A few days ago, the giant baby known as Wyclef Jean was performing stateside, and he decided to riff on two of his biggest critics, Pras and Sean Penn. Both Pras and Penn had offered surprisingly well-spoken criticisms of Wylcef’s presidential run in Haiti. It didn’t matter in the end, because Clef was ineligible for the presidency because of residency rules, but Clef seems to put some of the blame on his critics. Anyway, during the weekend performance, Clef said/sang: “If I was president….I got a message for Sean Penn, maybe he ain’t see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine. I got a message for Praswell, even though you don’t want to support me, I got love for you, even though you only kicked eight bars in the Fugees.”

Thus far, Pras has not said anything. But Sean Penn’s panties were in a wad, so he got his rep to issue this statement:

“Mr. Jean is clearly unfamiliar with the physical demands put upon volunteers in Haiti. As aid workers there, the notion of depleting the body’s immune system thru the use of illicit drugs is ludicrous. More specifically, J/P Haitian Relief Organization (a.k.a. JPHRO) has a ZERO tolerance policy for any and all illegal drugs. As the leader of this organization, Sean Penn has not only set this policy, but adheres to it. That Mr. Jean would make such a false accusation is reckless and saddening, but not surprising.”

[Sean Penn’s rep’s statement, via The Huffington Post]

And the rep added, “By the way, Sean’s is bigger than Clef’s.” You know that’s what it’s all about, really. Two boys arguing about whose humanitarian streak is bigger. I really can’t slam Sean for this though – even though I wouldn’t doubt that he’s using again, or that he was a raging cokehead in the past. Penn probably was genuinely pissed at the accusation, though, and he took this opportunity to slam Clef for not even knowing World Health Organization policy.