And it’s a VERY good thing that admission came up so early, because it was necessary to understand why the interview coasted along in such a strangely hypnotic fashion.
It also explains why Penn suddenly felt fine to light up a cigarette on stage, as if that was still the late night norm.
And to be expected, that subject was broached fairly quickly, though not before Penn admitted that he was still feeling the effects of an Ambien he’d taken to fall asleep after a red eye flight the previous night.
Promoting his new book Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, Sean Penn already made headlines this week for a CBS Sunday Morning interview in which he spoke out about wanting to quit acting due to a growing disinterest in that side of his career.
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