Sean Penn, the acclaimed actor and outspoken political commentator, shared a concise but powerful reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist fatally shot at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. Speaking to Vanity Fair just 24 hours after the tragedy, Penn acknowledged, “I was not surprised at all,” reflecting concerns over increasing political violence.
Penn, promoting his new film One Battle After Another, described Kirk’s murder as a disturbing event that seemed to Walker, “like a kind of horror moving into fashion.” He emphasized ongoing processing of the incident’s implications for the nation.
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Known for his critical stance on politics, Penn lamented the growing intolerance fueling such acts and called for deeper understanding and discourse between opposing views.
