Sean Penn calls for Oscars boycott if
Ukraine’s Zelensky isn’t given chance
to speak
New York Post,
by
Kerry J. Byrne
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
3/26/2022 11:03:47 PM
Sean Penn is calling on Hollywood to boycott the Academy Awards if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is denied a chance to speak at the red-carpet event.
“I would encourage everyone involved to know, though it may be their moment, and I understand that, to celebrate their films, it is so much more their moment to shine and to protest and to boycott that Academy Awards,” the controversial actor said in an appearance on CNN Saturday afternoon.(Snip)The Ukrainian leader has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Oscars ceremony.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
PostAway 3/26/2022 11:07:51 PM (No. 1111104)
Great idea, Sean! I’ll do you one better and boycott the Oscars even if Zelensky does speak. You’re welcome.
76 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
formerNYer 3/26/2022 11:07:58 PM (No. 1111105)
If the commie is for Zelenskyyyyyyy then I'm definitely oppose him. His Dad was a commie and he's a commie, Penn is a washed-up old fool.
46 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
AltaD 3/26/2022 11:13:44 PM (No. 1111107)
Celebrities will wear ribbons for the current cause but they'll never boycott an award show, it's what they live for.
39 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
seamusm 3/26/2022 11:16:33 PM (No. 1111109)
Could the Oscars be any more woke? At some point this show will become so unwatchable that no one will. When that happens I pray the show will die for want of advertisers. I can dream - can't I?
22 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
john56 3/26/2022 11:29:23 PM (No. 1111114)
Gee. I think Zelenskyy is kind of busy fighting off the Russians than to worry about doing a video for a bunch of spoiled Hollyweird celebrities who are still trying to figure if their "Save Ukraine " ribbon will clash with their designer outfit.
34 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mofongo 3/26/2022 11:32:54 PM (No. 1111116)
What’s Sean Penn? Is this the Penn and Teller guy?
11 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
SALady 3/26/2022 11:52:30 PM (No. 1111123)
Well, since I haven't watched the Oscar's in decades, I guess threatening to "boycott" them wouldn't carry much weight.
However, if a total duchebag like Sean Penn wants me to boycott, I may have to tune in for 5 minutes or so. Maybe this is reverse psychology, since nobody is watching the Oscar's anymore.
18 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Omen55 3/27/2022 12:07:18 AM (No. 1111128)
I'm betting the Oscars have 8M or under in the ratings.
9 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rama41 3/27/2022 12:20:57 AM (No. 1111136)
Is there no limit to Hollywood's craven virtue signaling?
19 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/27/2022 12:22:03 AM (No. 1111138)
The ongoing politicization of events like this are why nobody watches them anymore. Heck, why not get Gretl Thornbush up there to harangue everyone before getting some phony children's award?
16 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Norway 3/27/2022 12:36:22 AM (No. 1111146)
I already boycott the Oscars, and have for years. Penn is late to the prom.
27 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 3/27/2022 2:08:55 AM (No. 1111167)
Way ahead of you Mr Madonna, haven’t watched in years
24 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
EQKimball 3/27/2022 2:09:03 AM (No. 1111168)
Zelensky’s people are dying and fleeing their homes. Addressing a crowd of rich, sartorially splendored, bejeweled, pampered actors posing for cameras at a preprandial gala, would trivialize his sacrifice and the depravity of his enemy. Just say no.
15 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
DW626 3/27/2022 4:27:01 AM (No. 1111189)
What are the Oscars?
10 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
mifla 3/27/2022 4:41:34 AM (No. 1111194)
They should let him speak. The ratings can only go up since no one currently watches the Oscars.
8 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lanetam 3/27/2022 6:25:50 AM (No. 1111222)
We don't watch the Oscars to see the current events and politics. We watch movies to get a break from the news. That is why I have not watched the Oscars for years.
7 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 3/27/2022 7:31:20 AM (No. 1111249)
What a dork!
6 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
philsner 3/27/2022 7:33:29 AM (No. 1111251)
Lol. Hey Sean, you don't need a boat! the water is only 6 inches deep!
5 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
FunOne 3/27/2022 7:35:43 AM (No. 1111252)
Proof that the Oscar Awards have now are accepted as a political event--more important than just another awards program.
8 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/27/2022 8:19:13 AM (No. 1111298)
Don’t go to movies, don’t watch television, haven’t watched the Oscars since the 80s at least.
At this point the enemedia, Hollywood and the demonrats have gone in full bore for Ukraine. Which makes me think that maybe we shouldn’t be supporting that country. I am saddened and disgusted by what is happening to the people there, but have decided that I’m not choosing sides on this one.
9 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
padiva 3/27/2022 8:35:17 AM (No. 1111313)
Is this event televised? I don't own a television. No problems in my life.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
cor-vet 3/27/2022 8:49:09 AM (No. 1111329)
If the 'stars' boycott the Oscar's, it would be the 1st show in history with '0' viewers!
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 3/27/2022 9:17:38 AM (No. 1111358)
Zelensky is being the flavor of day dictator he's too busy for you airheads in Hollywood just send your 'lawyers, guns and money' to quote Warren Zevon. Sean Penn don't you have some water to deliver in Africa somewhere? Zelensky is going to bilk the United States along with NATO for all it's worth to stay the corrupt dictator don't fall for this nonsense from a former stand up comic. We don't belong there it's the Nazis vs Soviets fight not ours.
6 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 3/27/2022 9:19:18 AM (No. 1111360)
Apologies for a second post send an Oscar to Zelensky for his great performance as a dictator he would appreciate that.
7 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 3/27/2022 9:39:35 AM (No. 1111386)
Who watches the Oscars?
2 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/27/2022 9:40:04 AM (No. 1111388)
The boycott has been in place for a long time, try to keep up, Spicoli. Penn did one smart thing in his life by marrying Madonna and she did one smart thing in hers, divorcing him.
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
marbles 3/27/2022 9:55:07 AM (No. 1111413)
The " I Care " blue and yellow ribbons will be out in force tonight.
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Up until 2019, Zelensky had a show in Ukraine about a high school teacher whose viral rant wound up getting him installed in the job of president. Show is on Netflix and is called Servant of the People. Remember how the Left in this country slammed Reagan as 'just an actor'? Reagan had a lot of political experience before he became president. But they don't like talking about that. Not surprising Penn wants to support another puppet who is unfit for the job he currently is making a mess of.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 3/27/2022 10:52:05 AM (No. 1111479)
Well at least Sean went to the Ukraine, he may actually know more than most about what's happening in the Ukraine.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
DVC 3/27/2022 2:53:55 PM (No. 1111677)
I have no opinion on this speech, but Penn is an extreme leftist idiot.
My default position is anything Sean Penn is for, I will be against. Perhaps in this case....I don't really care one way or the other.
But still, he's a total pile of manure.
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