Leonardo DiCaprio leaves girlfriend, takes mother to awards

His penchant for Victoria’s Secret models is well known but Leonardo DiCaprio chose his beloved mother to escort him to the Golden Globes on Sunday. The 39-year-old actor, who was nominated for Best Actor his role in The Wolf of Wall Street and also presented at the ceremony in Beverly Hills, walked the red carpet with his mother Irmelin and left 21-year-old Toni Garrn at home.

Blonde Irmelin was elegant in a white shift dress with a blazer and a simple gold pendant while her handsome son was dressed in a tuxedo.

Leonardo displayed his neatly trimmed facial hair as he smiled with his arm around his beaming mother.

He stopped to chat to his Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese on the red carpet and towered over the diminutive filmmaker.

And the popular star also shared a hug with his longtime pal Bradley Cooper, who was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for American Hustle.

While much has been made about the raunchiness of The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo insists his mother and father George were not fazed by his performance.

He told Vanity Fair: “I am almost 40 years old now, so I’d hope that I wouldn’t have to answer to them. I think that the perception of me is still the child actor.

“So that, you know, people would wonder what my parents thought.

“But to tell you the truth, it didn’t faze them whatsoever. I mean, I was reading underground comics in the back of my dad’s station wagon that were much more gratuitous than this at 10 years old, so nothing really affected them on that level.”

Leonardo also spoke about why his parents called him Leonardo, telling the story of how they came to be influenced by legendary painter Leonardo da Vinci.

He said: “My father tells me that they were on their honeymoon at the Uffizi gallery in Florence, I believe.

“They were looking at a da Vinci painting, and allegedly I started kicking furiously while my mother was pregnant.

“And my father took that as a sign, and I suppose DiCaprio wasn’t that far from Da Vinci.

“And so, my dad, being the artist that he is, said, That’s our boy’s name.”

GOLDEN GLOBES 2014 WINNERS LIST
BEST DRAMA
12 Years A Slave

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
American Hustle

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, American Hustle”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Frozen

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Great Beauty

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Her – Spike Jonze

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert, All Is Lost

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
U2 Ordinary Love, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Breaking Bad

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Robin Wright, House Of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad. – Daily Mail.