But during a recent interview Penn had with Anderson Cooper on CNN, the 64-year-old made a controversial comparison between the fires and another ongoing humanitarian crisis that earned backlash from people.
During the conversation between Penn and Cooper, the two men discussed the fires and how devastating they have been, leading Penn to draw a comparison to the war in Gaza.
"It’s sort of, you know, it’s Gaza West up there," he said. "We know that there are going to be wildfires in this area… so people choose to live in this area. But for the people living in, in particular, Pacific Palisades and Altadena and so on, this is so unexpected."
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Another person who criticized the comment wrote on X, "Turn on CNN Sean Penn: Palisades is Gaza West. Immediately Turn off CNN. WTF. Who lets these people speak?"
Throughout the rest of Penn's conversation with Cooper, he talked about how he is helping with relief efforts and his thoughts on the destruction from the fires.
Penn and Ann Lee founded the relief organization CORE in reaction to the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, but it has gone on to provide aid during many more natural disasters and other emergencies in the years since.
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