Fresh off her divorce from Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson rebounded with much older actor Sean Penn in 2011. The “We Bought a Zoo” star was 26 when she started her short-lived romance with a then 50-year-old Penn. Their relationship would only last a mere five months, if that.
The pair were first publicly linked when they attended Reese Witherspoon’s wedding to now ex-husband Jim Toth that March. In May of that year, they held hands as they attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and were reportedly all over each other during the event’s afterparty. During their quick run, Johansson and Penn had also vacationed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. But it was all over by that June, with a source claiming to Us Weekly that Penn did not want to pursue a serious relationship. For his part, the “Milk” actor had also just recently divorced his second wife, Robin Wright, with whom he shares two children, in 2010.
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In an April 2012 interview with Vogue, Johansson confirmed her short-lived romance with Penn, but she — as you may have guessed — didn’t appear to have any bad blood with the Oscar winner. “We spent time together, yeah. I never put a title on it, really, but we were seeing each other,” she shared, adding, “He’s a remarkable person. He really is.”
