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Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fans are horrified by Hollywood star Sean Penn's appearance during bombshell interview
Sean Penn's fans were shocked by the actor's 'rough' appearance on the Louis Theroux Podcast on Monday. During the interview, the star, 64, made several explosive claims, notably expressing doubt about director Woody Allen's alleged 1992 molestation of his daughter Dylan Farrow. However, it was his weathered look and a bright red bruise on his nose that had fans talking in the comments. Penn appeared tired, with noticeable bags under his eyes, and sported disheveled grey hair and a beard. 'He looks rough,' one person wrote underneath a clip from the interview shared on X, while another surprised commentator asked: 'He's only 64?!?' 'I'm his age. My 95 year old father looks younger than him,' someone else added. A fourth added: 'Dang he aged like a worn leather handbag,' while another commented: 'He looks okay for a man in his 80s.' During the interview, Penn made a number of eyebrow raising statements, including his support of Allen. It's been 26 years since Penn worked with Allen on his film Sweet And Lowdown, and he would 'do it again in a heartbeat' despite the disgraced director's 2019 #MeToo reckoning. 'If it was the right [project],' the humanitarian cautioned on the podcast. Penn previously portrayed guitarist Emmet Ray opposite Samantha Morton's mute Hattie in the 89-year-old filmmaker's 1930s-set comedy, which earned them both Academy Award nominations. Now and then: Sean was a far cry from his usual chiseled good looks, seen right in 2011 Penn does not believe Mia Farrow 's 1992 allegation that her ex-partner Woody (born Allan Konigsberg) molested her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan. The two-time Oscar winner scoffed: 'I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once. 'And when people try to associate what were his, let's say, much younger girlfriends, right or wrong is not the conversation here, but post-puberty, consensual stuff is to me a different conversation. 'So, I just think that whatever is the worst of people's suspicions about him, just check him with the facts separate from the moment and the movement and all. Who benefited from that. Let's just take a second. That's all I'm saying. I see he's not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent, and I would work with him in a heartbeat.' Farrow publicly accused Allen of the crime seven months after discovering his secret affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. The four-time Oscar winner - who was never charged or prosecuted and has vehemently denied the allegation - quickly sued Mia for full custody of their son Satchel (now Ronan) and her adopted children Dylan and Moses. In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody's bid for full custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan 'grossly inappropriate' while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations. In 1997, Allen married Soon-Yi and they adopted two daughters - now 26-year-old Bechet Allen and 25-year-old Manzie Tio Allen. And while 39-year-old Dylan stands by the allegations, her 47-year-old brother Moses publicly denied she was ever abused and alleged Mia had abused him in a 2018 WordPress post. Mia has denied that allegation. 'With these things, I don't know anyone well enough to say, "100 percent, this didn't happen, that didn't happen,"' Sean noted. 'The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.' Woody's last American movie - A Rainy Day in New York - coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and cast members Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, and Griffin Newman donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations.
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
What's happened to Sean Penn? Fans horrified by Hollywood star's appearance as he makes bombshell claims
Sean Penn's fans were shocked by the actor's 'rough' appearance on the Louis Theroux Podcast on Monday. During the interview, the Mystic River star, 64, made several explosive claims, notably expressing doubt about director Woody Allen's alleged 1992 molestation of his daughter Dylan Farrow. However, it was his weathered look and a bright red bruise on his nose that had fans talking in the comments. Penn appeared tired, with noticeable bags under his eyes, and sported disheveled grey hair and a beard. 'He looks rough,' one person wrote underneath a clip from the interview shared on X, while another surprised commentator asked, 'He's only 64?!?' 'I'm his age. My 95 year old father looks younger than him.' '2 years younger than me and looks a decade older!' another added. 'Dang he aged like a worn leather handbag,' someone else chimed in. 'He looks okay for a man in his 80s.' 'Is he 90?' another questioned. 'That's a hard 64.' 'Jeez he looks rough!!' yet another person added. 'Wtf happened to him, he's aged 30 years.' During the interview, Penn made a number of eyebrow raising statements, including his support of Allen. However, it was his weathered look and a red bruise on his nose that had fans talking in the comments It's been 26 years since Penn worked with Allen on his film Sweet and Lowdown, and he would 'do it again in a heartbeat' despite the disgraced director's 2019 #MeToo reckoning. 'If it was the right [project],' the humanitarian cautioned on the podcast. Sean previously portrayed guitarist Emmet Ray opposite Samantha Morton's mute Hattie in the 89-year-old filmmaker's 1930s-set comedy, which earned them both Academy Award nominations. Penn does not believe Mia Farrow 's 1992 allegation that her ex-partner Woody (born Allan Konigsberg) molested her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. The two-time Oscar winner scoffed: 'I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once.' The 80-year-old Rosemary's Baby alum publicly accused Allen of the crime seven months after discovering his secret affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. The four-time Oscar winner - who was never charged or prosecuted and has vehemently denied the allegation - quickly sued Mia for full custody of their son Satchel (now Ronan) and her adopted children Dylan and Moses. In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody's bid for full custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan 'grossly inappropriate' while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations. In 1997, Allen married Soon-Yi and they adopted two daughters - now 26-year-old Bechet Allen and 25-year-old Manzie Tio Allen. And while 39-year-old Dylan stands by the allegations, her 47-year-old brother Moses publicly denied she was ever abused and alleged Mia had abused him in a 2018 WordPress post. Mia has denied that allegation. 'With these things, I don't know anyone well enough to say, "100 percent, this didn't happen, that didn't happen,"' Sean noted. 'The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.' Woody's last American movie - A Rainy Day in New York - coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and cast members Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, and Griffin Newman donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations. Penn's comments come eight months after Farrow revealed she feels no ill will towards actors who decide to work with her estranged ex-partner of 11 years. 'I completely understand if an actor decides to work with him,' The Roommate thespian said on CBS Sunday Morning. Penn's comments come eight months after Farrow revealed she feels no ill will towards actors who decide to work with her estranged ex-partner of 11 years: 'I completely understand if an actor decides to work with him. I'm not one who'd say, "Oh, they shouldn't"' 'I'm not one who'd say, "Oh, they shouldn't."' Some of Allen's outspoken supporters have included Diane Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Cherry Jones, Bill Maher, Jude Law, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Gina Gershon, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Michael Caine, and Jeff Goldblum. Kate Winslet, Drew Barrymore, Evan Rachel Wood, David Krumholtz, Greta Gerwig, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Brosnahan, Jeff Daniels, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Freida Pinto, Chloe Sevigny, and Marion Cotillard have said they won't work with the Coup de chance director again. The thrice-divorced Malibu native will next play Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson's $175M-budget black comedy One Battle After Another, which hits US/UK theaters September 26. The Warner Bros. Pictures' IMAX crime drama is a 'loose' modern adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 1990 postmodern novel Vineland. One Battle After Another - also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, and Benicio del Toro - is said to be the 54-year-old filmmaker's 'most commercial' film to date. Sean previously portrayed movie star Jack Holden in PTA's 2021 pedo-rom-com Licorice Pizza, which received rave reviews but only earned $33.3M back from its $40M budget at the box office. Penn will also executive produce James Strong's upcoming Anna Politkovskaya biopic Words of War.
Fox News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Cassie Ventura Testifies About Diddy
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The Guardian
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Sean Penn says he'd work with Woody Allen again ‘in a heartbeat'
Sean Penn has reiterated his defence of Woody Allen, saying he would 'work with him in a heartbeat'. Penn was speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, and told Theroux that while he felt he didn't know Allen well enough to know for certain that '100% this didn't happen', he said: 'The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.' Allen is accused of sexual abuse by the director's adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow; Allen has always denied the allegations and two official investigations by social services departments in Connecticut and New York state were closed after finding no evidence against him. Allen's son, investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, has been outspoken in support of Dylan, while adopted son Moses Farrow has been equally outspoken in defence of Allen. Penn worked with Allen on the 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown, for which he was nominated for an Oscar. Penn said: 'I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of paedophilia that, in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once. I'm not aware of that. And when people try to associate what were his, let's say, much younger girlfriends, right or wrong … is to me a different conversation.' He added: 'I see he's not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent, and I would work with him in a heartbeat.' In the same interview Penn cast new light on his meeting with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in 2018 at the height of the Syrian civil war. Penn was working on a now-abandoned documentary about the Arab Spring uprisings. Penn told Theroux he wanted permission to speak to Isis prisoners and speak to Syrians 'on the street … without a minder'. According to Penn, al-Assad's response was, 'Absolutely, we have nothing to hide', and then invited him to lunch. Penn said: 'I got into his car and … we drove about 20 minutes through Damascus. To this day, I have to believe it was The Truman Show. That every block all the way to his house was staged. People driving up next to him and saying, 'hello, Mr President'. 'Hey, how are you?' This kind of thing. Virtually no visible security.' 'We went to the house. Again, no sign of security of any kind. He's there with his wife and his children. His children are as western as any California kid, and they're listening to Kanye and dancing around.' However, Penn said as negotiations progressed, access was denied and he decided to drop the film. Penn also had harsh comments on both Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Trump, he said, might be 'extremely smart for his time and what it valued', adding: 'But what he values is so base. I won't equate that with intelligence. It's truly void of soul. And really, it actively engages in cruelty.' Penn said that Musk, who until recently was heading a so-called 'department of government efficiency' for Trump's administration resulting in the shutdown of swathes of public services, appeared only to 'value destruction of things and people', adding. 'I can't associate that with any intelligence that's going to do humankind any good.' Saying he had met Musk 'on several occasions', Penn suggested that Musk's insecurities were down to being a 'prematurely balding teenager, white in apartheid South Africa, who has no social skills' and that in his view Musk was a combination of 'a lot of destructive energy and a lot of stuff that may end up being very productive for other generations'. Penn also reflected on his tempestuous relationship with Madonna, to whom he was married between 1985 and 1989, and in the course of which he had a number of run-ins with paparazzi. Responding to Theroux's question about Madonna's statement in her 1991 documentary In Bed with Madonna that Penn was 'the love of her life', Penn said: 'She's very sweet. Look, she's been a good friend for a lot of years. It didn't take us long to realise that we had mistaken a good first date for a wedding partner. It didn't take us long to recover after we got divorced, maybe a year, in a friendship. I have a lot of fond memories of it – it's not all jail. But there was a lot of alcohol and she'd be fairly accusing me of that.' Penn also said that he may have helped accelerate the rise of celebrity culture by his occasionally violent responses to harassment by the media. '[It] added to the idea you can go provoke people like this idiot. I'm probably partially responsible for this explosion that led to all this. Extreme creepy fascination with famous people and things like that. My life was much simpler before [meeting Madonna]. But she became a lightning rod of attention. I was there.'
