Sean Penns green card joke sparks #Penndejo on Twitter
Sean Penn has been called a pendejo (Spanish for a**hole) after he announced the award for Best Motion Picture to Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu at the 87th Annual…
Actor Sean Penn and producer/director Alejandro G. Inarritu, winner of Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Motion Picture, for ‘Birdman’ pose in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
Sean Penn has been called a pendejo (Spanish for a**hole) after he announced the award for Best Motion Picture to Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu at the 87th Annual Academy Awards Sunday night.
Who gave this son of a b**ch his green card? an insensitive and inappropriate Penn asked as he called the Mexican actor on stage to receive the honor for his film Birdman.
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Was it friendly banter between two greats with respect for each other in the film business or a downright racist introduction?
Iñarritu who laughed at Penn’s “green card” joke prior to getting his golden statue, later expressed that he didn’t find the comment offensive and said, “it was hilarous,” reports Variety. As it turns out, both Penn and the Latino film director have been friends since they worked together on Iñarritu’s 2003 film “21 Grams.”
Though it’s all fun and games between Hollywood colleagues Penn and Iñarritu, the Internet was not laughing, stating that Penn’s comment was racist.
Mexican and Latinos, especially, have a lot to say on the matter and are voicing their thoughts with the trending hashtag #Penndejo.
#Penndejo fires up Twitter
This is why #Penndejo is trending: pic.twitter.com/rNX01Lu3do
Jonathan Muñoz (@JonathanMNews) February 23, 2015
The problem w Sean Penn’s statement is that it limits what #Latinos are entitled to–certainly nothing which belongs to whites #Penndejo
Nina Terrero (@Nina_Terrero) February 23, 2015
#SeanPenn be like, “it’s okay I have Mexican friends!” #Penndejo
A. (@JustAGirrrrl_) February 23, 2015
#Penndejo pic.twitter.com/FJmCfn2m7f
DRPUS INSIGNARES (@PUSTAVO) February 23, 2015
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I had a green card. pic.twitter.com/yOHTQTIq9x #Penndejo
Mariola Rivera Reyes (@MariolaPR) February 23, 2015
Kudos to the Mexican Tweeteros renaming Sean Penn. His new name?? Sean Penndejo. #Penndejo pic.twitter.com/UyuOhbFuHM
Moonflower7 (@PattyCortes3) February 23, 2015
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