Before we get to Charlize Theron and Sean Penn being awkward, glum and ham-faced (he was ham-faced, she was glum), take a moment to enjoy Charlize’s spectacular Dior tuxedo at Friday night’s premiere of The Last Face. This is one of the best lady’s tuxedos I’ve ever seen! She looks so sexy with the deep-V of the blouse and the diamonds. Amazing!

As for the glumness and the hamface, it was pretty bad. The photocall earlier in the day was – by ALL accounts – awkward as hell. Charlize and Sean didn’t interact at all, and they kept at least two people in between them at all times. As People Mag points out, the discomfort didn’t end at the photocall – they had to sit down for the press conference too, and it was just awful. Of course, the film was utterly savaged by critics too, so that didn’t help.

After ending their two-year relationship almost a year ago, exes Charlize Theron and Sean Penn avoided one another while doing press in Cannes for their new movie The Last Face.

“There was no contact between them,” a source tells PEOPLE. “Not a thing. Really, like they’d never met.”

Theron, 40, hit the carpet first, smiling in a knee-length pink scalloped dress with matching belt. She accessorized the look with black strappy heels and bright red lips. The two never interacted directly during the press event.

“There was always someone in between them – at least one person. It was like they were on two separate orbits,” a source explained. The distance remained at the film’s press conference – with three actors sitting between Theron and Penn. The two did not acknowledge each other while speaking to reporters.

“[Penn] had on a poker face, and stared straight ahead when [Theron] spoke,” a source said. Theron, meanwhile, looked around when Penn spoke.

“Sort of like watching ice in a freezer,” added the source.

[From People]

“Sort of like watching ice in a freezer” is how I would describe most of what Charlize does, for better or for worse. Like, she’s great when she’s playing ice queens and bitches, but it does seem like typecasting because chica has no warmth. Then again, we have no idea what really did go down between them around this time last year. We only know that it was over suddenly and she was completely done. She iced him out. She ghosted him!

Now, they did manage to interact a little bit at the premiere later on the day. Sean came to the premiere with his kids, Dylan and Hopper. Hopper interacted with Charlize while Dylan posed with Sean. For all of Sean’s many faults, I think he was smart to bring his kids as his dates. It was a better call than if Sean had arrived with a bevy of blondes on his arms, you know? And so Charlize rewarded him with some brief contact once they posed separately on the carpet. Once they were up the steps, she went up to Sean and they had a brief embrace and kissed each other’s cheeks. It was still awkward as hell, but better. Charlize does have a look on her face like she just got a whiff of rancid ham though. Once you go ham, you can always go back.

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