Sukuba nexhala, asikaze sivuke ngo-1989 kwaye siyaxhuma ngokungathi siyaphambana nesingqisho salo 'Mthandazo uthandwayo', kwaye uMadonna kunye noSean Penn babambekile komnye umqolo njengaleyo yayizolo. Konke kuqala ngoSeptemba odlulileyo xa U-Lee Daniels, umdali wolu ngcelele 'Ubukhosi', uphume ekhusela uTerrence Howard ngokubhekisele kwityala lobundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo kumdlali weqonga nxamnye nenkosikazi yakhe kudliwanondlebe nephephancwadi laseHollywood Reporter: "UTerrence akenzanga nto yimbi eyahlukileyo kunaleyo yenziwa nguMarlon Brando okanye uSean Penn, kwaye ngequbuliso uyidemon elibi".
U-Sean Penn, owathi emva kokuva amazwi ka-Lee Daniels akazange athandabuze ukungena ngokupheleleyo kumlo osemthethweni ngokuchasene nomdali we-'Bukhosi ', unoncedo lwamva nje luka Madonna, awayetshate naye ukusuka ngo-1985 ukuya ku-1989 kunye eneenkwenkwezi ngaphezulu kwesihloko esinye malunga nokulwa okugqithisileyo. UMadonna uphume wazokukhusela uSean Penn kwisiteyitimenti esibhaliweyo esivezwe izolo kwinkundla yamatyala eNew York.: "Ngokuqinisekileyo sasinengxabano eshushu engaphezulu kwesinye ngexesha lomtshato wethu, kodwa uSean akazange andibethe, andibophe, okanye andihlasele ngokwasengqondweni, kwaye naluphi na ulwazi oluchasene noku luyinto ecekisekayo, enobungozi, engenankathalo kwaye engeyonyani.".
Ukumkanikazi wePop ukwakhankanye amatyala okuphathwa gadalala awayekuwe ngumdlali weqonga ngo-1987 nango-1989.: “Ndiyazazi izityholo ezivela kwisiganeko sowe-1987, apho, ngokwee-tabloids, uPenn wandibetha ngebaseball. Ulwazi olupapashiweyo alubuxoki kwaphela ». Ngo-Disemba ka-1989, uMadonna waya kwigosa likasheriff laseMalibu ukuya kuxela uPenn ngezityholo zokwenzakala emzimbeni, nangona inguye kuphela owaphela esirhoxisa isikhalazo kwiveki elandelayo. USean Penn uthe esi sikhalazo siyimveliso "Umona".
Ityala elifakwe ku-Lee Daniels lithi malunga noku Eyona nto inengxaki kukuba bamthelekisa ngokungekho mthethweni uPenn noWoward, kuba nangona enengxaki nomthetho, UPenn akazange abanjwe, ngakumbi ukufunyanwa enetyala lobundlobongela basekhaya, Njengabafazi bakhe bangaphambili, kubandakanya uMadonna, unokuqinisekisa ».