--- title: Oprah Didn't Recognize Leonardo DiCaprio at a Party description: To his fans, Leonardo DiCaprio may be one of the most recognizable stars of all time. But to Oprah Winfrey, he's just a fellow partygoer. canonical: https://time.com/5170767/oprah-leonardo-dicaprio-ellen-degeneres-birthday-party/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-22T19:07:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:51.339Z og:title: Only Oprah Could Get Away With Not Recognizing Leonardo DiCaprio at a Party og:description: "Who is it? I know it's somebody" og:url: https://time.com/5170767/oprah-leonardo-dicaprio-ellen-degeneres-birthday-party/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f3c6f9d8d8eb1f6/698928920a4a2262969d1dd9/leonardo-dicaprio-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Leonardo-Dicaprio-Oprah og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Only Oprah Could Get Away With Not Recognizing Leonardo DiCaprio at a Party twitter:description: "Who is it? I know it's somebody" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f3c6f9d8d8eb1f6/698928920a4a2262969d1dd9/leonardo-dicaprio-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oprah Not Recognizing Leonardo DiCaprio at Ellen DeGeneres' Birthday Is the Ultimate Party Power Move  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2018 7:07 PM UTC  Getty Images (2)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2018 7:07 PM UTC To his fans, [Leonardo DiCaprio](http://time.com/4989996/leonardo-dicaprio-hocus-pocus-audition/) may be one of the most recognizable movie stars of all time. But to [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5165448/donald-trump-russia-oprah-tweets/), he’s just a fellow partygoer. While reminiscing with [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/5110200/sex-and-the-city-kim-cattrall-ellen-degeneres-samantha/) about the talk show host’s recent 60th birthday bash, Oprah revealed that she had some trouble remembering Leo at the star-studded affair. During a chat with The Weeknd—who she also didn’t recognize at first—Oprah was apparently forced to sleuth out the identity of a mystery celebrity who joined their conversation. “Who is it? I know it’s somebody,” she explained during a Thursday appearance on _Ellen_. “Is it Justin Timberlake? I don’t think it’s Justin Timberlake. The Weeknd says to him, ‘Hey man, I really loved that film you did.’ And he says, ‘No, that wasn’t a good film for me, it wasn’t my favorite film.’ And I go, ‘So what WAS your favorite film?’ And he says, ‘_The Aviator_.’ And I go, ‘Leonardo, you’re so funny!’ Despite this minor slip-up, Oprah described the night as the most fun she’s ever had. Compliments don’t get much better than that. 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