{"id":4915,"date":"2026-06-06T17:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sean-penn-says-award-shows-are-dread-provoking-vows-hell-never-attend-one-again\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:23:48","slug":"sean-penn-says-award-shows-are-dread-provoking-vows-hell-never-attend-one-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sean-penn-says-award-shows-are-dread-provoking-vows-hell-never-attend-one-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Penn says award shows are &#8216;dread-provoking,&#8217; vows he&#8217;ll &#8216;never&#8217; attend one again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129988914.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In Hollywood, it\u2019s one awards show after another.<\/p>\n<p>For Sean Penn, the actor vowed that he isn\u2019t going to attend another ceremony ever again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just [that it\u2019s] an awards show,\u201d Penn, 65, explained while chatting with CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins\u00a0on Friday at the\u00a0Tribeca Film Festival, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/sean-penn-selfies-skipping-oscars-kaitlin-collins-1236768328\/?fbclid=IwZnRzaASQOdpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeccEtrPnXQdkN2ZITBn_s7HGobOJ1_nfPvvbv-COnq1lrwoH4bRtHJgCAHI8_aem_CxmTm54c8UrgFqK3-3eCzg&amp;utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0htc1t2h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per Variety,<\/a> about his decision to skip the 2026 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c21 Grams\u201d star \u2014 who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d \u2014 shared that the ceremonies represent \u201csocial discomfort\u201d for him and \u201ctoo many people.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sean Penn (pictured here in 2025) vowed to never attend another awards ceremony again. <span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Hollywood icon (pictured here in 2016) said the ceremonies give him \u201canxiety\u201d and represent \u201csocial discomfort\u201d for him and \u201ctoo many people.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt would be the same if this group was going to an afterparty and one stepped into that,\u201d Penn elaborated. \u201cI\u2019m now down, committed for life, that I won\u2019t go anywhere to be in a designated group beyond eight people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At these grand Hollywood events, the \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d actor is made to feel like he only has \u201c15 minutes per person,\u201d which causes him anxiety. <\/p>\n<p>As Penn put it, it is \u201cdread-provoking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two times I had gone [to the Oscars], I felt relief that I\u2019d won because so many people out there had worked really hard for that,\u201d he expressed. \u201cThere\u2019s the politics of that stuff.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Penn previously took home Best Actor Oscars for \u201cMystic River\u201d in 2003 and 2008\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMilk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>As for past Oscar ceremonies, Penn (pictured here in 2015 with James W. Skotchdopole, Alejandro G. Inarritu and John Lesher ) said, \u201cThe two times I had gone, I felt relief that I\u2019d won because so many people out there had worked really hard for that.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Penn (pictured here in January) called the award shows \u201cdread-provoking.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2025, the filmmaker starred in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Chase Infiniti. <\/p>\n<p>The movie won six out of its 13 nominations at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\">Penn said he notified his co-stars that ditching the ceremony would be \u201cbetter\u201d for his mental health. Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/15\/entertainment\/why-sean-penn-wasnt-at-the-2026-oscars\/\">he went to Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>At this year\u2019s Academy Awards, despite skipping out, Penn (pictured here in the film) won for Best Supporting Actor for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The movie also stars Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured here at the Golden Globes with Penn in January) Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Chase Infiniti and won six out of its 13 nominations at the Academy Awards. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\">Penn met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, as he continued to show his support for the country amid its war with Russia. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pertsovskyi_O\/status\/2033873846546153537\/video\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video posted to X<\/a>, Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi presented Penn with an \u201cIronOscar\u201d \u2014 a handmade statuette created from metal taken from a railcar destroyed by a Russian missile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re missing the Oscars,\u201d Pertsovskyi began. \u201cPlus, you\u00a0gave the last one to the president. So we made this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said the metals survived, so we put some words here that are very special to us. It\u2019s not golden, but it\u2019s very real, and it\u2019s from the bottom of our hearts. It\u2019s important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Instead, Penn (pictured here at the Academy Awards in 2009) went to Ukraine to show his support for the country amid its war with Russia. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>While overseas, the Oscar winner (pictured here in 2013) was presented with an \u201cIronOscar\u201d \u2014 a handmade statuette created from metal taken from a railcar destroyed by a Russian missile \u2014 from Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Penn, visibly emotional hugged Pertsovskyi, before stating: \u201cThese are all treasures, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\">\u201cI really got to enjoy the Academy Awards for the first time,\u201d he told Collins about watching the show from out of the country, per Variety. \u201cIt was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn came to the decision to no longer attend award shows earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\">\u201cThe best that I could ever muster was relief,\u201d he mused. \u201cKnowing that I wasn\u2019t going to do that anymore, I did one before that this year. I went to the Golden Globes; I\u2019d never been to that before. And that\u2019s where I decided, \u2018I can\u2019t do this.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/06\/entertainment\/sean-penn-says-award-shows-are-dread-provoking-vows-hell-never-attend-one-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hollywood, it\u2019s one awards show after another. 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