Sean Penn seen dating ‘Sports Illustrated’ star

Well, kids, it looks like this time, he might really mean it? Iconic actor, Sean Penn, has been seen around town with a luscious new lady, and no way are these two ‘just friends.’

Sean, 49, and his alleged new lady, the ‘Sports Illustrated’ model, Jessica White, 25, were spied dining at the Hotel Griffou, a retro-American restaurant on New York’s West 9th Street [that's mid-Greenwich Village] before moving on to the Mercer Hotel.

“They were holding hands and seemed really into each other,” a source tells People. “She was lying on his shoulder and they were just lounging around. He seemed really into her.”

On Saturday, the pair — who met at party thrown by Kid Rock – were outdoors again; This time in the midst of the Meatpacking District, to attend fellow model, Noémie Lenoir’s 20th birthday party at the spacious new 180-seat restaurant, ‘Abe & Arthur’s.

“They’re together all the time,” says a spy. “She wants to get serious with him and it seems like Sean’s really into her too.”

Well, isn’t still-wife Robin Wright just going to be thrilled?? We’ll let you where the new pair surface next…