Charlize Theron, 38, and Sean Penn, 53, are making tongues wag in Hollywood about their red-hot relationship.
As we are in the season of Oscar fever, it’s fitting that one Oscar winner should be dating another. They’ve being going strong for around a month now, having met at a Christmas party at the home of Seth MacFarlane in December last year.
Charlize Theron first kicked off the romance rumors about her attraction to Penn when they traveled to Hawaii to spend the holidays together. They were spotted relaxing on the beaches of Oahu and were photographed arriving back in LA on New Year’s Day.
Once home, Penn and Theron were seen leaving her house in separate cars after spending some time together. Since then, they’ve been out and about together and have been seen countless times. They were even caught drinking coffee in Malibu, and then acting just like any other couple when they popped out to the movies, and saw The Wolf of Wall Street .
Theron and Penn were especially affectionate at the Help Haiti Home fundraiser gala last month. Although they didn’t pose on the red carpet together, Charlize did put her arm around Penn when he sat down beside her at a table in the middle of the ballroom. After Sean delivered a few kisses on her neck, they then enjoyed a sweet kiss on the lips.
CNN host Piers Morgan said that he knew all about Penn and Theron’s relationship. He confirmed that he had hung out with the loving couple at Penn’s Haiti fundraiser. He wrote, “At 2 a.m., Sean came over, and bear-hugged me. ‘Congrats on a great night,’ I said. ‘And congrats on Charlize too.’ He laughed. ‘She’s a keeper, that’s for sure…well, I’ll do my best to keep her anyway!’”
Shortly after that, the couple played the role of “happy families” when they went grocery shopping at a West Hollywood Whole Foods with Theron’s son, Jackson.
And just a couple of days ago, Theron and Penn were spotted holding hands during a romantic weekend which they spent in the Bay Area of California.They were all smiles as they walked around a local nursery together.
How do we know that the couple are really serious? Because Sean Penn revealed at his Haiti gala earlier this month, that Theron had convinced him to get rid of his collection of 65 guns!
No greater love hath a man then that he would give up his prized possessions for a friend (with apologies to the original!)
What further demands will Charlize Theron make? Will Sean agree to all of them? We’ll see!