Wyclef Jean Takes Cheap Shots at Sean Penn For Haiti Comments

Wyclef Jean Sings to The Masses About Sean Penn. (AP Images)"]

Haitian-American singer, Wyclef Jean is making headlines today after making comments linking actor Sean Penn to cocaine sniffing. Wyclef made such claims during a concert where he sang his song “President” and changed some of the lyrics around to lash out at Penn who openly expressed his thoughts about his presidency during a CNN interview.

Wyclef who announced his interest in running for president of Haiti in August, did not qualify due to him not meeting the proper residency requirements. If anyone is to run for president of Haiti, they must reside in the country for at least five years.

The problem started when Sean Penn made certain comments during a CNN interview with Larry King where the actor expressed his feelings about Wyclef running for president. He referred to Wyclef’s campaign as being “about a vision of flying around the world, talking to people.” He also touched on his feelings about Wyclef’s Haitian Charity where over $400,000 which was donated went missing or was mishandled.

His next comment was made to the Huffington Post where he criticized the singer for being absent after the January Haitian earthquake. "None among us felt or expressed anger toward it, but rather a universal sadness for his silence, as he is America's most admired cultural link to Haiti," the actor wrote.

Needless to say that those comments led to Wyclef’s recent backlash during a Hot 97 concert where he openly sang "I got a message for Sean Penn: Maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine," he sang.

As for Sean Penn, his rep released a comment saying that Wyclef isn’t aware of the physical demands of the life of a Haitian volunteer and that Sean’s volunteer organization has a zero tolerance policy on illicit drug use. He also commented on Mr. Jean’s comments being reckless and saddening, but not surprising.

So it seems that Wyclef took the comments to heart and made a fool out of himself by responding to criticism foolishly. His comments let the world know that he probably wasn’t quite ready to take on the challenge of running for president.

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