Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't know about you, but he's feeling 32.

The Oscar-winning "Titanic" star, who turned 50 last year, drew mockery on social media after revealing in an Aug. 13 Esquire interview that he feels like he's 32.

The quote came out of a discussion between DiCaprio and his "One Battle After Another" director, Paul Thomas Anderson. Addressing DiCaprio, the filmmaker said, "I'm going to ask you a question, and you're going to answer as quickly as you can. If you didn't know how old you are, how old are you right now?"

DiCaprio responded, "32."

Anderson suggested that DiCaprio should "investigate what happened when you were 32," which would reveal why this is his answer. Later, the "Boogie Nights" director asked the actor a question that Esquire had prepared for him: "You turned 50 last year. Does it feel like a natural time for reflection?" But DiCaprio rephrased this as, "You turned emotionally 35 last year."

DiCaprio's quote quickly drew ridicule on social media, with some fans reading it as an effort to justify the fact that he is known to date women much younger than himself. The film star has most recently been romantically linked to supermodel Vittoria Ceretti, 27. The couple attended the Met Gala together in May, when Ceretti was 26.

"More like it's the only way he could try and justify chasing after girls under the age of 25," one X user said, while another joked, "He has a problematic age gap with himself."

"Straight man is emotionally immature. Groundbreaking stuff," comedian Julia Claire also quipped.

But some came to DiCaprio's defense and said they could relate to the sentiment.

"People will make fun of this because of his lifestyle and dating roster, but honestly most people who are close to 50 will tell you the same exact thing," X user Danny Manus posted. "(I'm) almost 45 and I feel emotionally 30. Who the hell wants to feel their age?"

Anderson also seemed to relate to the idea. After posing the age question to DiCaprio, the 55-year-old filmmaker noted, "By the way, my answer was 27."

Striking a more serious tone, DiCaprio also opened up during the Esquire chat about turning 50, which he said creates a desire to "be more honest and not waste" time.

"I can only imagine how the next few decades are going to progress," he reflected. "I look at my mother, for example, and she just says exactly what she thinks and wastes no time. She spends no time trying to fake it."

DiCaprio continued, "Being more upfront and risking having things fall apart or risk the disagreements or risk going your separate ways from any type of relationship in life — the personal, professional — it's that you just don't want to waste your time anymore. You have to just be much more upfront. It's almost a responsibility because much more of your life is behind you than it is ahead of you."

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