There is still a big question mark hanging over Charlize Theron and Sean Penn’s breakup. We know that the breakup happened post-Cannes Film Festival. We know that Sean Penn is a hyper-critical douchebag. And we know that Charlize ghosted him hard, refusing to speak to him or “explain” why she was dumping him. Now Star Magazine has some additional information, and while they don’t know the exact situation, there is some interesting info in this story.
After Charlize Theron and Sean Penn’s happy outing at the Cannes Film Festival, they traveled to Vienna for the annual Life Ball on May 20. They seemed to be having a blast, but something went down after the ball – and it’s wasn’t pretty.
“Charlize refuses to tell anyone the specifics, but they had a fight that left her completely shaken,” says an insider. “Sean later blamed alcohol and begged her not to leave him,”
But Charlize ultimately decided Sean’s temper – a trait that has long plagued his relationships – was too explosive to live with and she left him flat.
“When the split came, no one was surprised,” says one of Charlize’s pals. “Charlize is extremely sensitive toward physical or verbal abuse; she just won’t stand for it.”
At a park in LA recently, Jackson hit another child and Charlize got very upset – “She immediately removed Jackson from the park. She told him it was not OK to hit anyone, ever.”
“Charlize knew about Sean’s past yet was convinced he was over that period of his life,” reveals the source. Yet more and more she came to see the dark side of Sean. “It got to the point where she didn’t trust him around her son anymore. For his sake as well as her own, she pulled the plug on the relationship.”
When they returned from Europe, Charlize insisted that Sean vacate her Hollywood home. He begrudgingly obliged, hastily taking his Malibu pad off the market.
“Charlize is a strong, mature person and Sean is a bully who drinks too much and throws tantrums. She just couldn’t take it anymore.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
I think this story is probably very close to the truth. He was drunk and belligerent and he said or did something that scared her and it was so big that there was no coming back. And I believe that whatever happened, it was so big that she no longer wants him around Jackson at all. There was some debate about the maturity of “ghosting” someone when you’re dumping them, and while I think that’s generally speaking an interesting debate, in this specific case, I love Charlize for it and I hope she completely rebuffs any and all of Sean’s attempts to get back together.
Here are some photos of Charlize and Sean at the Life Ball in May. This is where it all fell apart.
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
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