Sean Penn and Girlfriend Valeria Nicov Make Red Carpet Debut

Sean Penn and his new girlfriend, Valeria Nicov, are red carpet official!

Penn, 64, and Nicov, 30, walked the red carpet at the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday, November 30. The famed actor sported a crisp black suit, which matched the color of Nicov’s strapless gown.

For glam, Nicov wore her hair in a slick topknot. She rested her hand on Penn’s back as they posed for photos.

Saturday was the second day of the Morocco-held film festival, in which there was a ceremony tribute to Penn’s career in Hollywood.

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Penn and Nicov, who have a 34-year age gap, have been linked since September, when they were spotted kissing in Madrid. It is Penn’s first relationship since his divorce from ex-wife Leila George.

Us Weekly confirmed in April 2022 that Penn and George, 32, settled their divorce after two years of marriage. Weeks earlier, he admitted that he “f—ed up the marriage.”

“There’s a woman who I’m so in love with, Leila George, who I only see on a day-to-day basis now, because I f—ed up the marriage,” Penn told Hollywood Authentic at the time. “We were married technically for one year, but for five years, I was a very neglectful guy. I was not a f—ing cheat or any of that obvious s—, but I allowed myself to think that my place in so many other things was so important, and that included my place in being totally depressed and driven to alcohol and Ambien at 11 o’clock in the morning by watching the news.”

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He added, “As it turns out — this is going to shock you — [a] beautiful, incredibly kind, imaginative, talented young women who [gets] married to a man quite senior to them in years, they don’t actually love it when they get up from their peaceful night’s sleep and their new husband is on the couch, having been up since 4, watching all of the crap that’s going on in the world and has decided that 10:30 in the morning is a good time to neck a double vodka tonic and an Ambien and say, ‘Good morning, honey. I’m going to pass out for a few hours and get away from all this s—.’ As it turns out, women as described, don’t love that.”

Penn was previously married to Madonna between 1985 and 1989 and Robin Wright between 1996 and 2010, respectively. Penn, who also dated Charlize Theron for two years starting in 2013, shares two children with Wright: Dylan and Hopper.