Thursday, June 23, 2011

June 30, 1985 - Madonna and Sean Penn - Franklin, Tennessee





The biggest, greatest and sexiest love affair of the 1980's - Sean Penn and Madonna.

Before they got married and before her fabulous ass kicking performance at Live Aid, Madonna was visiting Sean Penn on the set of At Close Range in Tennessee. She had just finished her Virgin Tour on June 11, 1985. Sean had been filming for several months in Nashville, Tennessee. They were staying at the Mawxwell House Hotel.

On Sunday June 30th, Madonna went out for a run up and through Buena Vista Park and when she returned, her and Sean were walking through the hotel grounds. Sun tabloid reporters Laurence Cottrell and Ian Markham-Smith started shooting photos. Sean flipped, grabbed a rock and threw it at Cottrell and started beating the shyt out of Cottrell. From this moment on, nobody felt comfortable approaching Sean Penn on the streets. Ha!