Chalize Theron denies ghosting Sean Penn before split

There were reports that Charlize Theron was ghosting Sean Penn before their break up last year but the actress has rubbished it, calling it a "crazy story".
The actress opened up about her split with Penn for the April issue of WSJ magazine.
"There is a need to sensationalize things. When you leave a relationship there has to be some ... Crazy story or some crazy drama. And the ... Ghosting thing, like literally, I still don't even know what it is. It's just its own beast," she said.
"We were in a relationship and then it didn't work anymore. And we both decided to separate. That's it."

The actress said she was particularly annoyed the speculation surrounding her son, Jackson.
"We were very, very new in a relationship. The stories that Sean was going to adopt Jackson, and all of that was not true. It's not something that happens in 18 months. You can't do that to a child," she said.

Theron, however, credited Penn for being careful and understanding about her adopted son.
"There was an understanding that I was a single mom with a very young boy who I had to put in a situation where he understood that Mommy dates, but that he does not have a father, you know what I mean?.

"You have to be very careful and very honest about that stuff. And Sean was great with all of that."
The actress, 40, said she felt responsible and adopted her second child August as a single mother even though they were in a relationship.
"And in my honesty about wanting to have more kids, there was an understanding that a relationship had to go somewhere before it was going to be-what you hope for, which ultimately did not happen.
"I couldn't foresee that, but that stuff takes time and I think it's my responsibility as a mother to protect my child from that. And we had a very clear understanding. He knew that I was thinking about filing for another adoption, but that we weren't filing together.