Kenan Thompson’s Ruthless Leonardo DiCaprio Dig At The 2022 Emmys Has Twitter Losing It

In his Emmy’s monologue, Kenan Thompson pointed out that Zendaya, the much-beloved star of HBO’s “Euphoria” (and #relationshipgoals with Tom Holland), celebrated her 26th birthday on September 1. “Twenty-six is a weird age in Hollywood,” Thomson said. “I mean, you’re young enough to play a high school student, but too old to date Leonardo DiCaprio.” Zendaya responded by hiding her head in her hands.

Much of Twitter enjoyed the joke, sharing the screenshot of Zendaya’s embarrassed response, which wouldn’t be surprising if it became a meme. “That Zendaya joke about Leo DiCaprio was hysterical,” one fan tweeted, while another wants more, saying, “I am here for any and all Leo DiCaprio jokes at #Emmys #Emmys2022,” and predicting the jokes to continue as “Stranger Things” wins some awards. Others made their own joke, fearing for the young starlet and saying, “kenan please do NOT make leo dicaprio aware of zendaya’s existence.”

But not everyone was amused, particularly given how often that kind of joke comes up. “i could sense that leo dicaprio joke from 10000 miles away,” one fan tweeted, while another called it “low hanging fruit.” The Daily Beast wasn’t impressed either, expecting more from “Saturday Night Live’s” longest-playing comic than making a joke similar to ones made by Twitter users for weeks … though there are plenty of “SNL” critics who might say that’s typical of the NBC show.