Sean Penn couldn't be more content in his singleness. The 63-year-old actor opened up in an interview with The New York Times about how his perspective on romance has changed. "I'm just free. If I'm going to be in a relationship, I’m still going to be free, or I'm not going to be in it, and I’m not going to be hurting," he said in the article published on June 22, 2024. "I don't sense I'll have my heart broken by romance again."
The Asphalt City actor was previously married to Madonna from 1985 to 1989. He then got married to Robin Wright in 1996 and they divorced in 2010. They have two children together: daughter Dylan Frances Penn, 33, and son Hopper Jack Penn, 30. He went on to tie the knot with Leila George in 2020, but filed for divorce in October 2021. He's had romantic relationships with Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson, and Olga Korotyayeva.
"On one of my marriages, the background noise of life was a [Real] Housewives of Beverly Hills or another thing called Love Island. Not even being in the room — I’m not saying this to be cute — I was dying. I felt my heart, my brain shrinking," he said. "It was an assault."
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Sean thanks "friends in the female department," who are "beautiful, wonderful people, wonderful with their partners or wonderful on their own," that have shown him "relationships don’t have to be dramatic or draining." He added that he isn't attracted to "drama in romance" anymore and avoids "unnecessary drama and visits from 'the trauma gods.'"
