Leo Dicaprio charges for autographs

[roppal222]

Leonardo DiCaprio Demands Money To Scribble Name

Fancy an autograph from quiff-haired ladyboy Leonardo DiCaprio? Fancy adding his papery scrawl to your collection?
You'd better have a bit of a cash handy, then. Because young DiCaprio demands money for autographs.

One unfortunate young fan - upon nervously approaching Leo at Chicago's O'Hare airport - found this out the hard way. "I don't sign autographs for anyone anymore," the Titanic drownmeister whined. "Not unless I get paid."

When the young girl remarked that this was maybe oh-so-slightly unfair, DiCaprio snorted: "then you're not getting an autograph." Presumably before bundling his tantrum-strewn toys back into his cot and storming away.


Such behaviour baffles hecklerspray to say the least. Lesser celebrities charging to scribble their names - ludicrous Diff'rent Strokes manchild Gary Coleman, for example - is kind of understandable. Not necessarily right, but logical in a warped sort of way. Face it - what other source of income would the bloke who played R2D2 have these days?

But Leonardo DiCaprio? Unless he's keeping a mighty secret from the press - like maybe he's been bankrupted paying for non-stop cosmetic surgery in order to look forever 12 years old - last time we checked, little Leo was absolutely loaded.

He has, after all, just seen fit to buy an island. Blackadore Caye is a 104-acre beauty planted nicely in the Caribbean, which DiCaprio is hoping to turn into a 'luxury, eco-friendly holiday resort.' Strange, that - hecklerspray simply assumed he was going to hide away there for several years, sitting himself in a dark room and concentrating on growing a moustache slightly less laughable than the one he had in The Aviator.

According to a chummy source, the aim of the enterprise is to "make money without destroying the environment." Presumably he's hoping to let the island monkeys run wild, grow a fanbase around him and then start charging them for his signature too.

Got to pay those pool-cleaning bills somehow. Right, Mr. D?

"I'll never let go"? Never mind that. Winslet should have thrown the tosser overboard as soon as he breached the third-class boundary...


http://586.typepad.com/hecklerspray/...do_dicapr.html

[lostgirl]

^^^That doesn't sound true to me. He seems like a decent guy. I've seen pics of him siging autographs, but no pics of people paying for them. I know he's autographed stuff (like movie scripts) for charity and then the charities auctioned them off but that's it.

[Meg]

the only way I can understand is if grown men or something or people who repeatedly asked for his autorgraphs in order to sell them....but to a little girl?

[lostgirl]

Originally Posted by Meg

the only way I can understand is if grown men or something or people who repeatedly asked for his autorgraphs in order to sell them....but to a little girl?

It sounds pretty ridiculous. That's one of the reasons I don't think it's true

[morgan38]

^Actually, I heard this before...and Ive heard of a couple other celebrities who have done it, so I wouldnt be so surprised.

[*AndoraStar*]

Pathetic..

[TheSoCalledPrep]

I don't think he's doing it for the money, I think he's doing it to prevent autograph dealers from using him...

But still, nothing surprises me anymore in the world of inflated egos and inflated chests.

[hugobossdaria]

please, i would ever buy a autograph from a washed up boytoy

[meowmix]

that's a shame... and if true, quite disappointing.

[lyliloo]

Wow.

[Plastic'sWife]

please let this not be true...please let this not be true...

[LostInNJ]

I read an article like this a while ago, except they said that he just doesn't give autographs...and if he did say that he won't sign unless he's getting paid, he probably didn't mean from her- he probably sees it as, I'm not working, so I'm not signing anything...I don't know, that's just my opinion.

[Kimkhuu]

Huh.... ..?! Who wants his autograph anyway!?

[Witchbaby]

Aww, I really hope that isn't true. . . because well, if so . .. a little part of the eternal 12 year old inside me has just died.


Maybe he was just saying that because he wanted to be left alone. . .I mean, we're all a little grumpy after flying. . .right, right?

[Elli]

isn't he on that list of the worst celebritys when it comes to autographs, it's annual by some paper, i'll try and find it.