03.11.2010 sean penn is lying about how wonderful he is again

Sean Penn has done tons of interviews lately to let people know that he doesn’t want attention for his charity work in Haiti, and to his credit he mostly talks about himself as part of a team. The only story that has come out about him specifically involved his rescue of two people from a collapsed building, a story with no evidence that it ever happened, or at least happened the way he said it did.

That part is kind of important because Penn has a history of exaggerating or just outright lying when reality doesn’t match his extremely high opinion of himself. That’s what he did after Katrina, and that might be what he’s doing with Haiti.

I’ve now talked to two people who were both in Haiti as volunteers the same time Penn was, although he might not have noticed because it would be hard to see them from his gilded perch, high above all the real work being done.

After Penn did an interview with Anderson Cooper, CNN wrote, “Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn spent three weeks in Haiti following the January earthquake, living in a tent and witnessing first-hand the devastation.”

According to one person I spoke to, this must mean he set up a tent in his Miami hotel room.

“His camp tent had A/C, and he flew back every few days to Miami.”

When asked why he’s doing so much for Haiti, Penn told CBS…

“…the first person served by service is the server … there’s no time that you’re over there, there’s not something to do to lend a hand.”

“Lend a hand” must mean “taunt people”…

“He took an old women from where I was working then said she couldn’t stay at his camp because it was “military” but he would show it to her, give her some blankets, then drop her off in a Haitian tent city. ASSHOLE. Why show someone something they can’t have.”

Penn told Larry KIng about the camp he lives in:

“When the deputy secretary of the Haitian mission Kim Bolduc came, it was declared the most dangerous camp in Haiti.”

It must be dangerous because of the sandtraps and dogleg par 5.

“Him and his friends were staying on / right next to the US military base on top of the hill, in the rich areas. Technically, at a country club (with a golf course).”

And if those troops need any backup, they’ll be happy to know that Penn was strapped. Just like he was in New Orleans. For some reason.

“He was also packing heat (or appeared to - he had the handle of a revolver sticking out one of his front pockets)”

You can actually see the handle of his gun in the beginning of this CNN video. But as much as I’d love for this entire thing to point out what a dickhead he is, to be fair, both people I talked to stressed that all the people who aren’t Sean Penn are doing an excellent job.

“The people around him, though, were absolutely great. They were treating patients, day in, day out, seemed to be doing a really good job for all i could tell. And quite frankly, that’s what counts.”

That is what counts but it’s also offensive as hell that this delusional prick would go on TV again and again, likening himself to the real volunteers. Those people are down in the mud, in the piles of bodies, helping the sick and scared, and they only do it because they want to help. They don’t have air conditioning and armed guards. They don’t get weekends off. They’re not on TV being told how amazing they are, and they didn’t spend today in DC dining at a 5 star restaurant with Haiti picking up the bill. Those people are better than Penn. They’re not the same. They are selfless. He is a narcissistic dickhead who doesn’t do anything without turning the spotlight on himself. Speaking of which, did someone put a Handsome Potion in my exfoliating face wash or did I get even better looking over night? Or was it both? Oh I wish everyone could see this. I think it might be both.