journalism ingenues TMZ, we are treated to infrared spy shots of Leo bopping around inside West Hollywood restaurant Ago with some light dance moves, and vaping to his heart's content.
At the end of the video, as Leo's getting into the car, two things happen: one, someone hands him a bottle of liquor. Nice. Then, a man appears to rush out, holding an Oscar and attempts to hand it to Leo, who's sitting in the car looking chill as can be. Did Leo forget the Oscar in the restaurant by accident, or did he intentionally entrust it with one of his "handlers" so he wouldn't have to juggle a vape pen AND a cocktail AND an Oscar? Let's investigate.
Here is the illuminating transcript:
Man from restaurant: (holding Oscar) "Do you want this to go with you?" Leo: "Give it to Dan right there."
(Oscar is handed to "Dan.")
Let's hope "Dan" took good care of it, and Leo is safely snuggling with his new pet Oscar.
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