guzman, we also understand the linchpin of this penn/guzman meeting was a telenovella star, kate del castillo. have you heard of her before, n what do you make of that detail that you that detail, her being the one that brought the two together? it looks like our connection there with malcolm, author of the last narco has been lost. but if we get a reconnection, we ll try to get back to him. reflecting on that article written by sean penn about el chapo, joaquin guzman and his perspective on getting that interview and developments are in that story. now to how the penn/el chapo story is playing out in the press. it s dominated the upper fold of the new york times. the drug lord and the actor.
sean penn. let s bring in clint van zandt. what a twist to the story now, clint. nbc news has learned from a trusted source that authorities were aware that sean penn and the actress that was reportedly in this meeting, kate del castillo were in mexico to meet with el chapo and elchappo s desire to make a movie about himself was one of the leads that eventually led to his arrest. when you try to put together what we know today, how likely the authorities were able to eventually track and catch guzman because of these contacts, as has been said. we look at vanity, vanity, vanity. you think of over the decades and centuries how many people has that brought down? now i m sure sean penn may have delusions that he s actually
unavailable. let s bring in nicky novak with young hollywood. it s only been 24 hours. now we have a reported meeting with none other than sean penn and el chapo sitting down. many have said this is an odd hollywood story. you ve seen many of them over the years. from your perspective, in this one, a renowned star able to secretly meet with one of the most notorious fugitives aided by a telenovella actress. when you look at this being put together, it s a big movie day in hollywood. the golden globes tonight. what kind of traction will this have as you are out there talking to all of the movie stars? it s interesting because he had his big event last night. help haiti home. and this story broke a few hours before, and apparently nobody talked about it at the event. he still raised $7 million. madonna, his ex was there.
relation stone article was, as often is the case with some of these things, how he got there. the whole saga of how he got the story. the story itself, you know, a great mexican publisher who p s passed away recently did an interview with a crony of chapo s a new years ago. and it was the same story. you don t get much from the guy himself. it s very hard. i m not surprised that the interview was controlled by chapo. i m not surprised that he was asked to, you know, that he reviewed it before publication. there s a lot of buzz on twitter and among journalists whether it s ethical. when you interview a guy like that, you don t necessarily make the rules. right. malcolm, while nbc news has confirmed authorities were aware penn was in mexico to meet with
sean penn secretly met with joaquin el chapo guzman. he interviewed him just a few months before guzman s friday night arrest. the article written by penn was published on rolling stone s website just last night. the druglord in that interview answered questions on video that had been given to him ahead of time. rolling stone saying the final story was subject to approval by chapp io who did not ask for an changes. chapo said he went into the drug trade as a teenager because there was no other way to make a living. all of that just in part. gabe gutierrez is outside the mexican prison where guzman is being held and has the complete story on this. gabe, good day to you. richard, good afternoon. this is truly a remarkable story as you mentioned. this is believed to be el chapo s first public interview in several decades. mexican authorities are now investigating this trip.