What's happened to Sean Penn? Fans horrified by Hollywood star's appearance as he makes bombshell claims

Sean Penn’s fans were shocked by the actor’s ‘rough’ appearance on the Louis Theroux Podcast on Monday.

During the interview, the Mystic River star, 64, made several explosive claims, notably expressing doubt about director Woody Allen’s alleged 1992 molestation of his daughter Dylan Farrow.

However, it was his weathered look and a bright red bruise on his nose that had fans talking in the comments.

Penn appeared tired, with noticeable bags under his eyes, and sported disheveled grey hair and a beard.

‘He looks rough,’ one person wrote underneath a clip from the interview shared on X, while another surprised commentator asked, ‘He’s only 64?!?’

‘I’m his age. My 95 year old father looks younger than him.’

Sean Penn’s fans were shocked by the 64-year-old actor’s ‘rough’ appearance on the Louis Theroux Podcast on Monday

‘2 years younger than me and looks a decade older!’ another added.

‘Dang he aged like a worn leather handbag,’ someone else chimed in.

‘He looks okay for a man in his 80s.’

‘Is he 90?’ another questioned.

‘That’s a hard 64.’

‘Jeez he looks rough!!’ yet another person added.

‘Wtf happened to him, he’s aged 30 years.’

During the interview, Penn made a number of eyebrow raising statements, including his support of Allen.

During his interview, the Mystic River star made several explosive claims, notably expressing doubt about director Woody Allen’s alleged 1992 molestation of his daughter Dylan Farrow

However, it was his weathered look and a red bruise on his nose that had fans talking in the comments

One fan wrote, ‘I’m his age. My 95 year old father looks younger than him’

It’s been 26 years since Penn worked with Allen on his film Sweet and Lowdown, and he would ‘do it again in a heartbeat’ despite the disgraced director’s 2019 #MeToo reckoning.

‘If it was the right [project],’ the humanitarian cautioned on the podcast.

Sean previously portrayed guitarist Emmet Ray opposite Samantha Morton’s mute Hattie in the 89-year-old filmmaker’s 1930s-set comedy, which earned them both Academy Award nominations.

Penn does not believe Mia Farrow’s 1992 allegation that her ex-partner Woody (born Allan Konigsberg) molested her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.

The two-time Oscar winner scoffed: ‘I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I’ve ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there’s accusations of it happening only once.’

The 80-year-old Rosemary’s Baby alum publicly accused Allen of the crime seven months after discovering his secret affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn.

It’s been 26 years since Penn (L) worked with Woody Allen (R) on his film Sweet and Lowdown, and he would ‘do it again in a heartbeat’ despite the disgraced director’s 2019 #MeToo reckoning

The 64-year-old actor-humanitarian cautioned on the Louis Theroux Podcast Monday: ‘If it was the right [project]’

The four-time Oscar winner – who was never charged or prosecuted and has vehemently denied the allegation – quickly sued Mia for full custody of their son Satchel (now Ronan) and her adopted children Dylan and Moses.

In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody’s bid for full custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan ‘grossly inappropriate’ while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations.

In 1997, Allen married Soon-Yi and they adopted two daughters – now 26-year-old Bechet Allen and 25-year-old Manzie Tio Allen.

And while 39-year-old Dylan stands by the allegations, her 47-year-old brother Moses publicly denied she was ever abused and alleged Mia had abused him in a 2018 WordPress post.

Mia has denied that allegation.

‘With these things, I don’t know anyone well enough to say, “100 percent, this didn’t happen, that didn’t happen,”‘ Sean noted.

‘The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn’t trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.’

Woody’s last American movie – A Rainy Day in New York – coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and cast members Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, and Griffin Newman donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations.

Penn’s comments come eight months after Farrow revealed she feels no ill will towards actors who decide to work with her estranged ex-partner of 11 years.

‘I completely understand if an actor decides to work with him,’ The Roommate thespian said on CBS Sunday Morning.

Sean previously portrayed guitarist Emmet Ray opposite Samantha Morton’s mute Hattie (L) in the 89-year-old filmmaker’s 1930s-set comedy, which earned them both Academy Award nominations

Penn does not believe Mia Farrow’s (R, pictured in 1988) 1992 allegation that her ex-partner Woody molested her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow (L)

The 80-year-old Rosemary’s Baby alum publicly accused Allen of the crime seven months after discovering his secret affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn (3-R)

In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected the four-time Oscar winner’s bid for custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan ‘grossly inappropriate’ while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations

In 1997, Woody married Soon-Yi and they adopted two daughters – 26-year-old Bechet Allen and 25-year-old Manzie Tio Allen (pictured in 2023)

Sean noted: ‘With these things, I don’t know anyone well enough to say, “100 percent, this didn’t happen, that didn’t happen.” The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn’t trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way’

Woody’s last American movie – A Rainy Day in New York – coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and numerous cast members donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations

Penn’s comments come eight months after Farrow revealed she feels no ill will towards actors who decide to work with her estranged ex-partner of 11 years: ‘I completely understand if an actor decides to work with him. I’m not one who’d say, “Oh, they shouldn’t”‘

Some of Allen’s outspoken supporters have included Diane Keaton (L), Alec Baldwin (M), Scarlett Johansson (R), Cherry Jones, Bill Maher, Jude Law, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Gina Gershon, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Michael Caine, and Jeff Goldblum

‘I’m not one who’d say, “Oh, they shouldn’t.”‘

Some of Allen’s outspoken supporters have included Diane Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Cherry Jones, Bill Maher, Jude Law, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Gina Gershon, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Michael Caine, and Jeff Goldblum.

Kate Winslet, Drew Barrymore, Evan Rachel Wood, David Krumholtz, Greta Gerwig, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Brosnahan, Jeff Daniels, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Freida Pinto, Chloe Sevigny, and Marion Cotillard have said they won’t work with the Coup de chance director again.

The thrice-divorced Malibu native will next play Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s $175M-budget black comedy One Battle After Another, which hits US/UK theaters September 26.

The Warner Bros. Pictures’ IMAX crime drama is a ‘loose’ modern adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 postmodern novel Vineland.

One Battle After Another – also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, and Benicio del Toro – is said to be the 54-year-old filmmaker’s ‘most commercial’ film to date.

Sean previously portrayed movie star Jack Holden in PTA’s 2021 pedo-rom-com Licorice Pizza, which received rave reviews but only earned $33.3M back from its $40M budget at the box office.

Penn will also executive produce James Strong’s upcoming Anna Politkovskaya biopic Words of War.