Until recently, fans didn't know that Quentin Tarantino is actually a family guy. He's been married since 2018. He is also a proud father these days. The controversial filmmaker even admitted to crying just from mentioning his son's name, Leo.Naturally, fans assumed that the name was inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio who starred in Tarantino's 2019 Oscar-winning movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as well as the 2012 revisionist Western film, Django Unchained. Here's the truth behind baby Leo's name.RELATED: How A Skydiving Experience Almost Cost Leonardo DiCaprio His Life
Who Is Quentin Tarantino's Wife?
Tarantino is married to Israeli singer and TV personality, Daniella Pick. She comes from a family of renowned musicians. She started her singing career alongside her sister, Sharona Pick. Her father, Svika Pick is also a singer while her mother, Mirit Shem-Or is a songwriter. Aside from music and some modeling, the More or Less performer has also forayed into acting. She played Daphna Ben-Cobo in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Then there's her reality TV stints including Big Brother VIP and Goalstar.
The 38-year-old musician met Tarantino in 2009 when he was promoting his sixth film, Inglorious Basterds. They started dating soon after. However, it didn't last long. Years later, the two reconnected and the True Romance writer proposed to Pick in 2017. They tied the knot a year later in an intimate ceremony attended by only 20 guests. Despite Tarantino's $120 million fortune and Pick's $4 million net worth, the latter claimed that they live a "modest" life together.
"We are very family-oriented, we love to be at home, to go out to dinner [and] to watch movies, both at home and at theaters," she said in an interview. "Aside from that, I love to cook and invite friends over, and I also cook every day. Quentin really loves my cooking and I make things that I know from home and also new things, I love the kitchen." She also revealed that they "spend a lot of time during the day together, laughing, talking."
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How Many Children Does Quentin Tarantino Have?
In 2020, Tarantino and Pick welcomed their first child, Leo. "Daniella and Quentin Tarantino are happy to announce the birth of their first child," announced the director's rep at the time. "A baby boy born February 22, 2020." Two years later, they welcomed their second child. This time, a baby girl. "Daniella and Quentin Tarantino are happy to announce that Daniella gave birth to their baby girl on July 2, 2022," the couple said in a statement for People, "a little sister to Leo, their first child."
In 2021, Tarantino said that being a family man has changed his career. "Well, the woman I met changed it, Daniella Pick," he said of his work addiction on CBS Sunday Morning. "All right, I met her. And we, we fell in love. And we had - have - a wonderful relationship. And she wanted to get married. And I did, too. And, so I married." When asked about his son, the director warned the host that he might cry as he gets emotional just talking about him. "If I talk about it too much, I'm already going to start crying if I talk about it too. I can't even see his name written on a piece of paper without crying," he explained.
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Was Quentin Tarantino's Son Named After Leonardo DiCaprio?
Speaking of baby Leo's tear-jerking name, Tarantino clarified on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that his son wasn't named after the Wolf of Wall Street actor. "We almost didn't name him that because people would assume I named him after Leonardo DiCaprio," said the father of two. "There's nothing wrong with that, but … he's named after my wife's grandfather, but also because, just in our hearts, he was our little lion. So he's a lion. That's how we thought about him."
The director couldn't even stop gushing about his son's name during his previous appearance on CBS Sunday Morning. "It's just he's my little Leo. He's my little lion. And I just see his name, L-E-O written down isolated," he said. "And it just, when it comes to him, he's just the most charming human being I've ever met in my life."
While on Kimmel, Tarantino joked that his son was close to learning the F word. "He's talking — they're not necessarily words, but he makes himself understood," he said. "He can only say one word and that is 'abba,' which is the Hebrew word for 'dada.' And a third of the time, he means me." But in all seriousness, the director admitted to learning so much from his firstborn. "I'm actually learning a lot with Leo, because he watches these baby TV [shows] and it's all in Hebrew," he explained. "I'm learning the Sesame Street version of Hebrew."
