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Julia Andrews's avatar

“Sean was floating on thick, girthy rainbows of nonstop glittering awesomeness and validation and total life satisfaction.”

Amazing 👏🏼

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Annette Laing's avatar

Brilliant. This is the first time I've read what I experienced in two lunches with minor male celebs, thirty years apart: Unless and until the convo is about their wonderfulness, they're not even present. They don't have to be interesting, and so they're not. Never again. Thanks for this!

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

They really are like that. Thanks Ms. Laing!!

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Annette Laing's avatar

I's like to add that the late character actor Victor Wong (famous in his day!) was a notable exception. I watched him deflect flattery with a frown and wave of his hand. He lived life in Sacramento in the 80s like a normal person, and I so enjoyed my brief meeting with him.

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Rivets's avatar

"Big Jacuzzi of Stardom". Perfect.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Howdy Rivets! Thanks!!

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MonalisaSmile's avatar

So many good lines in this piece. Solid gold. And Sean Penn's higher-than-high ego had nothing to do with your obvious intelligence and attractiveness. His loss.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Why thank you so much, Woman of Mystery.

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MonalisaSmile's avatar

Yessiree. With my content, I need to remain mysterious.

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Joe Tripician's avatar

You have the best "Encounters with Rando Celebrities" stories.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thanks Joe!

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Ryan's avatar

Delicious! The origins of XXX Love Act revealed ❤️

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Teófilo de Jesús's avatar

“Peak Madonna” as opposed to...?

Keep’em coming, Ms. Cintra!

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ursula's avatar

that el camino... i saw that car in jacks driveway one night. when i got to jacks gate, as he buzzed me in, he says he wants me to meet someone. but wouldnt say who. and then i see this crappy, primerd el camino blocking the driveway. it looked like shite.... this was when he and jack were doing crossing guard... sean must have had it fixed up after. oh hey cintra, he was trying to impress you! even played the brando tape to try to impress you.... he brings all the girls he likes in that car. i personally have never been inside.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

You think he was? That's bonkers. I didn't get that impression, but maybe I'm an idiot.

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Cristie Anton's avatar

I can’t stand actors having worked with them many times. They’re the worst. He was rude to you. Too bad he did nt do your play. He missed out.

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ursula's avatar

i loooove actors ...... but only the A-List'ers

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Jeremy's avatar

I’m curious... was your play written and maybe submitted to the Organic Theater in Chicago by, like, 1991? If so, I read it as an intern there. If not, well, someone else wanted to write about the Mitchell brothers. Anyhow, small world maybe, and that was a vivid little piece about a brush with fame there.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

It's possible. My play got around for a while.

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Sam Ray's avatar

What just happened? Cintra does it again! Sharing her Sean Penn experience with us on audio is seven minutes of mesmerizing fun with seriously excellent female Hunter S. Thompson vibes.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you dear Sam! Everybody should read Counter-Narcissist Intelligence!

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Sam Ray's avatar

Likewise dear Cintra! Everybody should read CW Feels Your Pain!

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Janine de Novais's avatar

this is so satisfying as a die hard Madonna fan who also loved peak Madonna era Sean. One could always tell that he was Marlon Brando-ing through his life (to great effect)

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𝐃𝐮𝐕𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗's avatar

Living dat B-Minus Life is a Plus 4 mee. Carry on.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

So good to see you, Mr. Knox!

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𝐃𝐮𝐕𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗's avatar

Its good 2 B seen, Sista Wilson.

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Dihlon McManne's avatar

Good one Cinch! I remember your play very well. Didn’t you also bring it to The Actors Gang in LA? Who was the AD at The Magic back then? Was her initials M.H. By chance? We had our own kerfuffle with a show I was in there... As much as I admire Penn’s talent, I always had the suspicion that he was a pint sized douchebag. You have now confirmed my assessment.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

I think it was acquired situational douchebagism -- fame will do that to ya. He's a nice enough character. Bit of a messiah complex perhaps.

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James Belcher's avatar

Fun stuff. Including Medusa Dearest.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thanks James!!

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Joe Donohoe's avatar

Ha ha. A hoot of a piece. I'm glad I've only met the intellectual celebrities and Helen Mirren, who I didn't know when I met her. She was quite down to earth.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Oooh Helen Mirren . That's a 14-point buck in terms of celebrity encounters.

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Joe Donohoe's avatar

Cocktails at Homestead after my cab shift. We talked about Jack Parsons and Scientology and on the way out bar tender said to me “That was Helen Mirren.

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