By PTI
LOS ANGELES: British star Thandiwe Newton has criticised Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn for his latest feedback that American males have gotten “wildly feminised”.
Penn, who received Oscar trophies for “The Milk” and “Mystic River”, had late final month raised eyebrows after he mentioned that being masculine will not be at all times poisonous.
Newton posted a retort on social media, calling the 61-year-old actor a “jibbering fool”.
.@SeanPenn Dude what are you SAY-ING?? Like for REAL? You’re a jibbering FOOL. MF you was attractive however now you’re simply tragic Men for Becoming ‘Feminized’ – Variety https://t.co/MXKD474ihJ
— Thandiwe Newton (@ThandiweNewton) January 30, 2022
“@SeanPenn Dude what are you SAY-ING?? Like for REAL? You’re a jibbering FOOL. you used to be sexy but now you’re just tragic,” she wrote alongside a hyperlink to an article about Penn’s remarks.
“In front of your DAUGHTER!? That poor little mite. Thank God her Mum’s so dope. Please stop ruining the brilliance of #LicoricePizza with this nonsense,” she added.
Penn first made the remarks throughout an interview with an American newspaper.
“I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminized. I don’t think that being a brute or having insensitivity or disrespect for women is anything to do with masculinity, or ever did. But I don’t think that (in order) to be fair to women, we should become them,” he had mentioned.
Later, in one other interview with British publication The Independent, the actor was requested to make clear his feedback.
“I think that men have, in my view, become quite feminised. I have these very strong women in my life who do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them. There are a lot of, I think, cowardly genes that lead to people surrendering their jeans and putting on a skirt,” he mentioned.
At the time, he was selling his movie “Flag Day” alongside his daughter, Dylan Penn.
The Independent in its article acknowledged that Penn’s assertion on males turning into “quite feminised” left his daughter “quiet, staring into space”.
