Robin Wright has reflected on the difficulties of parenting with her now ex husband Sean Penn.
The actress, 59, and Sean separated in 2007, and after briefly rekindling their relationship, divorced for good in 2010. They share kids Dylan Frances Penn, 34, and Hopper Jack Penn, 32.
In a new interview, Robin she told how she struggled parenting with the star, 65, as he was away for work a lot and was much of a tougher figure in their lives.
She told The Sunday Times: ‘He was gone so much of the time. He’d come back and be the policeman and then he’d leave me with the residue.
‘Then I would soften the blow. We were both extremes. They didn’t get that grey area in the middle, which is stern, and that is what they needed.’
Over the years, Hopper has been candid about the struggles he’s faced in his personal life including his addiction to crystal meth and how his father helped him out of it.
Robin Wright has reflected on the difficulties of parenting with her now ex husband Sean Penn (pictured in 2005)
The actress, 59, and Sean, who divorced in 2010, share kids Dylan Frances Penn, 34, and Hopper Jack Penn, 32 (L-R: Dylan, Robin, Hopper)
Speaking to ES Magazine, Hopper previously said: ‘I was doing a lot of stuff but meth was the main one that brought me down. I went to rehab because I woke up in hospital and my dad said, ‘Rehab? Or bus bench?’ I was like, ‘I’ll take the bed.’
‘Thank God I got out of that because that was the worst time in my life. Because it’s not fun when it gets to a point where you just need it.’
Dylan has worked as a model and an actress following in her parents’ footsteps.
The couple met on the set of State of Grace in 1990 and had an on-off relationship before marrying in 1996.
When their relationship became front page news they moved to a small town near San Francisco where Robin stepped back from acting to focus on motherhood.
As much as she still believes this was the right decision, she said she would have done some things differently in how she raised her children.
She added to the publication: ‘I have a huge regret as a mother and have experienced the fallout of this regret for many years with my kids – I wasn’t hard enough on them.’
The exes started dating in 1989, and were wed from 1996 to 2010.
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She said: ‘He was gone so much of the time. He’d come back and be the policeman and then he’d leave me with the residue’ (seen in 2009)
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Sean and Robin have a history of splitting up and getting back together.
They wed in 1996 then planned on divorcing in December 2007 but called it off four months later.
They separated again in April 2009, but withdrew the documents the following month; however, Robin filed the divorce documents in August 2009 and their divorce was finalized in July 2010.
Robin and Sean began a relationship in 1989 following his divorce from Madonna.
Sean was married to n actress Leila George, 31, from 2020 to 2022.
The Santa Monica, California, native made his film debut in the 1981 film Taps that also starred George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox and Tom Cruise.
Sean has won Oscars for his roles in the 2003 mystery drama Mystic River and the 2008 biopic Milk.
Dylan and Sean seen in 2021. Dylan has worked as a model and an actress following in her parents’ footsteps