A few months after her separation from Sean Penn, Charlize Theron had agreed to confide in the reasons which had motivated their break-up. The opportunity for the actress to return to certain rumors, in particular the one who claimed that her former companion was going to adopt her daughter Jackson when they were in a relationship.
Between Charlize Theron and Sean Penn, the love story only lasted a few months. In June 2015, the two actors had decided to separate, without however keeping resentment towards each other. In the columns of WSJ Magazine, Charlize Theron had returned to the reasons for their separation, ensuring that the plates had not flown at the time of the break-up. “There’s no need to make things more sensational than they were. When there is a breakup, there is always a crazy story or dramatic rumors. I never ghosted it, as some have said. We had a story, then it didn’t work anymore. And we both decided to separate. That’s all“, she had explained.
If she says she can’t live with someone anymore, Charlize Theron has never been so fulfilled, she who raises her two children alone Jackson and August, who joined her household in 2012 and 2015.
“Sean was amazing in the process”
When she fell in love with Sean Penn, Charlize Theron had already adopted Jackson. However, there was never any question of the actor initiating adoption proceedings to become the father of his girlfriend’s child. For Charlize Theron, the subject has always been clear: “The rumors that Sean was going to adopt Jackson were false. It is not something that is decided in 18 months. You can’t do that to a child. We had agreed that I was a single mom with a child who had to deal with a situation where he understood that Mom had a boyfriend but that he was not her father. You have to be very careful and honest with these things. And Sean was amazing in the process.“, she had explained.
The actress, who celebrates her 47th birthday this Sunday, August 7, also said that she was already thinking at the time of adopting a second child, and that she had no intention of including Sean Penn in this Steps. “We were clear with each other. He knew I was thinking of adopting again but we wouldn’t do it together“Explanations that have the merit of being clear.