Actress Robin Wright, who is well known for her role as Claire Underwood on House of Cards, started dating Sean right after his split from Madonna. The two actually dated for a long time before he decided to pop the question – undoubtedly because rushing in to things didn’t work out so well for him the first time around.
Luckily, he and Wright ended up having a wonderful stint of marriage, during which they had two beautiful children.
Romantic Rumors
In 2009, Sean was spotted with the gorgeous and intelligent Natalie Portman, at the bar inside of the Sunset Tower Hotel. Apparently the two were trying to enjoy a quiet dinner, but they kept being bothered by all of the agents of the press, who were understandably excited about seeing them together.
However, Portman later told E! Online that the rumors about them being romantic were just that – rumors.
Addressing the Gossip
Portman, who admitted that she typically doesn’t even acknowledge, much less respond to, rumors about her romantic life – had something to say about this whole thing. She flat out told reporters that the entire story about their being something between her and Sean was “fabricated.”
But the press just couldn’t let it go, and they kept trying to spin everything to make it seem as if the two were dating. One anonymous source in Hollywood jokingly said that Portman, at 27, was, “far too old,” for a star of Sean’s age (48.)
Far from a Fairytale
Dylan Frances was the first of two children of Sean Penn and Robin Wright. After having their first daughter, the two then brought Hopper Jack in to the world. Everything seemed like a fairytale, like it would last forever. They seemed so happy and it just seemed like all was well – but all good things must come to an end.
Things just started to happen, and little things turned into big things. The happy couple’s dream life would soon come crashing into a harsh reality that would shatter everything.
Harder Than It Looks
Although Wright put on a happy face for the world, when it came to her marriage to Penn, she eventually told reporters that not everything was as wonderful as it may have seemed. She was quoted as saying that the marriage was, “difficult,” at times. Soon after the two tied the knot, things just started to spin entirely out of control.