Carson Daly is mortified for what he called Leonardo DiCaprio on TV

Carson Daly felt his heart sink like the titanic.The television host, 52, is recounting a time early on in his career where he made a mistake while reading Leonardo DiCaprio’s name off a teleprompter.During Today’s Fan Fest on Monday, Daly was asked by Andy Cohen about on-air bloopers.“I was new here too, I wasn’t used to the teleprompter,” Daly recounted, “and I said — the story about Leonardo [DiCaprio] — and I said ‘Leonardo DeCrapio.'”The star’s co-hosts, Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin, erupted in laughter.

Daly confessed that the incident has stuck with him all these years later.“And to this day, when I see Leonardo’s name in the prompter, my heartbeat starts to go,” he said.Just last month, DiCaprio, 50, revealed on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast that he was asked to change his name early on in his career.“I finally got an agent, they said, ‘Your name is too ethnic,’” the actor explained.

“I go, ‘What do you mean? It’s Leonardo DiCaprio.’ They go, ‘No, too ethnic.They’re never going to hire you.

Your new name is Lenny Williams.’” He remembered asking, “What is Lenny?”When DiCaprio’s father, George DiCaprio, got wind of the idea he replied: “Over my dead body.”“I just remember my dad saying, ‘You know, some day you’re going to have your time, son.Just keep at it.

Keep at it.’” And DiCaprio did, starring in various hit movies, including “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” in 1993, “Romeo + Juliet” in 1996 and “Titanic” in 1997.While on the podcast, the SAG Award winner told Jason, 37, and Travis, 36, that he considers starring in “This Boy’s Life” with Robert De Niro in 1993 at 16 years old as the “big ‘oh wow’ moment” of his career.DiCaprio also said he knew he “wanted to be an actor very, very young,” noting he would imitate his parents’ friends at just 4 years old.Meanwhile, the Oscar winner recently opened up about what his n...