{"id":299574,"date":"2023-12-16T21:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299574"},"modified":"2023-12-16T21:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:24:20","slug":"ozil-pokes-fun-at-leonardo-dicaprio-after-actors-arsenal-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ozil-pokes-fun-at-leonardo-dicaprio-after-actors-arsenal-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozil pokes fun at Leonardo DiCaprio after actor&apos;s Arsenal joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Mesut Ozil pokes fun at Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s dating history after the award-winning actor asked &#8216;what&#8217;s Arsenal?&#8217; as the former Gunners star jokingly points out the club is &#8216;older than 25&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mesut Ozil made a joke at Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s expense on social media<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DiCaprio had jokingly asked &#8216;what&#8217;s Arsenal&#8217; during a recent awards screening<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mesut Ozil has taken to social media to have a joke at Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s expense after the actor admitted he knows nothing about football.<\/p>\n<p>DiCaprio was at an event in London&#8217;s Leicester Square when he and his Killers of the Flower Moon co-star Lily Gladstone got onto the subject of the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>After a suggestion that elite-level footballers are a higher calibre of athlete than top NBA stars DiCaprio remarked: &#8216;Better than Michael Jordan? The greatest basketball player ever!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Academy Award-winner then playfully asked, &#8216;what&#8217;s Arsenal?&#8217;, a question that has since been widely circulated on social media.<\/p>\n<p>DiCaprio&#8217;s remark was almost certainly delivered in jest, given that he had previously announced he had become a convert to the sport after his godson convinced him to attend the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and has since been pictured at Champions League fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/20\/79042385-0-image-a-50_1702758942277.jpg\" height=\"516\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mesut Ozil joined in with the fun online after Leonardo DiCaprio jokingly asked &#8216;what&#8217;s Arsenal&#8217; during an awards screening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/20\/79042143-0-image-a-51_1702759035799.jpg\" height=\"147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Gunners star took to social media to poke fun at the DiCaprio&#8217;s relationship history<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/20\/79042393-0-image-a-52_1702759075904.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite his comments DiCaprio has often been spotted attending football games, here at PSG vs Liverpool in 2018<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The comment caught the attention of former Gunners star Ozil who couldn&#8217;t help but join in with the banter online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Arsenal Football Club is older than 25 years \u2026 so why should he know?&#8217; Ozil wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The joke emanates from a theory shared online that the Titanic star&#8217;s relationships throughout the years have historically ended before his girlfriends have turned 25 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Ozil made over 250 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners during an eight year spell at the club after joining from Real Madrid for \u00a342,5m in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old won four FA Cups during his time in North London and notched 19 assists for the Gunners in the 2015-16 Premier League season, which remains a club record.<\/p>\n<p>After falling out of favour at the Emirates Ozil spent two years at Fenerbache followed by a short spell at Istanbul Basaksehir before announcing his retirement from professional football in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12872391\/Mesut-Ozil-pokes-fun-Leonardo-DiCaprios-dating-history-actor-asked-whats-Arsenal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesut Ozil pokes fun at Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s dating history after the award-winning actor asked &#8216;what&#8217;s Arsenal?&#8217; 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