Leonardo DiCaprio is a good sport who appreciates a clever joke β he sent pasta baskets as a thank-you to Nikki Glaser for her Golden Globes hosting gig, showing he can take a roast as well as anyone in Hollywood.
Nikki admitted she almost went with the obvious younger girlfriends joke β the one that's 'been going on longer than his current girlfriend's been alive' β but pivoted to the 1991 Teen Beat angle instead. Then she wondered aloud if Leo wanted to 'smash' and noted the dry pasta wasn't exactly his type.
On April 21, 2026, Nikki Glaser appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed Leonardo DiCaprio sent her three baskets of dry pasta as a thank-you for her Golden Globes joke. The comedian found the 1991 Teen Beat article where a young Leo revealed his favorite food is 'pasta, pasta, and more pasta.'
Leo proved he's still got a sense of humor about himself β but let's be real, sending dry pasta to a comedian who roasted you is either incredibly classy or wildly misinterpreted. Either way, it's better than the silence most people get.
Nikki Glaser got an impasta-bly delightful surprise from Leonardo DiCaprio. The comedian revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that the Oscar winner sent her three baskets of pasta as a thank-you after she roasted him during her hosting gig at the 2026 Golden Globes β because apparently when Leonardo DiCaprio wants to thank someone, he goes straight to the carb aisle.
But this wasn't your standard celebrity gift exchange. Nikki had actually struggled with which angle to take on the Titanic star, who at 51 has been in a relationship with 27-year-old model Vittoria Ceretti since 2023. "I was really struggling because I was like, 'I just don't want to make the joke about how he has young girlfriends. It's been done so many times.' That joke's been going on longer than his current girlfriend's been alive," she admitted. Classic Nikki β finding the fresher angle while still getting in a subtle dig.
So she and her writing team dug up a 1991 Teen Beat profile where a young Leonardo revealed his love for pasta β "pasta, pasta, and more pasta" β which became the foundation of her Golden Globes jab. "Leo, we don't know anything about you," she joked during the show. "The only thing we know about you is from a Teen Beat article in 1991, where you told us your favorite food is pasta." Leo β who was nominated for his role in One Battle After Another β apparently appreciated the deep cut, sending those three pasta baskets as a thank-you.
Nikki's reaction to receiving the gift? Absolutely unfiltered. "He sent me pasta. So funny. So good," she explained. Then she went there: "Part of me was like, 'Does Leo want to smash?' Like, I was like, 'All right.' Then I was like, 'The type of girl he goes for, he wouldn't send pasta to.' It was a dry pasta." She even joked that "Spaghetti O's" would have been more his type, adding she'd be "more his type" if he'd sent her "a crib full of Dunkaroos and Go-Gurt." That's the kind of self-aware humor that makes her such a effective host β she can roast herself right alongside everyone else.
The whole thing speaks to Nikki's post-show ritual: she always sends flowers to everyone she makes fun of as a thank-you for being good sports. But Leo was the only one who sent something back. "The only person who sent something back to me," she noted, which honestly says something about Hollywood's ego levels. Not everyone can laugh at themselves quite like Leo β and not everyone gets a pasta delivery from one of the biggest stars in the world as a reward for a joke well-delivered.
