Sean Penn 'Got Taken for One-Half of Everything' in Divorce From Robin Wright

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 6th 2011 07:01AM

Sean Penn normally doesn't like to talk about his personal life, but while discussing his efforts in Haiti with The Hollywood Reporter, the two-time Oscar winner let slip on why he'll have to start making some money again soon.

"I didn't have commitments, except for way in the future; I had nothing pressing," he said of how he was able to spend most of 2010 in Haiti. "I got practical issues ... I had just got taken for one-half of everything I had in the divorce, so it's not like I don't have to work."

Penn is, of course, talking about his split from ex-wife Robin Wright, which was finalized July 22 after several failed reconciliations in the span of three years.

They first filed for divorce in 2007, but reconciled months later. Then, in April 2009, the Oscar-winning actor asked for a legal separation in court, but retracted his bid the following month. That August, Wright decided to call it quits again and filed for divorce.

While Wright has spoken of the split on occasion -- telling More magazine she had "no regrets" -- Penn has always been more guarded.

This summer, he told Vanity Fair, "She [Wright] is a ghost to me now." In his interview with THR, Penn said that aside from the monetary aspects of his divorce, the separation from his kids, 19-year-old daughter Dylan and 17-year-old son Hopper, has been worse.

"A much more profound change in life for me personally was not being able to raise my son in a whole family through high school," he said.

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Thursday 06 January

By fanoftvland

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a good lawyer, would've had him,keep everything.it's amazing how much power,that little patch has.

By David

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Two good lawyers would have kept the case in court until all the money paid to them in fees.

By ladyd7

What a stupid statement. First of all they were married a very long time and in CA - THE SPLIT IS 50 - 50. Also he was the one who cheated - you wanna play you have to pay.

By sally

No its not the patch, its marriage - its a 50-50 deal

By BTDT

"Sean Penn 'Got Taken for Half of Everything' in Divorce From Robin Wright"

She probably earned every cent. That aside, he's a really good actor.

By bazel

Though I like Sean's acting... In his personal life he is an angry bully (and then a whiner). He could have been a better person to Robin (who he didn't even acknowledge in his Oscar acceptance speech) and perhaps kept his marriage together... but hey... he had to go visit controversial leaders around the world and be the hero to world disasters rather than putting that effort into being a hero for his wife and children. Small wonder his family kicked him to the curb. In CA everything is split 50/50.

By George!!

Maybe Mr. Penn should have thought about all of that before he cheated on his wife. If he's looking for sympathy for being a cheater, he's looking in the wrong direction.

By ML

Penn is has-been.

By Pamela

We can only hope. I do not go to or watch his movies EVER. He gives me the creeps.

Wednesday 12 January

By lesann

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Maybe because he is in Haiti actually helping the people there. What are you doing?

By New York

Sean Penn is a fantastic, talented actor. His political views however are dangerous & do not belong in the United States of America as they are totally un-American. His personal life is his business.

By Frank Sanello

I guessed Sean Penn and his wife were not a happy couple when I watched them on TV a few years ago during the Academy Awards. When Penn's name was announced as the best actor winner, his wife gave him a big smooch as he turned away from her and didn't smooch back.

Then, in his acceptance speech, he thanked just about everybody but his second-grade piano teacher...and his wife, who was blowing him kisses, which he also ignored.

How does such a physically repellant, obnoxious guy like Penn manage to attract a beautiful woman like Robin Wright? Graham Greene offers one possible explanation: "Fame is an aphrodisiac."

Frank Sanello

By Penny

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Why would she be drawn to his often questionable fame? She can claim her own fame as a star of Soap Operas and movies. I think she may have went into the marriage with as much as him.

By Melanie

"I got taken for half.." Really? It's not like they were only married a couple of years. What did he expect? I'm sure he'll be just fine...what a cry baby!

By ivan lichtedus

yeah, y'know sean, maybe if you had stayed home to raise that family of yours rather than rip and run with vegas hookers, every other co-star, and toddle off to haiti to save the world, you might've been able to keep that precious family of yours together...

By Cookie

Couldn't a happened to a nicer guy!

By b.borders

"Got taken"? No, she EARNED every penny, from living with him for all those years. I am a man, twice left and divorced. Both husband and wife are responsible for the break-up. FAIRNESS, in financial matters is always correct.

By sue frazier

Sean, you seem to want our government to take our money. So why the griping when your ex gets some of yours that she is entitled to?

By Lissy

She should have dumped you a decade before she did, Sean. I bet you were a real party to live with.

By Bob and Debbie

Only she knows why she married him in the first place, and why she stayed with him as long as she did. If it cost him half of everything he had maybe Sean you shouldn't of gotten married in the first place. When you cheat you have to pay a price. Robin got no more no less then any other person, well known or not would have gotten in a divorce. Sean learn to keep your pants zipped up.

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