Overview
- At the Jan. 4 ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Handler quipped that DiCaprio was 'trapped on a boat in St. Barts,' adding it was 'like the Titanic, but worse because Jeff Bezos was there.'
- Cameras cut to DiCaprio as he chuckled and looked slightly awkward, drawing laughter from the audience.
- The jab referenced days-old photographs of DiCaprio speaking with Jeff Bezos aboard a superyacht near St. Barts.
- DiCaprio attended as a Best Actor nominee for One Battle After Another, which won Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, while Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor.
- A Palm Springs festival spokesperson said DiCaprio skipped that event due to 'unexpected travel disruptions and restricted airspace,' with some reports linking the restrictions to U.S. strikes on Venezuela.