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Leo, 51, Reminds Us Earth Is Hell, Heaven and Purgatory at Once as He Yachts With Babes in France

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Leonardo DiCaprio is doing what he does every summer: soaking up the Riviera on a yacht with beautiful company.

Two people sit in beach chairs under a colorful parasol on a sandy beach while enormous dark smoke clouds from a wildfire billow across the sky and lake behind them.
Two beachgoers sit beneath a colorful umbrella on the shore of Lake Lacanau in southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as massive plumes of wildfire smoke from the Gironde blaze darken the sky behind them. Photo by Maximilien Lamy / AFP via Getty Images.

France and Spain are battling a fourth heat wave this summer, with roughly 100,000 acres of forest, farmland and villages scorched across southwestern France and more than 200,000 people evacuated at the height of the crisis.

Two women in bikinis and white baseball caps standing on a yacht swim platform above blue water.
Vittoria Ceretti and Laura Harrier pause at the swim platform of the yacht, wearing matching white caps alongside their bikinis, off the coast of Saint-Tropez on July 26, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

Leo, 51, reminds us that Earth is hell, heaven and purgatory all at once, and he’s one of the lucky few actually living in the heaven part.

Two large cargo ships visible through haze on open sea near the Strait of Hormuz, with smoke rising from one vessel.
Cargo ships anchored near the Strait of Hormuz off Khor Fakkan, UAE, on July 12, 2026, as Tehran announced the closure of the strait and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbors. Photo by AFPTV / AFP via Getty Images.

Today, that heaven looks like a yacht off Saint-Tropez with girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti and actress Laura Harrier, the two of them cooling off in the crystal-clear waters of the French Riviera.

A man with dark curly hair and sunglasses wearing a gray shirt sits on the deck of a yacht, talking with another person.
Sunglasses on and keeping a low profile, a man relaxes aboard a luxury yacht off the coast of Saint-Tropez, France, on July 26, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

Up until now, he’d spent the summer stateside, riding Citi Bikes through SoHo with Ceretti, sitting courtside at a Lakers-Thunder playoff game in May, turning up at Jeff and Lauren Bezos’s pre-Met Gala party, and hitting Bird Streets Club with the Duffer Brothers in late June. He skipped Taylor Swift’s wedding and had been notably absent from the European yacht circuit until this week.

Laura Harrier in a form-fitting draped taupe gown with crystal details at the 2026 Met Gala red carpet in New York City.
Laura Harrier turns heads on the Met Gala red carpet in a draped taupe gown adorned with crystal embellishments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2026. Photo by Mike Coppola / Getty Images.

Meanwhile, also off the coast of France, Katy Perry is on her own yacht with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, at 54, is looking increasingly 21 and dressing like a hot, bisexual college boy from a Jenny Han novel. He was photographed rubbing sunscreen across Perry’s chest as she lifted her dress for him. The two have been dating since last summer, and Perry has called him the “love of my life.” How cute!

A woman in a light blue strapless outfit sits on a boat while a curly-haired man in an olive shirt reaches over to apply sunscreen to her shoulder.
Katy Perry relaxes aboard a boat in the South of France as Justin Trudeau leans in to apply sunscreen to her shoulders during their July 2026 outing with friends. Photo by Backgrid.

Meanwhile, Trump said today that it’s “our turn” to strike Iran, vowing to hit the country “very hard” and “smack them a little bit.” More than 1,500 commercial ships have been stranded in the Gulf since the Strait of Hormuz closed on February 28, their hulls now encrusted with barnacles and algae that scientists warn could become a “super-spreader” of invasive species once trade resumes.

Vittoria Ceretti in a backless black gown with a diamond back necklace at the 2026 Met Gala, looking over her shoulder.
Vittoria Ceretti turns to reveal the dramatic open back of her black gown, adorned with a cascading diamond back necklace, at the 2026 Met Gala in New York City on May 4, 2026. Photo by Julian Hamilton / Getty Images.

Meanwhile, I’m writing this, dehydrated, listening to “Wink Wink” by Charli XCX and filled with ennui. Is this purgatory? Or hell..

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Two people sit in beach chairs under a colorful parasol on a sandy beach while enormous dark smoke clouds from a wildfire billow across the sky and lake behind them.
Two beachgoers sit beneath a colorful umbrella on the shore of Lake Lacanau in southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as massive plumes of wildfire smoke from the Gironde blaze darken the sky behind them. Photo by Maximilien Lamy AFP via Getty Images.
Two women in bikinis and white baseball caps standing on a yacht swim platform above blue water.
Vittoria Ceretti and Laura Harrier pause at the swim platform of the yacht, wearing matching white caps alongside their bikinis, off the coast of Saint-Tropez on July 26, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
Two large cargo ships visible through haze on open sea near the Strait of Hormuz, with smoke rising from one vessel.
Cargo ships anchored near the Strait of Hormuz off Khor Fakkan, UAE, on July 12, 2026, as Tehran announced the closure of the strait and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbors. Photo by AFPTV AFP via Getty Images.
A man with dark curly hair and sunglasses wearing a gray shirt sits on the deck of a yacht, talking with another person.
Sunglasses on and keeping a low profile, a man relaxes aboard a luxury yacht off the coast of Saint-Tropez, France, on July 26, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
Laura Harrier in a form-fitting draped taupe gown with crystal details at the 2026 Met Gala red carpet in New York City.
Laura Harrier turns heads on the Met Gala red carpet in a draped taupe gown adorned with crystal embellishments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2026. Photo by Mike Coppola Getty Images.
A woman in a light blue strapless outfit sits on a boat while a curly-haired man in an olive shirt reaches over to apply sunscreen to her shoulder.
Katy Perry relaxes aboard a boat in the South of France as Justin Trudeau leans in to apply sunscreen to her shoulders during their July 2026 outing with friends. Photo by Backgrid.
Vittoria Ceretti in a backless black gown with a diamond back necklace at the 2026 Met Gala, looking over her shoulder.
Vittoria Ceretti turns to reveal the dramatic open back of her black gown, adorned with a cascading diamond back necklace, at the 2026 Met Gala in New York City on May 4, 2026. Photo by Julian Hamilton Getty Images.
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January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University.