Yacht Topaz, Rio de Janeiro – The “Wolf of Wall Street” star jetted into Brazil on a private jet to spend the day with a coterie of 21 on the 482-foot Topaz, a yacht owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. The Sheikh, also former prime minister of the state now famous for using slave labor to build its grand buildings, is also the owner of the Manchester City football club.
State Department, Washington DC. Having returned from skippering one of the wildest parties ever aboard the Topaz, Leonard was scheduled to be introduced by Secretary of State John Kerry. The actor will speak after a video statement by President Obama.
Leo’s is a self identified Democrat and donated over $38,000 to the Democratic party including directly to then-candidate Barack Obama. DiCaprio is widely-known as a serious environmentalist and once interviewed Bill Clinton on this topic for ABC. The actor’s feelings about other liberal issues is that they are less important than the environment. He has environmentally friendly cars, he has installed solar panels on his house, and he works with environmental organizations (and Al Gore) such as Global Green and the Natural Resources Defense Council.7