Miriam Margolyes told Leonardo DiCaprio he was gay: ‘My gaydar is at fault’

Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has revealed that she once told Titanic‘s Leonardo DiCaprio that he was gay, because he tried on a dress when the pair went shopping.

Another day, another unfiltered opinion from national treasure Miriam Margolyes.

Speaking on the most recent episode of The Life of Bryony, podcast with Bryony Gordon, Margolyes revealed that her “gaydar” needs some slight recalibrating, because she repeatedly notified DiCaprio that he was a homosexual.

After telling Gordon that the pair went shopping together while filming Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 adaptation of WIlliam Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Margolyes revealed that she thought DiCaprio was gay because “he wore a dress”.

“I did think he was gay because he wrore a dress,” she said. “I mean, I think he likes people to be talking about him…”

The former Harry Potter actor called DiCaprio a “very nice guy and a fine actor,” as well as a “great shopping companion,” and that the pair went on their shopping spree in Mexico City.

But when quizzed on what dress DiCaprio donned, Margolyes had a suitably iconic answer: “Well, I can’t remember. It was just a summer dress. It was hot….  And I just said, ‘I think you are gay.’ And he said, ‘No, I’m not. I’m not.’

“I said, ‘I think you’ll find you are.’ But I was wrong…. So my gaydar is at fault there.”

To clarify, Leonardo DiCaprio is, fairly famously, not a homosexual.

The podcast episode also included Miriam Margolyes branding John Cleese a “bitter old man”, and gave insight into the star’s storied history with oral sex, with the 84-year-old saying that she “did suck c*ck,” despite identifying as a lesbian.

“I am a lesbian, but I’m not lesbian. It doesn’t mean that’s all I am. And I think nobody says that lesbians can’t suck cock.”

Continuing, Margolyes added: “My parents said, ‘You mustn’t sleep with anyone before you are married.’

“When they say sleep with, they meant f**k. Yeah, but they would never say that. No. But anyway, going back to c**k sucking, in memory it gave me pleasure.

“It was easy. I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t hurt anybody. I didn’t get pregnant. I think it slightly affected my gag reflex. So going to the dentist is a little bit difficult now but I don’t regret it.”

Margolyes has always been vocal with her opinions, recently opining that Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is “too harsh” on the trans community.

The Life of Bryony is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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