Entertainment | Sean Penn Sean Penn Wishes 'Rectal Cancer' on His Detractors Actor not pleased with critics of his Haiti relief efforts By Evann Gastaldo Posted Mar 5, 2010 8:21 AM CST Copied Sean Penn visits the US 82nd Airborne Division's forward operating base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Don’t get on Sean Penn’s bad side, or he might wish a very unpleasant death upon you. The actor responded to detractors who say his relief work in Haiti is just his attempt to take attention away from his divorce with the usual grace, the New York Daily News reports. “Do I hope that those people die screaming of rectal cancer? Yeah,” says Penn in an interview airing on CBS this weekend. “But I'm not going to spend a lot of energy on it.” Read These Next CBS News boss pulls 60 Minutes segment critical of Trump policy. Slate examines the 'spiritual rot' of today's Vegas. Trump's cries against iffy mortgages may lead back to him. Coast Guard chases oil tanker. Report an error