Sean Penn Still Loves His First Wife Madonna 'Very Much'

Sean Penn still has nothing but love in his heart for ex-wife Madonna!

“Ah, I love my first wife very much,” the 57-year-old actor expressed while making an appearance on The Late Show earlier this week.

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Host Stephen Colbert asked Sean to choose between Madonna and Britney Spears in a segment called “Sean Penn-y For Your Thoughts”: “There’s no [comparison]… you don’t compare those things.”

Madonna and Sean ended their four year marriage in 1989 but have remained on good terms since.

Pictured: Sean visiting Barnes & Noble Union Square to discuss his new book “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: A Novel” on Wednesday (March 28) in New York City.