Sean Penn : Gets Taken To The Cleaners

Sean Penn normally doesn't talk about his personal life , but while discussing his efforts in Haiti with The Hollywood Reporter , the two time Oscar-winner let slip on why he'll have to start making some money again soon .

"I didn't have commitments  , except for way in the future ; I had nothing pressing ," he said of how he was able to spend most of  2010 in Haiti. "I got practical issues ... I had just got taken for one-half  of everything I  had  in the divorce , so it's not like I don't have to work ."

Penn is , of course , talking about his split from ex-wife Robin Wright , which was finalize  July 22 after several failed reconciliations in the span  of three years .

The Penns first filed for divorce in 2007 , but reconciled a month later . Then , in April 2009 , the Oscar-winning actor asked for a legal separation in court , but retracted his bid the following month . That August Robin Wright  decided to call it quits again and filed for a divorce .

While Robin Wright have spoken of the split on occasion .... telling  MORE magazine she had  "no regrets" ... Penn has always been more grounded .

This summer , Penn told Vanity Fair , "She (Wright) is a ghost to me now ." In his interview with THR , Penn said  that aside from the monetary aspects of his divorce , the separation from his kids , 19-year-old Dylan , and 17-year-old son Hopper , has been worse .

"A much more profound change in life for me personally was not being able to raise my son in a whole family through high school," he said .

Juat a thought : Here's hoping the Penns'  can be decent with each other for the sake of their kids  ...let  the kids know  even they are not together they both support their childrens  (Dylan  &  Hopper Penn)