As one of the most successful and beautiful actors in the world today, it certainly seems like Charlize Theron has everything going for her. On top of that, according to some of the people who’ve worked with her, Theron inspires strength in and motivates the people around her.
Of course, just because someone appears to be the perfect potential romantic partner, that doesn’t mean that they will always be lucky in love. For example, even though she has so much going for her, Charlize Theron’s love life has been a struggle at times, which makes all the sense in the world since she is a human being just like the rest of us.
Unfortunately for Charlize Theron, after she and Sean Penn dated for quite a while, their relationship came to an end. Of course, since Theron and Penn are both acting superstars and their relationship was notable from the start since he is roughly fifteen years older than her, people were very interested in their breakup. For that reason, it has become clear that Charlize Theron was extremely frustrated following her breakup with Sean Penn, to say the very least.
Dating History
Over the last several decades, it has become all of the more common for people to obsess over the dating lives of the rich and famous. For that reason, it isn’t surprising in the slightest that there has been so much interest in Charlize Theron’s love life even though she has rarely put her relationships in the foreground.
According to whodatedwho.com, it has been confirmed that Charlize Theron has dated people like Sean Penn, Keanu Reeves, Stuart Townsend, and Craig Bierko. Theron has also been rumored to be involved with many major stars including Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Renner, Eric Stonestreet, and Brad Pitt among others.
A Major Tabloid Story
During Charlize Theron and Sean Penn’s relationship, the tabloids took a great deal of interest in the A-list couple. As a result, there were lots of stories about them including reports that Theron and Penn got engaged during their time together. Sadly, despite their rumored engagement, Theron and Penn would break up after roughly two years together.
As it turns out, even after Charlize Theron and Sean Penn went their separate ways, the press continued to make money for a while by keeping the former couple in the headlines. After all, in 2015, several media companies published articles claiming that Theron broke up with Penn in a way that could only be described as totally heartless.
According to the reports that seemingly stemmed from an Us Weekly article, instead of doing the right thing when she decided it was time to be single, Charlize Theron ghosted Sean Penn instead. According to the aforementioned report, an Us Weekly reporter talked to an insider with knowledge of Theron and Penn’s relationship who had some explosive things to say. "Charlize wasn't responding to his calls and texts. She just cut it off."
Setting The Record Straight
In life, everyone eventually has to go through the experience of being blamed for something that they didn’t do. As a result, everyone should be able to relate to how incredibly frustrating it is when you suffer consequences for something you are innocent of. Unfortunately for Charlize Theron, she had to go through that experience on an international level after she broke up with Sean Penn.
While speaking to an interviewer for the Wall Street Journal magazine, Charlize Theron responded to all of the stories about her breakup with Sean Penn. According to what she said during that interview, Theron didn’t ghost Sean Penn.
“There is this need to sensationalize things. When you leave a relationship there has to be some f—ing crazy story or some crazy drama. And the f—ing ghosting thing, like literally I still don’t even know what it is” “It’s just its own beast. We were in a relationship and then it didn’t work anymore. And we both decided to separate. That’s it.” “When you’re with somebody and it comes to kids, you can’t bulls—. And so I was always very honest with Sean that I wanted to have more kids. And he was very supportive.”
Of course, it should go without saying that breaking up with someone by ghosting them is an incredibly cruel thing to do. As a result, all of the reports that claimed Charlize Theron did that to Sean Penn made her look awful. With that in mind, it is easy to understand why Theron must have been extremely angry at all of the headlines that must have done serious damage to her image before she set the story straight.