Sean Penn Slams Wyclef Jean Bid for Haitian Presidency

Wyclef Jean doesn’t have the support of fellow celebrity Sean Penn in his bid for the Haitian presidency. Following Jean’s announcement last night on Larry King Live about running for president of Haiti, Penn questioned the singer’s motives.

“This is somebody who's going to receive an enormous amount of support from the United States, and I have to say I'm very suspicious of it, simply because he, as an ambassador at large, has been virtually silent. For those of us in Haiti, he has been a non-presence,” said Penn, who has been working in Haiti since January’s devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

“I see in Wyclef Jean somebody who could well have been influenced by the promise of support of companies. I think Haiti is clearly vulnerable ... There is a history of American interests coming in and underpaying people,” he continued. “This is a culture of one to two dollars a day, that they were making.”

"I haven't seen or heard anything of [Wyclef Jean] in these last six months that I've been in Haiti. I think he's an important voice. I hope he doesn't sacrifice that voice by taking the eye off the very devastating realities on the ground. I want to see someone who's really, really willing to sacrifice for their country, and not just someone who I personally saw with vulgar entourage of vehicles that demonstrated a wealth in Haiti that, in context, I felt was a very obscene demonstration,” Penn added.

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