Susan Sarandon’s younger, on & off-again lover left her for another older woman

Back on March of this year, Susan Sarandon called it quits with her boyfriend, Jonathan Bricklin. Bricklin and Sarandon had been together for about five years (maybe more) and he seemed to be her jumpoff following her split with Tim Robbins. They made news initially because of the 29-year age difference, although that part of the story died down after a while. The bigger story might have been that Bricklin was and is, like, a ping-pong entrepreneur. His aim is to bring ping-pong to all of the people. Or something. Anyway, Bricklin is now 38 years old and he’s scored another mature gal for a girlfriend. And Susan Sarandon is allegedly pretty upset about it.

Susan Sarandon’s table tennis-loving, much younger ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Bricklin, has found a new lady friend. Confidenti@l has learned Bricklin has been dating Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso, 64, and that she is rumored to be investing in his next joint.

“Susan is pretty hurt by Jonathan. They had been spending time together again; then he left to Paris to hang with Marina,” says our insider. “Marina and Susan know each other also. Apparently Marina is investing in his newest Ping-Pong venture, which is supposed to be in San Francisco. She also discussed with him investing in his indoor surf club.”

Sarandon, meanwhile, is headed to Burning Man in Black Rock Desert in the northern Nevada desert. She has been dating a much younger guy who is a boxer. Bricklin, 38, plans on flying to Los Angeles in a few weeks to work on business ventures, we’re told. He and Sarandon, 68, were reunited this summer and were spotted at a gallery opening in June, where the Oscar winner was overheard calling him her “boyfriend.” The two also were seen arm in arm in SoHo, laughing and smiling. They have been in frequent contact by phone and email since the split, with a source telling us, “They never really stopped talking.”

We hear that even after their breakup last March after five years together, the duo continued to hook up on the sly.

Their split came after Bricklin got a role on Morgan Spurlock’s AOL series “Connected,” about six New Yorkers and their partners who document their lives for the cameras. Sarandon wanted no part of it and called the relationship quits after a press release for the show included her name as Bricklin’s girlfriend.

Picasso, meanwhile, knows about turbulent relationships. She had one with her grandfather, and has sold off some of his works from her private collection — which totals nearly $300 million, according to reports.

[From The NYDN]

I really enjoy Susan Sarandon but this is too messy for a supposedly Cool Lady. I mean, I’m sure if we asked Susan about it, she would be all “I couldn’t care less,” but it really does feel like she got hustled by a young ping-ponging grifter targeting older woman and he’s on to his next mark. I also didn’t know that Susan was still dealing with Bricklin for so many months following their official split. Ugh. This guy.

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  1. Ysohawt1 says:

    Lmao

  2. Lara K says:

    He looks like a modern Pee Wee Herman, i.e. like I imagine a ping pong entrepreneur looks…

  3. suze says:

    Ping pong grifter.

    • Pandy says:

      LOLLLL

    • Mixtape says:

      Yeah, I thought all the people already had ping pong. And then all the people got video games.

    • Dirty Martini says:

      PingPongDong

      • Girlinbayou says:

        Yeah, at first I thought “ping pong, oh yeah, code word for; bow chicka wow wow” then I realized you actually MEANT ping pong and I was like ” whomp, whomp”

    • laura in LA says:

      Haha! Yeah, I was gonna call him a playa (of ping pong – w/wealthy, older women), but grifter’s more like it. Hope Susan didn’t invest/waste money in his con-man ventures.

      This guy is NOT at all attractive or interesting either. Susan can do a helluva lot better!

    • Serenity says:

      Hahahaha. I legit laughed at “ping ponging grifter”. That line is GOLD. I wish I can throw that out as an insult to someone one of these days. Still smiling at that line….

  4. LB says:

    Who knew that the world of ping pong could involve such shadiness and deceit?

  5. kai says:

    It says he’s a director in the first picture?

    I find this story very sad, actually. It does seem like he’s using these women, but they were together for FIVE years?!

    • Kaiser says:

      Five years in which she invested in his ping-pong business. Grifter gonna grift.

      • lucy2 says:

        Ah, I was wondering if she’d invested in his business too. Something about the new investor and relationship made me think she had. So he’s seducing older women to build his ping-pong empire? How…weird.

      • Matador says:

        She even went on Project Runway to judge a challenge designing uniforms for the Ping Pong Empire.

    • holly hobby says:

      Yup she sank money into his business venture. The press initially said she was an investor in the SF ping pong restaurant/gym whatever but I guess it’s that other lady? I’m all for love and don’t judge age but this has the marks of some hipster idiot stringing women along for their $$$.

      He must be great in bed for all these women to fall for him because there’s not much in looks to be honest. Pee Wee of ping pong indeed.

  6. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Male or female, at 69 years old you should know that a person in their thirties is probably after your money. If that’s ok with you, fine. But don’t be an idiot. I’m surprised at her. He’s not even cute.

    • Ronda says:

      thats why he is going after older ladies. for them he looks better because of his youth.

      but then again which woman could ever say no to a ping pong mogul?

    • perplexed says:

      I know I’d be suspicious!

    • Josefa says:

      Exactly. Men can be gold diggers too. There’s nothing wrong with a relationship like that, imo, but keep in mind the whole thing can end faster than it started.

    • Illyra says:

      She probably thought she was just so damn sexy she was irresistible to him, when in reality he was a common gold digger. I hate to laugh but it’s kind of funny to think about… lol

      • Ya says:

        I dunno… I have to admit I find Susan Sarandon very sexy (I’m serious). I’m in my early 30s and I’d totally sleep with her. I’m sure she’s great in bed.

  7. Nancy says:

    She has always been a free soul and has done what she wants to do, not what society dictates. As for the dude….hmm, sounds like one of those eccentric types that do prefer an older, more sophisticated woman. I’d bet on Susan…..don’t think she’ll be up nights crying over this.

    • Naddie says:

      I think she will. As much as I want her to get over it, a 5 years’s relationship leaves a hole when it’s over.

    • Ronda says:

      i dont know her but those rumors of Gyllenhall probably came from her. she wants him to read about it.

    • siri says:

      He fooled her, so she probably WILL shed a tear. I think her lust for life/sex/adventure /drugs sometimes makes her an easy prey.

    • Kitten says:

      I’m with you, Nancy. Susan is no fool.

    • perplexed says:

      an older, sophisticated woman WITH MONEY…

      • Eleonor says:

        THIS.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        An older, sophisticated woman with money who will invest it in his ping pong company. Sorry, I’m a Susan fan, but she got scammed by this loser.

      • laura in LA says:

        GNAT, if it were pool/billiards, then maybe…but ping pong? C’mon, Susan!

        Seriously, though, it’s hard to believe someone smart who’s been in Hollywood long enough could be so easily scammed, but it still happens all the time.

        Five years wasted w/this guy…ugh.

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        She wanted to believe his con-game, that she was desirable to him for only herself , her ego was stroked and she fell for his bull.

    • Neah23 says:

      She did a reality show with him and was on Dr. phil with him. She cared a lot so I believe she spending a great deal nights crying over this.

      You want to believe she didn’t get played because you like her, but she did and Just because she give off the image as being a free spirit doesn’t mean she is.

      • perplexed says:

        Say what now? She was on Dr. Phil with her lover?? SUSAN SARANDON was on Dr. Phil discussing her lover?? This is all weird to me…

      • snakecharmer says:

        dr phil? lmao they both just lost any street cred. ok this guy is a “hipster”? lmfao was going on d phil supposed to be ironic or meta or something???

      • Kitten says:

        LOL PLEASE. Sarandon was on Dr. Phil to talk about the upcoming execution of Richard Glossip.

        You make it sound like her and this Ping-Pong guy were on there talking and crying about their relationship. Again, LOL

      • Tiffany :) says:

        Thanks for clarifying, Kitten. That makes a big difference!

    • Grace says:

      Yeah, the dude seems like he is a bit of an eccentric and I can see his and Susan’s relationship as being somewhat authentic. He kind of reminds me of that the dude who is married to Sam Taylor- Johnson

  8. mia girl says:

    As I read this post, I pictured the guy as a budget Gustave H “courting” all the older women. He’s just doing it in ping pong parlors instead of a Grand Hotel.

  9. PHD Gossip says:

    Sarandon is seething because she loaned him $2M.

    • captain says:

      OMG, do you think it’s her in that blind? That would make such a perfect sense. Only I think somehow she refused to invest anymore and Marina is investing what she refused. Perhaps 2M over the five years, that would be not so impossible.

      • Aussie girl says:

        Well ping pong is the next face book, he is also looking for investments for his next big venture, a thing called a yo yo. Lol

  10. teatimeiscoming says:

    He looks like The KFC Colnel’s gross grandchild with that facial hair

  11. Size Does Matter says:

    Cringe. Dude must have a magic wand in his pants or something.

    • Jaded says:

      Ping pong dong long.

      Sorry, had to say it.

    • Kitten says:

      LOL!!

    • siri says:

      The guy actually looks as if he doesn’t even know what’s down there, or how to use it…remember Bull Durham, where she red poetry to Tim’s character, him asking “Are we gonna @uck now, or what?”?

      • holly hobby says:

        Ah. Bull Durham my favorite baseball movie! She and Tim were great for so many years. So sad to see it end and to see her hook up with Pee Wee Ping Pong.

      • laura in LA says:

        That’s the sexy, smart, sophisticated Susan we all think of and want to believe is her. She, Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner were so good in Bull Durham, great movie.

      • siri says:

        @laura in LA: So true. It’s the picture we have of her, and perhaps she likes to see herself this way. Unfortunately, this DOES look like she got fooled into believing his interest was just about her. Life doesn’t come with a well-written script, like this movie definitely had.

  12. EscapedConvent says:

    What the :/#! is an “indoor surf club?” I would like to see the lovely Susan ping-pong her way back to Tim Robbins.

  13. Cirque28 says:

    As the son of Malcolm Bricklin, isn’t Jonathan Bricklin supposed to be extremely wealthy in his own right?

    • yuck says:

      I think that’s a myth. Bricklin senior has made and lost several fortunes in his lifetime.

    • laura in LA says:

      I’m sure that’s how he seduces wealthy women, by acting as if he doesn’t need or want their money, but then talking up his ventures as if they’re an investment you don’t wanna miss.

      Can you imagine how Susan feels, realizing she got conned by the king of…ping-pong?!!!

      • Dee says:

        LOL! Oh poor Susan. She’s so much better than this. Her friends and family must be just beside themselves.

      • laura in LA says:

        Dee, how interesting you should mention her family because I wondered, too, what her daughter Eva must’ve thought of this grifter?

        (On a more serious note, it kind of reminds me of the sad situation going on now between Robin Williams’ children and his 3rd wife.) 🙁

  14. Talie says:

    Marina made a fortune some time ago after she sold some Picassos…must be nice to have those laying around when you get in a jam.

    • Kitten says:

      I’d probably sell my house before I’d sell a Picasso. I mean, if I actually owned one.

      • Absolutely says:

        But maybe if you were surrounded by them since birth it wouldn’t be such a big deal to sell a couple.

      • Kitten says:

        True. Plus some of the pieces could be kind of meh. I mean, the guy produced a lot of work, not all of it great.

  15. Ronda says:

    that story is just great. a ping pong mogul tricking wealthy older women into investing in his venture so he can be the Ping Pong Jesus for all of humanity.

  16. kri says:

    He looks like a Grade A douchebag. she has a case of Ping Pong Dong and she needs to lose it, fast. He just looks smackable.

  17. Boston Green Eyes says:

    Mr. Ping-Pong Mogul has gayface for days.

    Just sayin’.

  18. perplexed says:

    Why didn’t things work out between Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins? What happened there…

    • FingerBinger says:

      Tim aged out. He was too old for her.

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        I believe Tim got too old for her young blood quest.

        Norma Desmond is what I see in that picture above.

    • Jayna says:

      “Fans were shocked when Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins split in 2009 after 23 years together. The actress said that her performance in the Broadway show “Exit the King,” a play about confronting mortality, made her reexamine the relationship.

      “You can’t do a meditation on death and stay in a situation that’s not authentic,” she told AARP magazine. “It made me examine where I was in my union and in my life, and to have discussions about making changes.”

      She said in another interview she thought never marrying would help you not take the partner for granted, but she realized she didn’t know if that was possible being with someone for over 20 years anyway.

      Tim Robbins addressed being in a midlife crisis around that time as far as looking at the rest of his life..

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7896467/Hollywood-actor-Tim-Robbins-tells-of-midlife-crisis.html

      • laura in LA says:

        I’d heard that Tim was Bi (maybe what Susan means about being “authentic”)…but isn’t that what’s said now about every man in Hollywood?

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        She wanted a younger partner. I think that’s how she is. Tim got too old for her.

    • siri says:

      Tim finally grew up- with her help. I think next to her quest for fresh “impulses” in her love life, she has a tendency to lecture/acting the mother. Acting out on her experience might be interesting and challenging for those much younger men in the beginning, but they will eventually feel trapped, or over-shadowed by her. So THEY emancipate from her.

  19. Jayna says:

    Susan stooping to doing that reality show for him broke my heart. She’s an activist, an Oscar winner, highly respected actress, and there she was reduced to doing a reality show with her boy toy. I wept.

    Now for her to see it just wasn’t that he was into her, regardless of her age. It was that he seeks out much older women to get them to invest in his ping pong business. And to add to that, if he is heterosexual I will be shocked.

    • FingerBinger says:

      She also did the Dr. Phil show. It was about the death penalty but it’s Dr. Phil.

    • holly hobby says:

      What? She was in a reality show? Even Clint Eastwood refused to do that mess for Dina. Which show was it? I must have missed it because this is the first time I heard about it.

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        It was sad to watch her stoop to that.
        My sister said his p….must be doing magic tricks on Susanne’s mind , to convince her a Realtiy Show was the thing to do. I sat in horror when I saw the reality show video.

        WTF was all I could think.

  20. mkyarwood says:

    Whaaaaaaat, is this the oldest scam in the book or what!? Provide services to rich, old ladies and get them to invest in your business. (disclaimer: I don’t consider 64 old, but you get the idea)

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I’m 59, and believe me, I would totally side-eye a guy in his thirties who was flirting with me. I feel good about the way I look, but that’s young enough to be my son, and it just doesn’t happen except with waiters who want a big tip. Male or female, I think you’re just being foolish if you fall for it. I will say that I knew one couple where the woman was half the age of the man and I think they genuinely had something. But only that one. Most of the time I just think the older person is either unaware that they’re being scammed, or they don’t care for various reasons.

  21. maria1981 says:

    is it possible that he just like this women? both are attractive and very interesting people. just asking.

    • Harryg says:

      I do think he genuinely likes older women. I don’t find this weird at all.

    • Pamela says:

      I suppose the realistic view is that he was grifting her. But you are right, Susan is gorgeous and very interesting.

      Also–if he just wanted the money, why did it have to be from OLDER women? There are rich 40 year olds. And it isn’t like Susan was desperate for a guy. She could find plenty of younger guys–she is Susan Sarandon for goodness sake!

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        She was probably a combination of Sugar momma and Norma Desmond to him, old rich star w money and he stroked her ego.

  22. captain says:

    I love her very much. She was obviously content for 5 years, so the relationship, however it was arranged, was what she wanted. He is no Casper Smart and didn’t make her look ridiculous, just as a woman who has chosen this type of relationship and was happy. I’m sure he’s not THAT irreplaceable ))

    • Jayna says:

      Reducing herself to a reality show for him made her look ridiculous. It was cringeworthy.

      • captain says:

        Was it? I haven’t seen it and didn’t know she’d stoop to this level to please her kept boy. So glad I haven’t now.

      • laura in LA says:

        To All Hollywood A, B or even C Listers: Just Say No to Reality Shows!

      • Ysohawt1 says:

        It was awful seeing her reduce herself to that. My sis and I looked at the reality show video in horror and WTF in our eyes.
        A ego stroking young man who played on her desires and a bit of beyond-Middle aged crazy is all I could figure…

        There was absolutely no logical reason for her to be doing a reality show, it was bizarre.

      • laughing girl says:

        That show was well and truly awful. She must have been desperate to hang on to him to do this. Watching it exhausted my cringe glands.

  23. original kay says:

    is ping pong slang for something? or is it really ping pong, like forrest gump ping pong?

    I never knew there was such a thing.

  24. Eleonor says:

    If this was a man people would be talking about an “old fool played by a gold digger”.
    Just saying.

    • Illyra says:

      Yep, there’d be no mercy shown.

    • Meandyou says:

      He is either the sole owner or one of the owners of Spin, a ping pong bar where you can drink, eat and play in NYC. We have had several team events there with my work and its actually kind of fun. We split in groups and turn the whole thing into a competition. So yeah, it exists.

  25. Cee says:

    Ping-pong entrepreneur? What am I doing with my life?! This guy has reached some James Middleton Marshmellows levels.

    Susan, count your blessings and go find a man who doesn’t need your money to exist.

  26. TessD says:

    I find it puzzling – how could anyone date someone so obviously after your money? And then be hurt that he dumped you for a richer investress? Susan should say “Praise the Lord!” this grifter is gone.

    • captain says:

      There was a very good French movie, don’t remember the name, with Gad Elmalech and Audrey Tatou. About this very issue. So there was this older woman who really wanted a younger kept boy. And she kept her part of the bargain, spoiling him like a kid with presents and money, and he kept his part, sleeping with her and being pleasant, happy and romantic. And it suited both.

      I believe that at 60-70 years old, a self-sufficient rich woman doesn’t want all the drama and effort that comes with real relationship with someone her age. I mean, these men are old. Old people have their habits, health problems, past. Loads of baggage and, if rich and spoiled by fame, lots of expectations from their partner. And she has hers. It’s just as difficult for her to adjust as is for him. So this kind of a relationship with a much younger kept boy is absolutely possible and can be quite sufficient for her. But then yes, another fellow granma could steal him away by offering more “investments” in his ” business”.

      • Jaded says:

        I beg to differ. I’m 62 and have a wonderful relationship with a 65 year old man I dated in my twenties, broke up with, then reconnected with him 35 years later. There is no drama despite everything we have been through separately in the intervening decades. In fact it’s made us more interesting people with a richness of life experiences and knowledge, and a sense of freedom from old baggage that is absolutely wonderful. Neither of us are in wheelchairs or carrying oxygen tanks by the way. We are very healthy. Furthermore, I dated younger men for a time in my 40’s and 50’s and found them either too full of drama or just boring aside from the sex.

      • Tessd says:

        @captain The movie you are talking about was called “Priceless” and I’ve seen it. It’s a wonderful love story and the first time I’ve seen Elmalech 🙂

      • captain says:

        @Jaded The question was “how could anyone date someone so obviously after your money?” While relationships like yours exist, there is still a huge market for other dynamics. I am exploring this segment. Relationship requires effort. Don’t you have any habits you had to adjust to live with your current partner? Is it not more difficult to change now than in your twenties? Is it not true that health problems and irritability increase with the age ( and I’m sure you see the difference between that and a wheelchair)? There are women who don’t want to bother anymore or enjoy being in control. Their partner is always accommodating, romantic in a way they want it, provide sex when they want it, leave them be when they need to be left alone, happy to receive gifts, vacations and money. So they both have a genuine sympathy for each other, enjoy this kind of situation and prefer it to the normal relationship.

      • captain says:

        @TessD Thank you for reminding me the name of the film! I loved it, only the end made me a bit unsure. I thought the transformation of her character was not as deep and profound as his, so would she leave him eventually ? But perhaps it was due to him being a much more talented actor ))

  27. TessD says:

    Oh, and I get a very strong gay vibe from this douche.

  28. Dirty Martini says:

    Pretty disappointing on so many levels. Methinks she is living in her past. Her longterm, successful relationship with Tim Robbins (and him being markedly younger than her) likely leaves her thinking it can happen twice.

    It won’t. Not at your current age and with something that much younger than PingPongDong.

    Please Susan. You are so much smarter than this.

  29. QQ says:

    Ping Pong Grifter also could have an asterisk by his age like Billy Joel’s “young New Wife” .. Homie Looks Like He caught Influenza at the turn of the Century and then they made him a vampire and here we are

  30. jwoolman says:

    Well, ping pong balls make great cheap cat toys. Had one cat who was in training for the Olympics in table tennis, bought her a case of them (1 full gross, 144). Most of which are hidden somewhere in the house. Just small enough to fit in the holes of their cat toy box (holes all over sides and top) and just big enough to not get sucked in by the vacuum cleaner.

    • Peanutbuttr says:

      When I was living in Boston, ping pong balls would always be heavily promoted during Allston Christmas.

      From my experience, boxes go pretty quickly when your male beer guzzling friends also happen to be germaphobes.

  31. Blip says:

    Dude has crazy eyes. Like Bryan SInger level crazy eyes, in every photo.

  32. Jeje says:

    This due like ’em nice and loose and hormonally surcharged eeks. what wrong with this dude

  33. Cidey says:

    Headed to Burning Man??? At 69??? Hell, I’m only 50 and you couldn’t pay me enough. In my younger days I would have loved it but now? I’ll take the Four Seasons, thanks. This whole thing makes her look foolish (and I’m a fan).

    • TrustMOnThis says:

      If you have money it can be much more comfortable than you might think. I hope she finds it reinvigorating and healing. It can be.

  34. Dee says:

    Ping pong is so hot right now!

  35. JRenee says:

    All other thoughts aside. She looks younger than 68. I have to think, she was not fooled by this guy and that she will get her money back.
    He does seem shady as hell though, shady squared!

  36. Lisa says:

    I’m a lurker here and I never comment but I am LMFAO at this thread. Thanks for the laughs!!!