The annoying, hypocritical sanctimony of Sean Penn

Michael Arceneaux
4 min readSep 13, 2023

Sean Penn has harsh words for Will Smith over last year’s Oscars. If only he spoke as ferociously about his own history of violence.

Photo: Variety

Famous white people will not stop talking about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last year.

In his Variety cover story, Sean Penn expressed anger over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ refusal…

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Michael Arceneaux

New York Times bestselling author of “I Can’t Date Jesus” and “I Don’t Want To Die Poor.”