Sean Penn Reportedly Skipped Oscars For This Major Reason
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The Best Supporting Actor winner wasn't on hand to accept his statuette for his performance in "One Battle After Another."
Sean Penn won his third Academy Award on Sunday, but he wasn’t on hand to receive his statuette, reportedly due to travel plans that included a visit to Ukraine.
Penn, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in “One Battle After Another,” has been an outspoken advocate for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people since Russia launched a war on the country in 2022.
The actor met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not long after Russia invaded and gave him his first Oscar statuette, which he earned for his performance in “Mystic River,” The Hollywood Reporter recently reported.
Penn, at the time, said that he hoped Zelenskyy would accept the “symbolic silly thing” from him and “bring it back to Malibu” when Ukraine defeated Russia in the war.
After Penn was a no-show Sunday, presenter Kieran Culkin accepted the actor’s most-recent statuette in his absence.
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