Sean Penn lashes out at Will Smith during a new interview: “I don’t understand why I ended up in jail and he didn’t.”
Sean Penn he returned to talking about the infamous accident he saw last year Will Smith punched Chris Rock during the Oscars. In an interview with Variety, Penn, 63, slammed Smith, 54, for the moment he took the stage at the Academy Awards and slapped the famous comedian.
We remember that Smith even won the Best Actor award that night and then took part in the post-Oscar victory parties. “I don’t know Will Smith. I met him once. I thought he was very nice when I met him. He was damn good in King Richard.Penn said, according to Variety.
“So why the hell should you spit on yourself and, most importantly, on everyone else with this damn nonsense? Why did I end up in damn jail for doing the same thing? Why am I in handcuffs and you’re still sitting there? Because you all stand and applaud his worst moment as a person.?,” Penn concluded.
In 1987, 26-year-old Sean Penn was sentenced to 60 days in prison for punching and spitting at a crowd on the set of Colors, the Los Angeles Times reported at the time. The actor served 33 days of his sentence, and then was involved in other episodes of aggression: in 2010, for example, he was sentenced to three years probation and 300 hours of community service for attacking a photographer.