Lothario Leo, 2 blondes and 48 hours of Bafta parties
WITH a Bafta under his belt, £170million in his bank account and the world at his feet, all Leonardo DiCaprio needed was a blonde beauty to celebrate his good fortune.
In the event, Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor managed to take two almost identical head-turners back to his hotel suite as he partied for 48 hours following his award win.
After picking up the Best Actor gong, DiCaprio, 41, showed he had no intention of relinquishing his reputation as Tinsel Town’s most dedicated lothario.
The star, who received the award for his role in The Revenant – for which he also has an Oscar nomination – latched on to TV presenter Laura Whitmore first as he celebrated on Valentine’s Day following the Baftas ceremony in London.
During an intimate conversation at the after-party, the pair came so close that Miss Whitmore was seen whispering in
‘The definition of sexy’
DiCaprio’s ear and staring at him intently as they talked.
Following the bash held by producer Harvey Weinstein, DiCaprio took the 30year-old Irish beauty and some friends to his suite at the Rosewood Hotel in Holborn, central London.
She was reportedly seen leaving at 5am, giving him a brief respite before he hit the town again on Monday, partying at the trendy Chiltern Firehouse with 24-year-old lingerie model Roxy Horner, who later left with him, too, for a private celebration with friends at his hotel.
It must have been a dream come true for Miss Horner – ex-girlfriend of The Only Way Is Essex star Joey Essex – who posted a picture of DiCaprio on Twitter in 2012, telling followers he was ‘the definition of sexy’.
Her Instagram feed is filled with raunchy pictures of her posing semi-naked in modelling shots, and on Monday night she showed off her toned abs to her Hollywood pin-up in a revealing black top. Yesterday she hit back at rumours about her night with DiCaprio, tweeting: ‘FYI we all went our separate ways home, as friends do.
‘You can’t have a friend in the industry without people assuming it’s more than that... it’s a joke.’ Miss Whitmore, who has presented MTV News and a spin-off ITV show for I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, hosted coverage of the red carpet for EE on Sunday in a plunging aqua gown. She then changed into a figure-hugging black outfit that clearly caught DiCaprio’s eye. Yesterday, she denied having spent the night with DiCaprio.
A spokesman added: ‘Laura did not spend the night with Leo. She was with a group of people who were all part of the Bafta celebrations.’ She is something of a fixture on the showbiz circuit, and is said to have attended more events than any other celebrity in 2014.
On Tuesday night, Wolf Of Wall Street star DiCaprio opted for a quieter evening at Scott’s restaurant in Mayfair with British director Ridley Scott.