Actress Thandiwe Newton shuts down ‘jibbering FOOL’ Sean Penn’s remarks about ‘feminised’ men

The 'Westworld' star voices her opinions over comments Penn made recently about men’s masculinity – or lack thereof – in a recent interview. Photo: TNS

Thandiwe Newton just treated Sean Penn the same way her Westworld character treats most humans: Without mercy.

Newton called the Mystic River Oscar winner a “jibbering FOOL” over comments he made recently about men’s masculinity – or lack thereof – in a recent interview with The Independent.

The seed was planted earlier this month when the Britain's iNews talked to Penn about masculinity, which apparently he has been thinking about a lot lately.

“I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminised,” said the Licorice Pizza actor, 61. “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.”

When he talked to The Independent a couple of weeks later, he doubled down and gave his opinion a wardrobe.

“I think that men have, in my view, become quite feminised,” he said in the new article, which was published over the weekend. “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.”

After Variety published its take on the matter and promoted it on social media, Newton, 49, entered the fray.

“Dude what are you SAY-ING?? Like for REAL? You’re a jibbering FOOL,” she tweeted Sunday (Jan 30), quoting the Variety promo. “MF you used to be sexy but now you’re just tragic.”

Newton continued in a second tweet, which noted that Penn had done his Independent interview with daughter Dylan Penn, an actor and model whose mother is Robin Wright. Sean, Dylan and Dylan’s brother Hopper Penn all appear in the new movie Flag Day, which Sean Penn directed.

“In front of your DAUGHTER!? That poor little mite,” Newton wrote. “Thank God her Mum’s so dope. Please stop ruining the brilliance of #LicoricePizza with this nonsense.” – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service