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Part of a Brazilian Interview with Gisele
August, 2000
Gisele gave the interview when she was in Sao Paulo, Brazil in late June/early July for Morumbi Fashion. The whole interview is very long and in Portuguese only, but here is a portion where she talked about Leo (translated by AltaVista, with help from Fabio):
PLAYBOY: Hey? And the story with Leonardo DiCaprio?
GISELE: It is as follows: he is my friend, is charming, is nice, is a super fine person, is very intelligent. We are going out. We are getting to know each other. We cannot yet say that it is a courtship. I don't know what People (magazine?) said.
PLAYBOY: They said nothing. They had photographs of the two of you together in California, in the United States.
GISELE: (Stuttering) It was that....and I..(pause) I was in Los Angeles working, doing a layout for American Bazaar (magazine). I was in Malibu because we were photographing there for two days. Then Leo called me: "Oh, you are here?.....blablabla. Let's go there, I have a house there also." I was at the same beach, shooting in the house that once belonged to Demi Moore. Then he said: "I'm at home, stop by". Then I walked down the beach and met him. That was it. (Laughs)
PLAYBOY: Didn't he hit on you?
GISELE: You are trying...(smiles) I am saying nothing more on that.
PLAYBOY: They say he likes you very much, but you just want to be friends, is that right?
GISELE: I don't know. I never heard that.
PLAYBOY: I only ask you to give you the opportunity to clarify.
GISELE: I don't know. (Big naughty smile) For the time being, I am happy this way.
PLAYBOY: He has a potbelly, no?
GISELE: He has had to gain 25 kilos (approx. 50+ pounds) for this new film (Gangs of New York). He is going to play the role of a tough gangster. This is something an actor does. You remember Robert De Niro, who gained 30 and a few kilos to make Raging Bull?
PLAYBOY: What is nicest about being with DiCaprio?
GISELE: He understands what I go through (with the frenzy) because he goes through the same things, people speaking badly of him, wanting to knock him down, out of envy. People say lies that hurt sometimes. We talk a lot and he makes me feel better.
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