{"id":44299,"date":"2015-03-09T00:53:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44299"},"modified":"2015-03-09T00:53:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:53:44","slug":"sean-penn-has-no-apologies-for-his-green-card-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/09\/sean-penn-has-no-apologies-for-his-green-card-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Penn has “no apologies” for his green card joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEVERLY HILLS, California — Sean Penn opened up about the green card joke heard `round the world on Saturday in Beverly Hills during a promotional tour for his new film “The Gunman,” saying that he has “absolutely no apologies” for his comment. The actor-director also offered up choice words for those who didn’t recognize the irony in his remarks.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 22 at the 87th Academy Awards, Penn, tasked with presenting the best picture award, made waves when he opened the envelope and first asked “Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?” before announcing the winner as “Birdman.”<\/p>\n

Directed by the Mexican-born Alejandro I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, many wondered whether the joke was distasteful. The term “green card” refers to a document that confers permanent residency on immigrants in the United States.<\/p>\n

“I found it hilarious,” I\u00f1\u00e1rritu said after the ceremony. “Sean and I have that kind of brutal (relationship) where only true friendship can survive.”<\/p>\n

I\u00f1\u00e1rritu directed Penn in the 2003 film “21 Grams” and the two remain close to this date.<\/p>\n

“I make on him a lot of very tough jokes that I will not tell you,” I\u00f1\u00e1rritu added.<\/p>\n

While I\u00f1\u00e1rritu’s casual dismissal of any perceived offense helped to temper the public response to the comment, Penn has remained largely silent on the topic.<\/p>\n

“I’m always surprised by flagrant stupidity. I keep having more hope,” said Penn of the widespread outrage that followed the moment.<\/p>\n

“The fact is that I understand it. I see it all the time. When somebody sees the opportunity to frame something in the comfort that it will be common-that they can do that and they can get a group to look at them and that they will take on those positions and never really think about what it was,” he added.<\/p>\n

“I have absolutely no apologies,” Penn said with calm resolve.<\/p>\n

“In fact, I have a big (expletive) you for every…anybody who is so stupid not to have gotten the irony when you’ve got a country that is so xenophobic,” he said. “If they had their way, you wouldn’t have great filmmakers like Alejandro working in this country. Thank god we do.”<\/p>\n

Penn also clarified that the order of his comments were intentional.<\/p>\n

“There’s a little inside humor with he and I where I know, and wanted to know, that he would be the first person in that room to know that his film won,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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