Sean Penn and model Petra Nemcova at a press conference in Cannes, France, on Friday before a gala fund-raiser for three charities doing relief work in Haiti. (Stephanie Reix / EPA / May 18, 20
In Cannes, Sean Penn accuses entire world of failing Haiti Dear Everybody-in-the-World: Sean Penn is very, very disappointed. You never call, you never write – heck, when it comes to rebuilding Haiti, you probably never even cared in the first place.
Penn spoke plainly Friday at the Cannes Film Festival just hours before a gala fund-raiser to benefit three charities working in the earthquake-ravaged country.
“It’s not only celebrities who went for a day,” he told a roomful of journalists at a news conference, choosing language that prevents us from conveying the full texture of his opinion.
“It’s the whole … world. It’s all of you.”
Even you, President Obama -- though POTUS was at least labeled “formidable and elegant” as the actor declared it time that he “stand side-by-side” with just-inaugurated Haitian President Michel Martelly.".....