Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards, and we diehard Leo fans celebrated online big time.
Those of us who fell in love with Leo way back during the Titanic era — or even earlier with movies like What’s Eating Gilbert Grape or Romeo + Juliet — have been waiting for years to see Leo get the recognition he deserves. In fact, this GIF from Titanic has never been more appropriate:
We’re no longer waiting. Leo finally won his Oscar on February 28, 2016 for his role in The Revenant:
We watched Kate watch bae win his Oscar:
Kate’s face during Leo’s win tho #Oscars pic.twitter.com/80iNHTBqmQ
— Mic (@micnews) February 29, 2016
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Then we watched Leo get his Oscar engraved — Poor baby’s so new to this!
We were all Oprah in our PJs last night:
It Happppppened!! bravo Leo! standing O in my p.j's. #Oscars
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) February 29, 2016
Some of us took the celebrations to an (appropriate) extreme:
Christ, even Jesus was impressed:
Leo. You're in.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) February 29, 2016
In fact, it was such a happy moment for the internet that it topped Ellen’s epic Oscar selfie:
440,000 tweets per min. about @LeoDiCaprio's win was biggest #Oscars moment ever, nearly doubling the Ellen selfie. pic.twitter.com/gJ3ol2Opxr
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 29, 2016
The internet quickly got on their grind to celebrate the occasion:
Titanic was re-envisioned:
ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF LEO CELEBRATING RN. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/pMZSSTfvwK
— refinery29 (@Refinery29) February 29, 2016
The internet gave Leo his Dobby moment:
And we updated his Facebook page on his behalf:
We re-wrote history a bit:
Leo’s Oscar launched its own Twitter account:
finally in my baby's arms. I love the way he holds me.
— Leonardo's Oscar (@LeonardosOscar1) February 29, 2016
I want Leo to snort coke off me
— Leonardo's Oscar (@LeonardosOscar1) February 29, 2016
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