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Us Weekly was the first to report that Charlize Theron and Sean Penn had ended their engagement and broken up. Us Weekly reported that last week, although it seems like Charlize and Sean have been done for almost a month, pretty much after the Cannes Film Festival. So, what happened? Radar said that Penn was “overly critical” of Charlize and that she just reached her breaking point, and that Penn was still trying to get back with her. And now Us Weekly – the outlet that broke the news – has some more info.

Straight to voicemail. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn appeared more in love than ever, but just like that, the Mad Max: Fury Road actress stopped picking up her phone. An insider close to Penn tells Us Weekly exclusively that Theron abruptly stopped speaking with the actor during the Cannes Film Festival last month.

“Charlize wasn’t responding to his calls and texts,” the source tells Us. “She just cut it off.”

Us broke the news in December 2014 that the longtime friends became secretly engaged after a year of dating, and of their split on Wednesday. Theron, 39, and The Gunman actor, 54, kept close at Cannes in the south of France, which makes the news even more shocking.

“Sean and Charlize looked very happy together while at the Hotel Du Cap,” a second onlooker tells Us, “with no signs of tension or a breakup.”

The stars may not be speaking for now, but they will be bumping into each other in the future. Penn recently wrapped directing the drama The Last Face, which stars Theron.

[From Us Weekly]

Apparently, the abrupt cut-off thing has a name – it’s called “ghosting.” Which sounds more like a CIA thing than a relationship thing. Once again, we’re left with the impression that Charlize was the one to end things. Once again, we’re left with the impression that this really did happen suddenly, like they were totally in love one minute and then nothing. My guess is that Sean Penn knows what he did and that whatever it was, there’s no coming back. So if he knows what he did, is it cool to cut off contact completely? I have mixed feelings about the practice (and I’ve ghosted guys and female friends), but if you do it to the right person, they get the message.

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