Sean Penn Says He's Still 'So In Love' With Leila George While Admitting He Was 'Very Neglectful' To Her

Sean Penn is admitting his wrongs when it comes to his relationship with estranged wife, Leila George.

In a new interview, the 61-year-old filmmaker opened up about being neglectful to Leila during their marriage.

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Sean opened up about the future with Leila and looked back at his faults while speaking with the Hollywood Authentic magazine, but not before saying that he’s “so in love with” her.

“I only see [her] on a day-to-day basis now, because I f***ed up the marriage. We were married technically for one year, but for five years, I was a very neglectful guy,” he shared. “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, by watching the Trump era, by watching it and just despairing.”

Sean went on to say that he learned that he needed to make some big changes when he realized that “beautiful, incredibly kind, imaginative, talented young women who get 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***.’ ”

He also admits that he doesn’t “know what’s going to happen with us” even though they have been spending some time together recently.

“I know that this is my best friend in the world and definitely the most influential, inspiring person, outside of my own blood, that anybody could ask to have in their life.”

Sean then shared how he’s changed himself to be able to prioritize his loved ones.

“Now, when I wash the dishes, I don’t answer my phone. If I’m with my wife for a day, I don’t have my phone on, even though I’m juggling a lot of things. I don’t juggle them better by taking more calls. I can have my phone off and not watch the news for 12 hours now. And even when I’m stressed, I’m never stressed the way I used to be. Because we’ve all had our heart broken at some point.”

He concluded, “Although I still need vodka and an Ambien to get to sleep at night, I don’t use them to hide from the world now like I used to. I hope I’ve learned not to let everything overlap with me anymore. And that I really put priority in my family, in my wife, in my life, in ways that I can plan and control. That’s the theory, anyway.”

Just in the past few weeks, Sean and Leila were seen out on a mini golf date and walking their dogs together.