Leonardo DiCaprio: Fame is pointless

Leonardo DiCaprio finds fame "empty and pointless".

Despite being one of the world's most famous actors, the 38-year-old actor shuns the celebrity lifestyle and instead prefers to invest his time and reputed $200m fortune in charity work.

Speaking to the new UK issue of Grazia magazine, he said: "The money I've earned has allowed me to involve myself in projects I'm interested in and, above all else, help people who need it. The latter is, without doubt, the best thing about being wealthy.

"You learn, after you've been in the business for a while, that fame is empty and pointless."

Low-key profile

DiCaprio - who plays a self-made millionaire in The Great Gatsby - is keen to keep a low-key profile in order to live a normal life away from the showbiz world and admits it helps him to keep a level head.

He explained: “It's important for me to be in touch with the real world. It helps me as an actor so I live much like I've always been.”

"I don't own boats, or a private jet, or anything that I need staff to take care of. I like to have capital that I can do something productive with."

Such a Gentleman

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Jumia feeds 1,500 destitute and less privileged.

On the10 March 2013, 500 volunteers that included Jumia staff, Gbemi(Beat FM), Dami(Beat FM), Djinee, Weird MC, Schullzz (Classic FM), Lilian Unachukwu, Jeffery Daniel, Tosin Bucknor, Phyno, Ice Prince, Dammy Krane, Eminic, Joseph Benjamin, Toke Makinwa, Tillaman, Godwin& Sabina(Naija FM), Ill Bliss, Koch, Shadow d Don and many more celebrities converged in Ebute Metta for ‘Jumia feeds Lagos’, an event put together by Nigeria’s online retailer to hand a new lease of life to the destitute and less privileged in the society.

 

The day saw volunteers converge early in the day, with all hands on deck as they cooked up a storm for the less privileged. There was also lots of fun, music, games and more on hand to spice up the day. Highlight of the day was the volunteers interacting one on one with the less privileged with an aim to giving them ‘HOPE’ for tomorrow. As part of the joys of the day, Jumia also presented Okobaba Open Field, Ebute Metta venue of the event with a pumping machine to drain their playing field during the rainy season.

According to Afam Anyika, Public Relations manager at Jumia, “It is of great honor to introduce such a CSR initiative. ‘Jumia feeds Lagos’, a project initiated by Jumia Nigeria, Nigeria’s number 1 online retailer, a day for extending benevolence to the less privileged and destitute in the society. Aim for us primarily is to show well-meaning Nigerians and cooperates regardless of your industry there is still a lot we can do to improve society. 

Click to view more pictures from the event on the Jumia Facebook page. 

 

 

 

 

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