When did Charlize Theron and Sean Penn break up and why?
CHARLIZE Theron has denied ever being engaged to Sean Penn in a new interview with Howard Stern.
The actress, 44, appeared on the show to discuss her new Netflix project, The Old Guard.
The South African star was blindsided when the host made the baseless assumption about her former relationship.
When were Charlize Theron and Sean Penn together?
Charlize and Sean, 59, were reportedly together from 2013 to 2015 according to .
The pair were friends for years, Charlize claimed in a in 2014.
“It just kind of naturally happened, and before I knew it, I was in something that was making my life better - the people who really love me can see the effect it has had on me,” she told Vogue at the time.
The actress said she's never felt in need of a relationship.
"On the lives of my children, I’ve never been lonely. I’ve never felt alone," she told 66-year-old Stern on the topic of romance.
"My life right now just doesn’t allow a lot of room for something like that to happen," the actress continued.
"But in saying that, there’s not this thing that drives me [to have a romantic relationship]."
She continued, "I enjoy being set up on dates but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to live with somebody again.
"To be totally frank, they might have to buy the house next to me. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to deal with that ever again, I’m too old for that s***."
Why did they break up?
The couple reportedly split in June 2015.
A few months prior to their breakup, Sean reportedly proposed to Charlize in Paris according to
The 44-year-old actress debunked these rumors on the Stern show.
Neither party commented on the reason behind the split.
The two supposedly remained amicable, working together on reshoots for the movie The Last Face, which Penn directed.
Why did she deny being engaged to him?
The Mad Max: Fury Road star was quick to put radio host Howard Stern in his place after he claimed the star "almost got married to Sean."
“That’s not true,” she said. “That’s not true. No. I did not ‘almost get married to Sean.’ That’s such bulls**t."
“We dated. That was literally all we did.”
Theron continued: “we dated and then we didn’t date. It was a relationship, for sure."
"We were definitely exclusive, but it was for barely a year.
“We never moved in or… like, no, I wasn’t gonna marry him. It was nothing like that.”
Charlize went on to emphasize the fact that she “never wanted to get married,” saying that it has “never been something that’s important to me.”
Who else has Charlize Theron been with?
Before she dated Sean, the Bombshell star previously had a long-term relationship with actor
The two met on the set of the 2002 movie Trapped before calling it quits in January 2010.
The pair dated for nine years.
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