Sean Penn Offers Oscar to Ukraine President Zelenskyy

In a latest go to to Kyiv, Sean Penn met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to additional specific his help for Ukraine amid Russia’s navy invasion of the nation. Throughout their encounter, Penn gifted one among his two Oscar statuettes to Zelenskyy as a present.

The alternate was featured in a video shared by Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the minister of inside affairs of Ukraine.

“That is for you. It’s only a symbolic foolish factor, but when I do know that is right here then I’ll really feel higher and powerful sufficient for the fights,” Penn tells Zelenskyy within the video. “Whenever you win, convey it again to Malibu, as a result of I’ll really feel a lot better realizing there’s a chunk of me right here.”

After a sequence of handshakes, Zelenskyy proceeds to take Penn outdoors to disclose an Order of Benefit honor to the actor for his “honest help and vital contribution to the popularization of Ukraine on the earth.” Penn’s identify is proven featured in a commemorative plaque devoted to the actor.

“There are three locations on the earth that each one my delight will likely be — the place the place my daughter was born, the place the place my son was born and this. Thanks,” Penn says.

Penn has been one among Hollywood’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine throughout the ongoing navy battle. In February, the actor was on the bottom in Ukraine filming a documentary for Vice Studios. The actor has met with President Zelenskyy on a number of events since.

The actor had beforehand vowed to publicly “smelt” his Oscars if the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences elected towards asking Zelenskyy to talk throughout the telecast of the 2022 awards ceremony. Whereas Zelenskyy didn’t seem at this 12 months’s Oscars, a proper assertion expressing help for Ukraine was made throughout the ceremony.

Penn has gained two Academy Awards for finest actor over his profession, the primary for 2003’s “Mystic River” and the second for 2008’s “Milk.”