Category: Hopper Penn
Hopper Penn, Son Of Sean Penn And Robin Wright, Continues To Deny The That Nepotism Has Anything To Do With Him
Hopper Penn, perhaps best known for his role in 2018’s Hamilton County Jail, the reality show which earned $25,000 at the bond office, in which he played Sean Penn and Robin Wright’s son waiting to be bailed out on possession charges for weed, shrooms, and amphetamines, recently waded into the murky waters of the nepotism debate and, like a chicken with a thimble full of water, immediately drowned. During an E! News segment he did with his mom, while promoting his latest project, a movie produced by his mom in which his mom plays his mom, Hopper admitted that while “every movie I’ve done has been with a family member,” he doesn’t “think it’s nepotism.” Even though, as he himself admitted, he was “given the opportunity with almost no preparation,” and “it was able to kind of just fall into [his] lap,” as if by magic. But according to Deadline, after giving it a bit more thought, Hopper has come to the conclusion that he said what he said.
Robin Wright Talked About Co-Parenting With Sean Penn And Nepotism In Front Of Her Adult Son Hopper Penn
Let’s say you have two parents. One is a beautiful, glamorous actress who seems like she’s got her shit together, and the other one drinks Ambien and vodka shakes for breakfast and tried to name you Steak after his favorite food. I’d imagine that the latter parent would be the more embarrassing of the two. But for 29-year-old Hopper Penn, spawn of Robin Wright and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy’s most annoying pen pal, Sean Penn, mom is probably the most embarrassing.
Ben Stiller Got Into A Debate About Nepotism On Twitter
Tori Spelling. Scott Eastwood. Chet Hanks. Luminaries all, to name but a few. And for every Viola Davis or Sir Anthony Hopkins, there’s an equally gifted entertainer who had to work just a little bit harder to overcome the stigma of nepotism. Or so says Julia Roberts’ Niece (I presume). Film critic Franklin Leonard got the conversation about nepotism in Hollywood popping on Twitter this week when he posted and commented on a press release for a new short film directed by Steven Spielberg’s daughter Destry Spielberg, written by Stephen King’s son Owen King and starring the jewel in the crown of the Robin Wright/Sean Penn Family Players Hopper Penn. Franklin responded to the press release with, “Hollywood’s a meritocracy, right?” And Ben Stiller didn’t think that was very cool.
Sean Penn’s Son Hopper Got Arrested For Possession Of Weed And Mushrooms
If you had asked me last week to predict which Penn might get arrested in the future with a bunch of drugs in their car, I would point to Sean Penn, but I’d be very wrong. According to TMZ, Sean’s 24-year-old son Hopper Penn was arrested yesterday in Nebraska for possession of weed and shrooms.
Law enforcement sources say that Hopper and his 26-year-old girlfriend Uma von Wittkamp were pulled over by police outside of Lincoln for failing to signal. While they were stopped, cops detected “drug activity” – which I want to believe is official code for “acting sketchy as hell” – and so they searched the car. Police reportedly found 14 grams of weed, 3 grams of shrooms, and 4 amphetamine pills. Hopper was arrested for just the shrooms and half an ounce of weed, while Uma was booked for the amphetamines and the shrooms.
Radar says that Sean and Robin Wright’s son is being held at the Hamilton County Jail, and that his bail is set at $25,000. It’s not known what Uma’s bail has been set at.
Hopper has dealt with drug issues for a while. Last year he admitted that he spent some time in rehab for a meth addiction in 2014. He also claimed that his trip to rehab happened after his dad asked him whether he wanted rehab or a bus bench. It’s only weed and shrooms, but still – something tells me Hopper might be headed back to rehab. And when he gets out, he should probably try to get a hold of Ryan Gosling. Because based on that mugshot, he could easily pull off playing his brother in one of those movies where Ryan acts like a down-and-out street tough.
Pic: Hamilton County Sheriff
Sean Penn Almost Named His Son “Steak”
The “the steak doesn’t fall far from the beef jerky-faced tree” jokes are too easy.
Sean Penn has two children with Robin Wright: 25-year-old Dylan Frances and 22-year-old Hopper Jack. According to Hopper, the name written on his birth certificate wasn’t his father’s first choice. Hopper tells Interview magazine that if the decision had been left up to Sean Penn, his name would be Steak Penn. Yes, steak like the food. Why? Because Sean Penn apparently really loves steak.
“My dad wanted to name me Steak, the food, because he loves it so much. But my mom was never going to go for it.”
I never really pictured Sean Penn as being a steak kind of guy. I guess I just always assumed that Sean Penn survived on a diet that consists solely of Carolina Reaper hot peppers and popcorn. Peppers to maintain his high levels of white-hot rage, and popcorn to keep him in a constant state of being perpetually agitated. Nothing is more agitating that trying to always feeling like you’ve got a popcorn kernel stuck in between your teeth.
I can’t really shit on Sean Penn for wanting to name his kid after a type of food. When I was a kid, there was a brand of lactose-free milk called Lactancia, and I thought that was just about the most glamorous name I had ever heard and swore I was going to name a child Lactancia. So, I get it, Sean. I don’t condone it, but I understand.
As for why they chose Hopper instead, Hopper says it was because his dad “idolized” Dennis Hopper, and that his mother claims he hopped in her stomach rather than kicked. He didn’t kick? Really? Are we sure he’s actually Sean Penn’s son?
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