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Licorice Pizza director Paul Thomas Anderson revealed Saturday at the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards that two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn tested positive for COVID-19 following his trip to Ukraine.
‘Sean tested positive for Covid,’ announced the 51-year-old filmmaker to laughter from the industry crowd at The Beverly Hilton.
‘Which is kind of crazy considering what he’s done for all of us. [It’s like] a World War I veteran coming home, slipping on a step. So, it’s a drag not to have him here.
On the mend! Licorice Pizza director Paul Thomas Anderson (L) revealed Saturday at the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards that two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn (R) tested positive for COVID-19 following his trip to Ukraine
‘It’s a pleasure to work with him and all the actors. It’s the best part of this job that we all have…and I feel very grateful to be here.’
Paul was referring – not to Ukraine – but to the 61-year-old humanitarian’s tireless work as co-founder of CORE, a crisis response organization which administered 2.6M Covid vaccines and 6.3M Covid tests.
Last summer, Sean and co-founder Ann Young Lee were named Variety’s Philanthropists of the Year for their work with CORE, which was originally formed in 2010 following the massive 7.0 earthquake that ravaged Haiti.
Instead, Penn enlisted his Armani-clad estranged third wife Leila George to present a special medallion to Anderson, who lost the night’s top prize to Jane Campion.
‘Sean tested positive for Covid,’ announced the 51-year-old filmmaker to laughter from the industry crowd at The Beverly Hilton
![Paul continued: 'Which is kind of crazy considering what he's done for all of us. [It's like] a World War I veteran coming home, slipping on a step. So, it's a drag not to have him here. It's a pleasure to work with him and all the actors. It's the best part of this job that we all have...and I feel very grateful to be here'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/13/18/55303467-10608529-image-a-64_1647196208238.jpg)
Paul continued: ‘Which is kind of crazy considering what he’s done for all of us. [It’s like] a World War I veteran coming home, slipping on a step. So, it’s a drag not to have him here. It’s a pleasure to work with him and all the actors. It’s the best part of this job that we all have…and I feel very grateful to be here’
Anderson was referring – not to Ukraine – but to the 61-year-old humanitarian’s tireless work as co-founder of CORE, a crisis response organization which administered 2.6M Covid vaccines and 6.3M Covid tests (pictured January 12 with Dr. Anthony Fauci)
Last summer, Sean and co-founder Ann Young Lee (2-L, pictured August 26) were named Variety’s Philanthropists of the Year for their work with CORE, which was originally formed in 2010 following the massive 7.0 earthquake that ravaged Haiti
No longer estranged: Instead, Penn enlisted his Armani-clad third wife Leila George to present a special medallion to PTA, who lost the night’s top prize to Jane Campion
That same evening, the Flag Day director-star urged his 166K Twitter followers to watch HBO’s 2019 miniseries Chernobyl because ‘it’s an X-ray snap-shot of willful misinformation campaigns of the Russian government.’
Sean was last seen in Malibu on Friday morning when a Malibu Sheriff pulled him over in his Dodge Charger R/T retrofitted with Police Bull-bars and flashing light strips.
Penn recently returned from war-torn Ukraine where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, and soldiers for his upcoming documentary about Russian aggression.
‘They were rightfully humiliated by it’: That same evening, the Flag Day director-star urged his 166K Twitter followers to watch HBO’s 2019 miniseries Chernobyl because ‘it’s an X-ray snap-shot of willful misinformation campaigns of the Russian government’
Cited: Sean was last seen in Malibu on Friday morning when a Malibu Sheriff pulled him over in his Dodge Charger R/T retrofitted with Police Bull-bars and flashing light strips
Eye of the storm: Penn recently returned from war-torn Ukraine where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R, pictured February 24), Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, and soldiers for his upcoming documentary about Russian aggression
‘It is the world’s duty to do all we can to stop Vladimir Putin’: The El Chapo interviewer has been flying back and forth to Ukraine for his doc, produced by VICE World News and Endeavor Content, as far back as November (pictured November 18)
The El Chapo interviewer has been flying back and forth to Ukraine for his doc, produced by VICE World News and Endeavor Content, as far back as November.
‘It is the world’s duty to do all we can to stop [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,’ Sean tweeted last Wednesday.
Penn will next portray the late attorney general John N. Mitchell opposite Julia Roberts in Robbie Pickering’s eight-episode Watergate political thriller Gaslit, which premieres April 24 on Starz!
Premieres April 24 on Starz! Sean will next portray the late attorney general John N. Mitchell opposite Julia Roberts in Robbie Pickering’s eight-episode Watergate political thriller Gaslit
Source: dailymail
