Mickey Rourke: Sean Penn is a homophobe

While both Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke are in the running for the Best Actor Oscar at the 2009 Academy Awards, there seems to be a little tiff between them.
The Daily Beast got a hold of a text message sent by Mickey to an entertainment insider questioning Sean Penn’s performance as gay activist Harvey Milk.
“Look seans an old friend of mine and i didnt buy his performance at all—thought he did an average pretend acting like he was gay besides hes one of the most homophobic people i kno (sic).”
Rourke’s spokesperson denies the legitmacy of the text. However, after his December 23 appearance on David Letterman, Rourke told someone backstage that he was surprised that so many people seemed to think that Penn was his Oscar competition since “I’m not even sure he’ll get a nomination.”





