Sean Penn defends Woody Allen trying to discredit his son and journalist, Ronan Farrow

We assume that Sean Penn He was not the greatest fan of Me Too.

The liberal actor talked openly about his support for the controversial filmmaker Woody Allen During an interview about the “Podcast Louis Theroux″ Monday to belittle those who have made accusations against the director, namely their son and journalist, Ronan Farrow.

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The theme of the filmmaker “Annie Hall” appeared a little more than an hour and six minutes in the episode when Theoux asked Penn if he would ever work with Allen.

Penn starred in Allen’s 1999 film, “Sweet and Lowdown.”

In response to Theoux’s question, Penn said with confidence that he would return to work with him in a “beat.”

Things took a turn when Theoux asked Penn if he believes that Allen has a “bad reputation.”

“Do I think he has a bad reputation?” Penn questioned. “With these things, I don’t know anyone well enough to say 100% that this did not happen, that did not happen or something. God does not allow a victim involved in something, right?”

Penn continued: “The stories are mostly by people who would not trust a penny. It seems very heavy that way.”

Theroux seemed a bit confused by Penn’s response and asked if the actor was usually talking about Allen, who also waves at the beginning of the 1990s after he began to leave and finally He married one of his former partner, Mia Farrow’s, adopted children, Soon-Yi Previn. Penn quickly revealed that he was talking about Dylan’s accusations and Allen’s “son”.

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“Ronan Farrow, the journalist?” Theoux asked a little incredulous.

“Well, you gave him that title, not me,” Penn said with an annoying smile. “But yes, Ronan Farrow.”

Thanoux quickly pointed to Penn that his comment on Ronan seemed a bit moody when making the noise of a cat, and asked the star of the “Mistic River” if that was intentional.

“Only clarification,” said Penn, indicating that he was destined to be cutting.

“I think it’s quite respected,” said Theoux about Roanan, who He won a Pulitzer in 2018 for his coverage in the story of Harvey Weinstein for The New Yorker.

“He writes for the New Yorker,” Theoux told Penn.

“Uh Huh,” Penn said before making a series of sarcastic facial expressions that implied that he was biting his tongue. “And I understand, yes.”

After Theoux laughed due to the awkward exchange, Penn continued.

“It’s fine, let’s say it in this way. I am not aware, and maybe I am only ignorant, that is a possibility. I am not aware of any clinical or psychiatrist psychologist or someone who has heard or talk about the subject of pedophilia who in 80 years of life, there are accusations That happens only once. I am not aware of that. “

Then, Penn continued to say that he thinks it is unfair when people assume that Allen was able to sexually abuse Dylan as a child because the director of “Jasmine Azul” tended to dating younger women before establishing themselves with an prevent, which is more than 30 years younger than Allen.

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However, it is easy to understand why people make this leap. Allen starred in many of his previous films, and in “Manhattan” of 1979, his 40 -year -old character has a sexual relationship with a 17 -year -old high school student, played by Mariel Hemingway, who was 16 when he filmed the film. Hemingway later said in his 2015 memories that Allen made her nervous on the set, and that when she turned 18, she tried to convince her parents to let her go to Paris with him, by Vox.

Penn argued that Allen’s inclination for younger women “is not the argument here” and “that they are two completely different issues.”

“So, I only think that whatever the worst of people’s suspicions about him, you know, just verify them with the separate facts of the moment and the movement and everything that benefits from that,” said Penn, clearly referring to Ronan’s reports on Weinstein, the movement of me too and they will win a prestigious award for their work.

Penn concluded: “Let’s see a second. That’s all I am saying. I see that he is not culpritable, so I take it as innocent, and work with him in an instant.”