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    Ozzie Guillen: Harsh words for actor Sean Penn

    The always outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen calls actor Sean Penn "a loser" for his comments after a trip to Venezuela. Guillen also says in the interview with Yahoo! Sports that he'll personally show parts of his native country the Oscar-winning actor may not have toured during a short trip to Venezuela.

    "This is Venezuela bro," Guillen says about rougher areas of the country he'd show Penn. "This is Venezuela. Not the one they show you."

    Ian Casselberry of Yahoo! explains the background of Guillen's ire:

    What beef does Guillen have with Penn? The actor continues to defend Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Back in March, Penn appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" to criticize the media for going along with the U.S. government's labeling of Chavez as a dictator. Guillen fired off a response on Twitter, saying it was easy for a well-paid celebrity who doesn't live in Venezuela to stick up for Chavez.

    Also in the video interview, Guillen speaks of his "brotherly" relationship with former Major League Baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina, who is serving time in a Venezuelan prison, and his views on the tough Arizona law on illegal immigrants.

     

    530 comments

    • David  •  9 mths ago
      Yet again, Sean Penn demonstrates what a mindless twit he is when pontificating his silly liberal politics, especially where Hugo Chavez is concerned.
      • hansolodrwho 9 mths ago
        Because he disagrees with you? By invoking the "L" word, you demonstrate that you have an agenda here of your own, and my experiences with the right shows me just how much mindlessness there is on that end of the spectrum.
    • i.s.!  •  9 mths ago
      good for Ozzie, sean penn is a complete piece of CRAP!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      I have nothing kind to say about Sean Penn. I will not patronize any of his projects. He believes America should be a third-world country run by dictatorship. He is another person who hates America, yet managed to stand it long enough to become rich and famous.
      • BBBB 9 mths ago
        Amen sister!
      • A Yahoo! User 9 mths ago
        BBBB, thank you!
      • galeval 9 mths ago
        Don't forget to add Angie Hartman (former model and so-so tv actress) and director Spike Lee on your list. These four people have one thing in common. The more they talk about politics, the worst their careers gets.
    • jb  •  9 mths ago
      Penn is a typical hollywood #$%$
      • Truthseeker 9 mths ago
        ozzies act is getting real old and boring shutup ozzie you and your bumbling baby family
    • phil j.  •  9 mths ago
      tell it like it is Ozzie, penn is another hollywood #$%$ defending a COMMUNIST DICTATOR.
      • WILLIAM 9 mths ago
        Funny, I thought Venezuela was still a democracy.
      • phil j. 9 mths ago
        hey William get your head out of your @ $ $ .
    • Jessica  •  9 mths ago
      Actors and actresses should stick to what they know: acting, and stop trying to be politicians as well.
      • Your mom 9 mths ago
        Does that include St. Ronald of Reagan, too??
      • G. Halas 9 mths ago
        Well since he was PRESIDENT of our great country...NO Stop posting you moron.
      • Ffefufnic 9 mths ago
        Reagan, the incredible exception. Why do all the left leaning hollywood types go gaga over marxism? And especially support this commie in the white house?
    • Ina  •  9 mths ago
      I have immigrated from a dictatorial country, and I do know very well what a dictatorship regime does to a country and to a nation and its people.
      People like Mr. Pen that are lucky to have a profession that make them recognizable in the public and increase the impact of their words in public cause such a huge damage to the people that suffers in those countries. I can not believe how he is not capable to understand that he is a victim of a propaganda and his ignorance hurts people. Sometimes he makes me think that maybe it is not just the ignorance the source of his comments and support for this kind of regimes.
    • Shawn  •  9 mths ago
      Never been a White Sox or Guillen fan but good for Ozzie. Penn has his head stuck up his own #$%$ and no clue about teh REAL world. All that $$ buys you a posh blanket to cover your eyes from reality.
    • Queer Phillips  •  9 mths ago
      Who has a bigger PP? Sean Penn or OZzie Guillen?
    • Malu  •  9 mths ago
      Mr. Penn should go to Venezuela without bodyguards and live like most people there and see what is life with electricity shortages, water shortages, criminality, inflation and then, he can give his opinion. Ahhh I forgot. And listen to Chavez´s non-stopping rattle on TV.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      When will people get smart and stop listening to these idiots from Hollywood. They live in a pretend world. The only reality they know is what the script says. To get sucked in by a dictator like Chavez shows Penn has no sense at all.
    • fernando  •  9 mths ago
      Hey Sean, Stick to acting, its what you're good at. You are completely clueless on everything else.
    • Renegade  •  9 mths ago
      This isn't the only Venezuelan to criticize Sean Penn for this. Maria Conchita Alonso, former Miss Venezuela, and co-star of Sean Penn's had some strong words for him too. He needs to stick to acting....he really has no clue what he is talking about.
    • S  •  9 mths ago
      way to go ozzie is right!!!!!!!!!!! this goofy actor is total loser with the brain of a 5 year old.
    • Timothy  •  9 mths ago
      Senn Penn should come and talk to my wife who is from Venezuela. She was the victim of an attempted kidnapping by thugs of Chavez. She had to have surgery on her nose. Her only crime was trying to exercise free speech against Chavez. Senn Penn is an idiot and uneducated Hollywood bum that has no idea what he is talking about. Do the US a favor and move to Venezula or Cuba.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Ozzie knows the real Venezuela.
    • Cecilia Colasuono  •  9 mths ago
      Hey, why hasn't Washington made Sean Czar of something???????
    • J  •  9 mths ago
      Sean Penn needs to concentrate on what he does best, pretending to be someone he is not and getting paid to work in a land of fantasy. What a jackass.
    • John C  •  9 mths ago
      Sean Penn, besides the fact that he's infatuated with dictators and other totalitarian lunatics, has the IQ of a kumquat. Who really expects a totalitarianism-enamored kumquat to know what it's talking about?
    • The Other  •  9 mths ago
      Sean Penn would probably get a nice tour of the Kremlin and then think Stalin was an OK guy