Eve And Sean Penn: Not Together — SL Flashback

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I certainly hope not. Mrs. Robin Wright Penn would not be a happy camper. Then again, it might be a relief. Don't they live separate lives and he lives in a trailer during the week or something?

Eve is explaining Sean Penn showing up at the police station after she got her ass busted for D.U.I. as just a friends thing.

61st Annual GRAMMY Awards - Red Carpet — Eve attends the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rapperista Eve says that there's no funny business between herself and married actor Sean Penn, even though he showed up in the middle of the night to “see how Eve was doing” when she got popped for DUI late last month.

Hip-hop authority SOHH.com talked to Eve exclusively, and she told them that any speculation about her and Penn's relationship is just that — speculation. “There's no craziness going on. I've known him for years,” says Eve. “We got mutual friends. He saw what was happening and he just wanted to make sure I was cool.”

Apparently, he also offered to pay her 30K bail, which she was all set with. This doesn't shock me. Though Sean's kinda humorless and intense – he also seems to genuinely want to help out.

Sean Penn The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association Hosts "Meet Me In Australia" To Benefit Australia Wildfire Relief Efforts - Inside — Sean Penn poses at the “Meet Me In Australia” event benefiting Australia Wildlife Relief Efforts at Los Angeles Zoo on March 08, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Remember during Katrina when he got his own rowboat and went in search of people to rescue? He's also one helluva an actor. I'm not up his ass or anything but he's a lot easier to tolerate than some of these other freaks.