It’s no secret that actor Leonardo DiCaprio has a long history of dating women much younger than him. There’s a running gag that the actor refuses to date women over the age of 25, and judging by his past girlfriends, it’s not outside the realm of possibility. According to a source, it’s because DiCaprio isn’t looking to settle down — at least not anytime soon. “By the time girls reach 25, they’re looking for more… That is not what Leo wants,” they told New York Post. “He does not want a family and does not want to be around women who may press him for that.”
Apparently, Mischa Barton was almost part of DiCaprio’s long list of ex-lovers but refused the opportunity to get involved with the actor. Speaking with Harper’s Bazaar, which was still called Harpers & Queen at the time, the actor revealed that her then-publicist encouraged her to sleep with the “Titanic” star when they saw him at a photo shoot in Malibu “for the sake of her career.” It was the same year that DiCaprio had broken up with Gisele Bundchen, whom he had dated for six years. But not one to date older men, Barton reportedly responded, “Isn’t Leo, like 30 or something?”
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Interestingly, Barton was dating musician Cisco Adler then, who was eight years her senior. They dated for two years and split in 2007 because Barton was “moving east soon and they both have very demanding schedules.”
