EXCLUSIVE: 'It really concerns him': Leonardo DiCaprio is keen to 'ditch' his reputation for only dating women under the age of 25 - and wants a'real, mature' romance... 'like the one he had with Camila Morrone'

Leonardo DiCaprio is 'not pleased' with the ongoing jokes and speculation about his love life - and is desperate to 'ditch' his image of only dating women under the age of 25 while settling down in a 'more mature' relationship. 

A source close to the 48-year-old actor laid bare his frustrations over the scrutiny he faces every time he is photographed with a young woman, while revealing that the Titanic star wants to find a 'real' relationship - much like the long-term romance he had with 25-year-old model Camila Morrone.  

'Leo is very single right now and he is not keen on the hype suggesting that he is seeking out these very young women,' the insider revealed to DailyMail.com. 'He is looking for something more mature in the relationship department.'

'It is just ridiculous because he cannot go anywhere without being linked to the youngest beautiful woman there,' the source adds. 'He wants to ditch this image once and for all and he is really bothered that this continues to follow him.

'Leo wants something like he had with Camila, something real.' 

Spotted: Model Eden Polani had been pictured sitting alongside the Titanic star at a party sparking a huge flurry of Twitter backlash due to their 30-year age gap

Dating history: This graph displays Leonardo DiCaprio's age and the corresponding ages of his former girlfriends and flings 

For years now, Leo has found himself the butt of many a dating joke - as well as facing furious backlash over his apparent refusal to woo a woman who was over the age of 25. 

The furious speculation about his dating habits has been given much fuel over the past year; Leo split with Camila just weeks after she hit the 25 milestone - and was then photographed with a bevy of young models, including 25-year-old Victoria Lamas and, most recently, 19-year-old Eden Polani. 

Leo faced bitter backlash over the alleged romance with Eden - who is 29 years his junior - prompting an insider to issue a vehement denial that there was anything romantic between them.  

'They were seated next to each other at a music-listening party,' the insider told DailyMail.com at the time. 'There were a number of people at that event.' 

Unexpected romance: Leonardo DiCaprio was pictured getting close to Gigi Hadid at a party in New York City last year in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com

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Moving on: In December 2022, DiCaprio seemingly went back to his ways when he was linked to Lorenzo Lamas' daughter, Victoria, 25 

He's driving: The pair put on an affectionate display before climbing into a car together, where Leo was seen laughing and joking

Two years after the release of Titanic, the actor - who was 24 at the time - began dating then-18-year-old supermodel Gisele Bundchen, future ex-wife of NFL legend Tom Brady. 

Being in the under 25 club himself, at the time, it was not really an issue. DiCaprio flaunted his love for Bundchen on countless red carpets during their five-year relationship and they seemed like the perfect pairing. 

In 2004, when Bundchen was 23 years old, the two broke up.

In 2005, DiCaprio jumped into another five-year romance with supermodel Bar Refaeli, who was 20 when they started seeing each other. Every detail of their long relationship was extensively covered, and many believed, at the time, that DiCaprio had met his soulmate. 

However, when Refaeli turned 25 years old in 2010, the two broke up - thus beginning an apparent dating pattern that would follow Leo for the next 13 years. 

After spending a decade in two long-term romances, DiCaprio had a series of short flings with famous women who were all under 25. 

In 2011, DiCaprio infamously dated Gossip Girl beauty Blake Lively, who was 23 at the time. The following year, in 2012, DiCaprio got together with 22-year-old model Erin Heatherton, which only lasted a few months.