Scarlett Johansson Is Half Sean Penn's Age; Thoughts?

By Nicki Gostin Posted Mar 15th 2011 12:16AM

Pop-Ed: Like a lot of people, I clicked on the item about Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson recently sharing an intimate dinner at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. The meal comes on the heels of their kinda-weird brief jaunt to Mexico together (they spent less than a day there).

As I read it I thought things like, "Wow she's moving on from her split from hubby Ryan Reynolds, and I guess things really are kaput between Sean and Robin Wright."

The 'Iron Man 2' star separated from Ryan Reynolds in December. The pair was wed in September 2008. Penn and Wright married in 1996 and after a couple of breakups and reconciliations divorced last year. They have two children, daughter Dylan and son Hopper.

And then suddenly I thought, wait a minute, just how old are these budding lovebirds, anyway? Much to my dismay, Penn turns 51 this August, and Johansson turned 26 in November. That's a nearly 25-year age gap between them.

Let's put it this way: Johansson is only six years older than Dylan, Penn's daughter with Wright.

We all know that if the sexes were reversed the tabloids would be screaming headlines with words like cougar and boy toy. When Madonna dates one of her increasingly younger boyfriends, the press always finds out how old the young man's mother is and compares her age to Madonna's. (Ironically Madonna and Sean Penn were married for four years in the '80s.)

Am I being a prude by thinking it's just a tad skeevy that Penn is dating someone literally half his age? Could it just be noted that there is a quarter of a century age difference between the two?

I'm hoping that this is a fling and the two of them find partners closer to their age. Wouldn't it be great to see Penn holding hands with someone his own age or dare I say it, a couple of years older? I think that would be a really radical thing for the famously liberal firebrand actor to do.

Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Sean Penn

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Tuesday 07 June

By cassie

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ding ding ding and now judy can shag the nasty ol' gross liberal all she wants! sean got dumped! Scarlet woke up! If Sean Penn is hot, then give me Pee Wee Herman! Sean is about as hot as my neighbor's dog only the dog doesn't have a bird face. eww that is one U-G-L-Y person NOPE won't say man, it's a liberal who is clueless and out to lunch. icky poo judy he's all for you!

Wednesday 16 March

By Geo

I think it's skeevy that she is dating someone twice her age.
I don't think it's skeevy that he is dating someone half his age.

By jeff c

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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are 25 years apart in age, and that seems to working out all right ...

By DutchGUY

Who cares! Why are you bothered by his? Is she your sister?

By Sandy

She said something like "Ryan was too immature for me" or something like that, before her relationship with Mr. Penn was publicized, so yeah, looks like she likes older guys ... for now. Perhaps a rebound thing for her.

Whatever. It seems to me that often younger women who are a bit insecure will go for older men, and, if will often work out, if the older man marries her and they both want children together. Otherwise, it might be more of a challenge (without the bonding of shared children).

As to the ugliness of older women, get a life (and some experience) anyone who believes that. A lot of modern older women now a days, are HOT!

By sallyreo

I think that the Sean Penn's and Scarjo's relationship is not new. She may have decided to leave Ryan knowing she was going to Penn, a more mature man. Remember, she and her friends referred to Ryan as childish. Penn may have promised her something "big". It appears that Scarjo is high maintenance and
needs attention and will do anything to attract media attention, including putting her foot in his crotch.

Tuesday 22 March

By SeanPennIsADick

So she left Ryan and ran to Penn because she thought Ryan was childish?!!!!

Talk about outta the fryin' pan, into the fire!

By bigteep

What the hell is he still doing in this country? The liar said that he'd leave America and live in another country if Bush got reelected. Keep your promise, dummy, and leave the country.

Monday 28 March

By Barry Proaps

cudos to them ! Everyone should lay off and be happy for them!

By Dutch

It's only natural that older men are attracted to younger women, because a lot of women over 30 refuse to watch their diet and exercise. It really is all about who will reproduce the best offspring and who will provide for the family, even if said couple have no plans to have kids.

Some people take these things personally and they really shouldn't. It's simply biology and reproduction doing the talking.

Tuesday 29 March

By Nik Rolls

FYI, Sean dating Madonna isn't irony, it's coincidence.

By DaytonaGary

If she's really with that weirdo she's lost her ***kin mind!!!!!!!!!

By Marc

-piannissimo-Jealous!-/piannissimo-

Wednesday 13 April

By Pistol Pete

Why oh why would a young, full of life, brilliant actress and artist want with an old man who is seriously in the twilight of his career and more importantly, his life?

Tuesday 03 May

By ML

Her stock just took a dive as far as I'm concerned. Penn is a hack.

By Ike

These two are both seething liberals. Shuold be a good match.

By aj

Who really cares? I've always had flings with WAY younger guys. My friends don't care. His friends don't care.

By Playboy

Bottom line women over 40 are nasty and Sean knows this. Sure you have a few that can still ride a pony without getting saddle sores but the majority of over 40 women are falling apart. Who wants a woman with saggy tits, big thighs, c section scars, wrinkled face, and a rear end that has it's own zipcode when you could have the beautiful Scarlett?

By decopperhead

They are adults and there is nothing to say she wont go first. (by go I mean die I am lets admit they are far more likely to split first)But what is to say she will not die in a crash or get cancer? Five years from now she is gone and he lives for another 30 years should they not have those five years together if they want them?

By Morton Redner

Youngsters think anyone over age 40 is decrepit.
In fact healthy men are quite powerful at age 50.
Besides, no one said this is forever.
Why can't they be attracted to each other right now?
Do I detect a note of jealousy?

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