The temperature was rising through the roof at the gala and the audience members were at the very edges of their seats. People were chewing on their finger nails in anticipation of what Madonna and Penn were going to do next. Imagine everyone’s surprise when the sultry blonde singer leaned in and whispered in to her former husband’s ear that she was in love with him still!
It wasn’t just the audience that was surprised by this, as Penn had a look of bewilderment on his face, too. And just when he thought things couldn’t get any more intense, he turned around to find old pictures of them from their former life as a happy couple displayed on a large screen behind them.
Dance Party
Before Penn could even get the words out of his mouth that he’d take her up on the strange proposal, Madonna decided to take the performance in another direction. The bridal waltz came over the loud speakers and Penn found himself in an awkward situation on stage. Madonna shimmied and shook all over stage in some kind of an impromptu not-so-private dance.
Penn may have been okay with this, had it not been in front of all of the eyes in the audience, including Madonna’s eleven-year-old son, David. But the fact that her son was there didn’t stop Sean from whipping out a pair of handcuffs and taking the steam factor up even more.
Think Of Anything?
Madonna pulled the audience in through the power of her voice as soon as Penn slid the handcuffs on to her wrist. She leaned in to the microphone to tantalizingly joke about the “many moments,” of their marriage. The audience laughed, of course, everyone knowing that she was obviously referencing the media circus created by the false reports.
The same media circus that apparently isn’t the reason that the pair split at all. They joked and laughed and looked cozy in one another’s company, all while raising money for charity and keeping the audience very, very entertained!
Friend Zone
Even though it was all purely speculation, many publications were insistent that Penn and Madonna were nothing more than friends at this point. But with Madonna making moves like what was happening onstage that night, everyone was left wondering if there was any truth behind those rumors, or if they were in fact getting back together right before their very eyes.
After the wonderful reunion in front of the gala crowd, Penn’s was outbid, although his offer was very generous. But after that sultry performance, plenty of other big spending Hollywood gentlemen in the crowd that wanted to get their hands on some of Madonna’s stuff!
The List Goes On
Leave it to Penn to move from one amazing woman to another, just as he did when he began dating supermodel Petra Nemcova in 2008 – or at least, that’s what the reports said. At the time, he and former wife Robin Wright were taking some time apart and had mutually decided to see other people. Nemcova is another strong-willed woman, which seems like Penn’s type.
Just ask his former girlfriend Shannon Costello, who actually worked as the director of communications for his Haitian relief charity organization. Penn and Costello were together for a short while after his split with Scarlett Johannsson.