“I was in jail for what he did”

The controversy died down several months ago, he is coming back to it. After speaking at length in the media on the fate of Ukraine – and having gone there several times to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky -, Sean Penn spoke about Will Smith’s slap during the last Oscar ceremony, in the columns of Variety .

The director ofInto the Wild present at the Toronto International Film Festival, was outraged by Smith’s gesture: “I don’t know Will Smith. I only met him once. He seemed very nice when I met him. He was so good at The Williams Method»he first specifies.

“Why did he get himself into such a f***ing mess with his stupid move? Why the did I go to prison for the same thing? And is he still there?», he got angry. Before getting annoyed by the reaction of the public that evening, which he considers complacent: “Why are people standing and applauding his worst moment as a person?

33 days in prison

The 63-year-old actor was convicted for similar acts that occurred more than 30 years ago. In 1987, Sean Penn was sentenced to 33 days in prison for hitting and spitting on an extra during filming.

Will Smith sparked controversy during the last Oscar ceremony. After a joke from presenter Chris Rock about his wife’s shaved head Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia, the actor stood up and slapped him on stage. Several personalities had rebelled, and Will Smith apologized a few days later on Instagram.