Sean Penn pops the question to latest love Charlize Theron
AFTER months of feverish speculation Sean Penn has proposed to his girlfriend, actress Charlize Theron, sinking knee deep in the surf during an evening stroll on the shore near her Malibu beach house.
He’s so crazy about Charlize that he’s also given up his gun collection
Miss Theron, who has been dating Penn only since December, gave little away on a recent trip to London but a British actress tells me this is the happy ending she has been looking for.
“She’s over the moon and loves Sean to pieces. He’s the most passionate guy she’s ever known and feels he’s the right man for her.”
Penn, 53, who was married to Madonna for four years and has two grown-up children from his 14-year union with House Of Cards actress Robin Wright, has already had his Californian home baby-proofed to accommodate Charlize’s adopted son Jackson, two.
“He’s so crazy about Charlize that he’s also given up his gun collection,” the friend adds.
South Africa-born Charlize, 38, has hated guns ever since her mother shot her alcoholic father dead after he attacked them on their farm in Johannesburg. Penn has handed his 65-strong arsenal to the artist Jeff Koons to make them into a sculpture.