Teyana Taylor says she misread Leonardo DiCaprio Globes moment

Published: Jan 16 2026

Teyana Taylor recently cleared up the confusion surrounding Leonardo DiCaprio's viral moment from the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. During an appearance on The Tonight Show on January 14th, the Golden Globe-winning actress revealed that the Titanic star was not actually talking to her, as she had previously claimed in an earlier interview with Access Hollywood.

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"Okay, so look, yesterday, I thought I broke the Da Vinci Code, right?" Teyana said of the clip that went viral on the ceremony's official TikTok page. She explained that she was so excited about KPop Demon Hunters, a movie her daughters love, as it had won Best Motion Picture (Animated) and Best Original Song at the Globes. "So when I first saw it, I didn't watch the whole thing. I was like, 'Oh you're talking about KPop Demon Hunters, he's talking about me.' But then I watched it and they were doing the lip-read thing and I had to call Leo," she said.

She added, "I was like, 'You can't be talking to me, were you talking to me?' Because I already told people you were talking to me." Teyana even joked that Leonardo had more than one conversation about the film that night. "So apparently he had two KPop Demon Hunter conversations that night, so KPop Demon Hunters was just in his mouth all night," she said.

In a previous chat with Access Hollywood, Teyana had said that she and Leonardo were "kekeing" about how her daughters Iman and Rue are fond of the movie.

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