Maria Conchita Alonso has blasted her Colors co-star Sean Penn for his outspoken political views about her native Venezuela, insisting he should "shut up" and stop showing his support to the country's "killer" president, Hugo Chavez.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who grew up in Venezuela and is a staunch opponent of President Hugo Chavez, plans to play a die-hard Chavez supporter in a film that takes a critical view of Latin America's most outspoken leader.

Summary: Stripped of their wealth and forced to fend for themselves when the multi-million-dollar cosmetics company inherited from their father suffers due to controversy, two sisters who have never known the simple life must finally find out how the other half lives.

Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso has stunned Desperate Housewives fans by revealing she was once bulimic. The 49-year-old actress, who plays the mother of Eva Longoria's character Gabrielle Solis on the hit show, admits her eating disorder became a big problem when she could no longer sleep lying down.

Coming up on Desperate Housewives Feb. 19: "Thank You So Much" - Edie thinks that Karl is going to pop the question, but he's really trying to marry Susan, Carlos learns more about the fractured relationship between Gabrielle and her mother, Lucia (guest star Maria Conchita Alonso), and Lynette learns the extent of Bree's problem with alcohol.