Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen appears to have been taking some strong drugs. This is not a surprise but his self-inflicted career suicide is quite something to behold, even by Sheen standards. Here’s a quick re-cap of what he’s said over the past few days:
About his workout routine:
Q: And you’re working out even a couple of times a day?
“Umm…Yeah, but there’s only one time in the gym if you catch my drift.”
About his tropical getaway with ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, and two mistresses:
“Where there were four, there are now three. Good-bye, Brooke, and good luck in your travels; you’re going to need it. Badly … She’s not there now and we are and I don’t know, winning, anyone? Rhymes with winning? Anyone? Yeah, that would be us. Sorry man, didn’t make the rules. Oops.”
About himself:
“I’m sorry, man, but I’ve got magic. I’ve got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time—and this includes naps—I’m an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground.”
“There’s a new sheriff in town. And he has an army of assassins.”
About his porn star family of “Goddesses”:
“Let me say this about the Goddesses, I don’t think the term is good enough, but when you’re bound by these terrestrial descriptions, you must use the best term available. So if you think about it dude, I’m 0-for-3 in marriage, but like in baseball, the scoreboard doesn’t lie. Never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the hearts. And to sully, contaminate, or radically disrespect this unit with a shameful contract is something I’ll leave to the amateurs and bible grippers.”
Charlie with ex-wife Brooke Mueller
About Alcoholics Anonymous and recovery:
“I have cleansed myself. I closed my eyes and in a nanosecond, I cured myself… It’s the work of sissies. The only thing I’m addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math … another one of their mottoes is ‘Don’t be special, be one of us.’ Newsflash: I am special, and I will never be one of you! I have a disease? Bulls**t! I cured it with my brain, with my mind. I cured it, I’m done … you don’t look like you’re having a lot of fun. I’m gonna hang out with these two smoking hotties and fly privately around the world. It might be lonely up here but I sure like the view, Alex!”
About.. well, no-one really knows:
“Guys, it’s right there in the thing, duh! We work for the Pope, we murder people. We’re Vatican assassins. How complicated can it be? What they’re not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people. See where that goes.”
Now just imagine you were his publicist. What would you do? Besides reach for the vodka yourself……
Australia’s leading TV publicist is a smart and talented man called Steven Murphy who has weaved his magic on reality tv shows such as Big Brother and Masterchef. We asked him how HE would rehabilitate Charlie Sheen’s smashed-to-smithereens career:
Charlie's mug shot
“This latest installment of the Sheen-tatsic saga has me on the edge of my seat and got all my publicity-juices flowing. It is pure tabloid pleasure and I would love to be a part of it. This is the story that just keeps on giving. For a man who has had more scandals than then the entire cast of St Elmo’s Fire over the last 20 years, this one is an absolute gem.
Now Charlie has a long history of ‘incidents’. The common theme is always partying, porn stars and prostitutes. This dates right back to Madam Heidi Fleiss’ little black book discloser in ‘95 where he was notoriously heavily featured. His weakness for drugs and alcohol is just as well documented and he has been fodder for the tabloid press for years.
But this latest incident is front-page news like no other. But why? Why is this incident haunting our news services day and night?
This story took on a life of its own last Friday. Fresh from a brief stint in rehab following another hotel/porn star/cocaine frenzy in late January, Charlie went on radio for his first interview. Listen to it here.
He gave one of the most phenomenal rants I’ve ever heard. It is 18mins of radio that will astound you while making you feel incredibly good about your own mental health. He attacks his producers, his bosses, his exes and many who have tried to help him. As a result of this rant his incredibly successful program Two and A Half Men was cancelled by CBS for the remainder of its season. That is huge and unprecedented news even by television standards.
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper on the set of Two and a Half Men
To further add to the problem Charlie has literally not shut up since his show was cancelled. He has done the media-rounds like a man possessed! ABC News, TMZ, ACA, CNN – the works. And every time he goes on air he shares another little nugget of pure gold, slamming someone in the process, further feeding the media frenzy. The publicist in me is screaming “just shut your mouth Charlie” and then this whole story would die right down. No more quotes from Charlie and there would be nothing more to talk about.
It would be easy to blame Charlie for all of this but even Lindsay Lohan could see the man has issues. He needs a strong hand and guidance, followed by intensive psychological help.
The question I keep asking is where is his publicist? Why is someone not shutting this story down? Obviously I am a little biased thinking that a publicist could have changed all of this for Charlie but I’ve been in this job since before Dawson’s Creek so I know what we can do. Then yesterday the news came through that Charlie’s long-suffering publicist had resigned. Shock Horror. Besides being my big chance to crack LA it also showed that Charlie was not listening to anyone, he is the Thomas the Tank Engine of this trainwreck.
While there are certainly no hard and fast rules in publicity-land, god only knows I’ve learnt that the hard way – there are some general guidelines that publicists live by that are applicable here. For Charlie.
1. CONTROL THE MESSAGE: We all know what we would like the story to be before we go into it. Briefing notes, dot points, bios, press releases, many conversations – all things we do preparing for a big story. Judging by the Sheen-scenario the message is anything Charlie wants it to be or pops into his manic mind at the time.
2. PREPARE THE CLIENT: We rehearse answers, chat through potential questions, make sure the client is in the right headspace to do the interview. At absolutely no time in my career has the phrase “I will murder with great violence” been an appropriate response.
3. LESS IS MORE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT: The more fuel you throw on the fire the higher it burns. This ties in with controlling the message. In a nutshell… say the right thing to the right people at the right time. That’s crisis management. Not going on every News program in the country with a client who makes Courtney Love look sane.
Charlie Sheen in Wall Street
4. YOU NEED TO WORK HARD FOR YOUR AUDIENCE: Its always important for your client’s audience to know that they are appreciated. This is where the US and Australia differ greatly in response. As a make-good after a scandal in the US the standard comeback is rehab, apologise, beg for forgiveness and find God. Not our Charlie. He slams AA, his bosses, the broadcaster and anyone who disagrees. You gotta love the arrogance of that.
But like I said, no hard or fast rules. Yesterday I spoke with a celebrated-music-publicity-guru who completely disagreed that Charlie should be gagged. She loved that he was showing such character and unapologetically breaking free of the cookie-cutter Hollywood mold. Fair point and I don’t totally disagree, but there is a lot at stake here.
As much as we’ve all relished in every detail of this sordid story and his behaviour, here is a man of considerable talent. He has starred in two of the all-time great films in Platoon and Wall Street plus a string of other commercial hits. And it doesn’t matter whether you love it or hate it there is no denying Two And A Half Men is one of the biggest international television successes of the last decade. He has won numerous critical and popularity awards. My fear is that despite his acting talent and success he is teetering on the brink of becoming a ‘celebrity’ rather than a celebrated actor.
As a celebrity the best he can hope for is his own warts-and-all reality program on E! As an actor he has far more to offer. My advice would be get off the media merry-go-round Charlie, shut down the story and start focusing on what you do best or you’ll have TV camera’s in your bedroom before you know it.
And no one wants that!
Charlie Sheen talked to Piers Morgan in his first live television interview since the cancellation of his TV show, Two and a Half Men:
Are you a Charlie Sheen fan? Like Two and a Half Men much? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S SUCH A POPULAR SHOW? Ahem.
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um this publicist is pising in the wind.
Having read the desciption of Chalie Sheen’s behaviour, he’s currently psychotic, had delusions of garandeur and very tangential. My guess is he’s in mania, and needs urgent mental health treament.
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Charlie Sheen was my second teenage crush – Tom Cruise was my first. Thankfully I’ve developed better taste in men.
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Charlie sheen has been a misogynist for as long as I can remember. The show he is most recently famous for starring in, proudly waves the misogynist flag…and gets away with it. I hope it never comes back.
His mental undoing is almost undoubtably due to substances he has abused.
I’m sorry, but I have no sympathy for this man. I’d also like him to shut up – then go away. Far far away from my daughter’s TV screen.
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FYI – I just read that Charlie Sheen’s tweeting is not by him at all, they’re all written by writers/PR agents.
I wondered why they were making a bit too much sense…
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is he too stupid to manage 140 characters????
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Just read the publicists article re: Charlie Sheen quite sad really that when offering professional advice, not once was any advice given on how to deal with a client with mental health issues. How would you advise a “‘train wreck’” of a client? Charlie Sheen is articulate and deluded, he is definately braking the “holywood cookie cutter mould” and at great personel cost. Do we have any moral obligation to help, should radio and TV stations, newspapers and magazines be saying no, lets not run with this, this man is unwell?
Personally as a nurse with 30 years experience working in accident and emergency I have seen people from all walks of life at their most vunrable and unlike the media and general public I have an established duty of care to do every thing in my power not to cause further harm to my patients and to help them maintain what litlle dignity thay have left. Its not hard to show compassion and understanding. I am guilty as the next man in reading and watching this story unfold, my moral compass at times has gone ascue, but someone somewhere in the media needs to find the courage,that same courage we ask our children to find when they are being or witnessing bullying, and say no enough is enough and are you ok! This man is unwell, lacks insight and is in pain all part and parcel of his mental health issues. I am sure his publicist recognised and has offered help and has found the courage to leave charlie Sheen and this money making circus.
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Well, the show is probably the worst thing on TV and thats saying something (hello Australia’s funniest home videos), its misogynistic crap and not remotely funny.
The fact that this was pulled form the air because Charlie Sheen is a lose cannon is the wrong reason but a happy result.
As for Charlie….well, me thinks he is mentally ill, an opinion shared by many it seems. I have a bit of professional experience in this area and I think he is totally derailed, the drugs and boozing wouldn’t help but I think its time for his family to intervene and get him some psychiatric care, seriously.
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Another celeb goes nutso…..this is like when Tom started jumping on couches and telling people to put their manners back in, and Britney shaved her head and hit paps with her umberella. The man is obviously disturbed and needs serious help. Imagne being his ex’s and having to explain daddys behaviour to the kids AGAIN!!. and, as an aside, why do these famous men cheat on and leave their wives for such ugly skanky women?? neither of Chartlies “Goddesses” are a patch on either of his ex’s.
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I was watching the original Wall Street a couple of weeks ago and couldn’t help but smile at the scene in the back of the limo where Charlie is hanging out with a prostitute and doing a couple of lines. Art intimidating life?
Now, I’m not smiling. I’m just sad. Sad for his kids.
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*Hold’s up arms defensively*
I like the show, I think Allan is hilarious. I think Charlie is a di@k. But the dynamic works.
Anyone else a fan – Fist me!
LOL.
I wonder what his Family thinks of this? Emileo whats going on with your brother?
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Lucky me, I work with drug addicts. (the criminal kind) Trying to rehabilitate and ensure they no longer commit crimes, but are instead productive members of the community. Hmm… It’s always difficult to explain exactly what i do (i hardly know some days, child care, rehabilitation?) At least now i can say to people, imagine trying to manage 55 Charlie Sheen’s! Ahh ha, now you get it!
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A friend of mine mentioned the Britney Spears saga and who throughout her “meltdown” which I feel was a genuine battle with mental illness, that she was condemned and people were trying to take her children away from her the second she showed a sign of breaking down.
Charlie Sheen however has been carrying on like a twat for months, with bad behaviour, wild nights with prostitutes, yet has been in contact with his kids like nothing is wrong?
He does not deserve to have custody of his children because he is a self-absorbed, self-confessed substance abuser.
Im glad his children are no longer with him and Im glad the mother of those twin boys, Brooke Muller is getting treatment so she can actually be a parent to her kids down the track.
I can’t get over the attitude of some people, let’s all have a good laugh at Charlie Sheen and how “funny” his interviews are, but you know let’s all chase Lindsay Lohan with a pitchfork for doing the same shit.
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Hate the show, cant stand the man. Why is it that celebrities such as Sheen and closer to home Matt Newton, who get treated softly by courts for acts of violence against women, then continue to lurch from disaster to disaster? If the courts treated them like the common crims they are they may have gotten help earlier.
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It seems as though Charlie Sheen has caught whatever it is that made Mel Gibson into a raging loony. It’s almost a shame. Both of them were decent actors back in the day and made some pretty popular movies. The Leathal Weapon series etc for Mel and Pontoon, Wall Street etc for Charlie.
It seems as though part of their problem is that they can’t quite get a grip on the fact that they have aged. Rather than embracing it and growing up, they regress and act like delinquent teenagers as though it will keep them young. I guess the other part of their problem is a mental health issue.
For some reason I’ve always prefered Emilo Estevez. The fact he kept his ‘ethnic’ name. His hotty hot hotness as Billy The Kid in Young Guns. Now I can add to that – not a drug addled nutter like his brother.
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For Sheen, the whole world consists only of two kinds of people – those love him from TV, and those who enable him.
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Slightly tangential, but I’m interested to hear Steven’s thoughts on how Twitter (in particular) and other social media have changed the role of the publicist.
Has it made damage control harder now that it’s so much easier for the stars to eff up in plain sight of millions of people in just seconds?
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I’d say it has brought on many a face palming!
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Surely he has adult family members who could help him.
Doesn’t he come from a (So called famous and loving close family).The man needs help!not more publicity.
And yes i love hes sit com
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He has to want their help, though. If he thinks he’s just doing fine then I’m not sure what else they can do.
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Having had family members who are hell-bent on self destructive behaviour, I’d wager that there isn’t a lot you can do about a fully grown man with a massive bank account and innumerable media outlets at his fingertips.
I’d bet that behind the scenes his family are in utter despair.
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He’s just batshit crazy. I just can’t decide if he’s mentally ill or just has his head up his arse.
I feel sorry for his parents and his children. I bet his less commercially successful brother is thanking his lucky stars right now.
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Hahahaha!
Precisely my thoughts.
“I just can’t decide if he’s mentally ill, or just has his head up his arse”.
I can’t stand Charlie Sheen, and I fear for the world now that I found out just how many people watch Two and a half men.
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“He is teetering on the brink of becoming a ‘celebrity’ rather than a celebrated actor”
Hmm, not only would I say that ship has well and truly already sailed, I’d suggest it has clocked up more ocean miles than P&O’s entire fleet of cruise liners combined
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Hey, I have a great pitch for a TV show – “Unreality Island”. Let’s just put Charlie Sheen, Colonel Gaddafi, John Galliano – oh, and Rush Limbaugh – on an island somewhere and let them get on with it. The winner is the one who spouts the most cr*p.
Actually I feel a bit guilty for being so entertained. My parents always said one ought not to mock the afflicted. These interviews are the 21st century equivalent of crowding round see the village idiot in the stocks.
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Maybe Mel Gibson could go along for the ride too?
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Haha – so funny! A friend and I have been trying to sort out the cast of our Fantasy Celebrity Rehab show.
So far, the ‘stayers’, people with a long-term history of drug use – Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Nick Nolte, Gary Busey. These guys are guaranteed to see it through to the end.
But how to keep it interesting?
We needed a few celebrities who would crack in the first episode – hello Mischa Barton! – thus completely freaking out some of the other contestants and providing drama from week to week. ‘Stars’ who think they are ‘hard core’ but are really just wimps.
We are having problems with the faux-hard corers. Any thoughts?
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Like Galliano, Charlie Sheen seems to be wrapped up in his own bubble of self importance. Surrounded my yes men and people who continually boost his ego, Sheen has obviously come to believe the fairytale land of Hollywood is reality. He thinks he can do or say anything and there will still be people around him who will kiss his feet. Hopefully, with the cancellation of his show and these enablers out of the way, Sheen will find and get the help he so obviously needs.
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Michael Jackson / Anna Nicole Smith here we go again……..I agree with the people who have suggested he has bipolar. He needs medical help.
I have always been puzzled by the young boy in that show. Why on earth did his parents let him work in that sort of environment? Where they that desperate for him to earn an income?
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The man is a twit with an overinflated view of himself. This latest performance shows how much of a douche he is.
The smartest thing that Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller could do is to apply for full custody of their kids.
It’s one thing for him to be acting like a douche in the privacy of his own home (or in Charlie’s case on every channel that’s interested), but it’s a complete different kettle of fish when kids are exposed to this behaviour.
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I think Denise Richards does have full custody and I doubt Brooke Mueller would win full custody as she too has a drug addiction. Poor poor little babies.
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Any other person living in a developed country who presented like this would be immediately psychiatrically assessed and placed in hospital. To me, he is acutely unwell and needs treatment. What he does not need is to be exploited by the media for more “crazy quotes”.
Personally, I can’t stand Charlie Sheen. However, he is clearly mentally unwell and I can’t believe there is no-one that cares about him enough to intervene and have him assessed and treated involuntarily. I guess that’s called bridges burned…
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The first half of this story was disturbing but the second half, the self-serving and opportunistic publicity-seeker’s bible by Steven Murphy, was downright grubby.
Does Murphy (who seems to think the fact that Sheen’s publicist has just quit is his Big Break in Hollywood) really think he can succeed with Charlie Sheen where others (who have known him for-EVER) have failed? Or maybe he doesn’t want to actually help Charlie Sheen, per se, but damage-control his pathetic career, for a fee of course.
Because that would be such a lofty ambition….
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Isn’t that kind of his job but? Presenting a person to the media in the way that they wish to be perceived? It may not be a noble profession but it IS his job. You can’t blame him for the media game.
A train wreck like Charlie Sheen would be his Everest.
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I just can’t understand why anyone would choose to make it his job to cover up and protect the public image of a woman-beating anti-semite with entitlement issues.
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A little off topic but it would be funny to hear someone sing these off-the-freaking-planet statements from Charlie Sheen (like how Josh Groban sang Kayne’s completely random ass tweets).
I know, that’s so bad of me. Would just be a tad funny to hear.
But yes, the dude needs help. Stat.
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Charlie Sheen: ugh.
And I hate ‘comedy’ with a nasty tone (especially towards women). Not funny.
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I must be the only female commenting that actually likes Two and Half Men…from what I read about Charlie Sheen before he started making Two and Half Men was that he was doing the same things then that he is doing now….so not much has changed it seems. And I feel sorry for his co-stars.Is it just me or is Charlie Sheen trying to be Hugh Hefner?
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i love the show and will miss it. i read that charlie was offered the part of ‘alan’ in the beginning but the producers knew the public wouldnt buy it. his character needed to be similar to himself for the fans to believe it. they did and it was an instant hit. i have never really watched him act in anything but this sitcom.
i have never seen someone so totally drug-f^%$ed like this and putting it out there for the world to see…
200 hundred people connected to the show out of work due to him.
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That’s actually my main problem with Charlie Sheen – I’ve really only ever seen him in a few roles that haven’t, in essence, been him simply playing himself. Last name changed, that’s really about it. He has had a few good roles which have pushed him, but they were all a long time ago. I’ve been thinking of him more as a comedian than an actor for a long time. But now he’s more a car wreck that I can’t look away from!
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Watch Platoon. He’s terrific in that.
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I totally agree, he is! That’s why I think it’s so sad, because he is capable of doing great things. He just doesn’t anymore. It’s sad to think of what he could have gone on and done as an actor, compared to what he actually did!
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He has 5 minutes at the end, playing a bad boy. You can see he had that “IT” quality that people talk about.
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Oh yeah, that bit in Ferris Bueller is one of the many highlights of the film. GOLD!!!
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You don’t find the show offensive to women???
I try to avoid watching it at all costs but when I do catch a bit or read about it, it seems to reduce most women to two roles; stupid sex crazy doormats or “bunny boilers”. Maybe I’m wrong but the writers of this show are aiming it at a demographic of men who dislike empowered women….it’s like it comes form another era and it makes me sad about the state of popular culture today.
I mean, each to their own but… sigh.
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My advice would be to get sober, go get counselling or something and take himself out of the public eye for at least year.
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I would tell him to shut up and to get to a psychiatrist for treatment of his mania asap!!!
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Why are we talking about even a theoretical resurrection of his crappy career?
Should we not be working out ways to make sure we Never Ever have to see his face or (worse) hear his voice again.
Lets use our powers for good, people!
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Every time I see that smug grinning munter face with his ‘I’ve got away with it – again!’ expression I want to kill.
He’s a violent, nasty little shit and one day he is going to kill someone. Worst of all his repulsive ‘ooh look my balls have just dropped’ behaviour is celebrated on that terrible show. The double standard is eye watering. Were a woman to behave like that – well the show would never be commissioned in the first place. I supposed though you could argue that the reason why he has so many one night stands is because nobody ever comes back for seconds.
One other thing. There will always be a string of stupid needy women who think they can change him.
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Is it just me or does anybody else think he is taking the piss wiht these interviews showing off his Goddesses etc? Surely he cannot be serious?
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This is annoying me – this has happened so many times before – Britney spears, Lindsay lowen, Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, Whitney Houston – we snigger & roll our eyes at this ‘crazy’ behavior when it’s clear these people are in serious trouble & no one in their lives is intervening. I’m not saying intervention is an easy thing but this man is clearly unwell & going thru’ some sort of episode and we ( the media, the bloggershpere) sit back & laugh! It’s awful. I should say, I’m not excusing his behavior but this is over the top – he’s not well surely!
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It’s interesting, isn’t it Jeannie? Well, horrific and sad, really.
I am a big fan of Martin Sheen, Charlie’s dad, and I can’t help but wonder what he is thinking and feeling when he sees Charlie like this. I posted yesterday on the story about K and the AFL by Virginia Trioli, that I think people need to hit rock bottom sometimes, and that I can understand why her parents felt the need to distance themselves from her.
I just feel so sad for Charlie’s mum and dad, his siblings, and his children, who are seeing this strange, sad behaviour along with the rest of the world. Steven is correct in the article above when he says that Charlie is becoming a ‘celebrity’, rather than a celebrated actor. This behaviour won’t be forgotten. All I can think of it that it will be mentioned in his obituary.
I should point out that I hate Two and Half Men. I find it sexist and demeaning to women and men. But I am sad that someone who once made me laugh (as the junkie in Ferris Buller, which now seems prophetic) is falling apart so publicly and with so little regard for himself.
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Martin Sheen released a statement that he’s horrified by the way his son is being treated (& enouraged) in the press. He asked what would the media response be if his son had been crippled in a wheelchair – everyone would be clamouring to help – but because he’s got an addition and possibily a mental illness, he’s a laugh riot.
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Martin Sheen’s great. I think he’s been there with the booze too – he was wasted for much of Apocalypse Now, IIRC. Definitely off his tits for the first scene with the mirror. Gee its hard to watch someone you care about self destruct in the same way you have and know a) How shit it is for the person and b) there is NOTHING you can do to help until they want it.
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Charlie Sheen is the living proof that you CAN be too rich and you CAN be too thin (especially on the crack diet).
Seriously though, what did the producers expect, throwing that much money per episode at a “functioning” (no longer) drug addict? What else did they think he was going to spend it on besides hookers and coke?
And no, never liked the show.
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His publicist resigned a few days ago. I would say that explains a fair bit
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ROFL @ Thomas the Tank Engine in this train wreck!! Perfect.
God, he is just an arrogant piss head who couldn’t sustain a relationship wit a woman un less he paid her. Even Kyle Sandilands, yes, the arbiter of good taste himself lol, was in hysterics at Mr Sheens antics yesterday on the radio.
Such a sad sad story really, no one can help him A’s he doesn’t think he has a problem or needs help. I feel for his kids and his frankly – Martin Sheen must be appalled!
Also, is is just me, or does he have total delusions about his attractiveness?? All I have ever seen is a washed up druggie trying to relive his so called glory days in the 80′s. And dint even get me started on the STI’s he probably has – I so doubt he practices safe sex when he is so high that even porn stars reckon he infests more drugs than would flay an elephant lol.
Ewwwwww. He just makes me shudder lol
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I’ve got a sneaking feeling that maybe the drugs might have….slightly affected his thought processes……but that’s just me.
To answer Mia’s questions – no, no and no!
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At least Charlie Sheen has somewhat of an excuse … truckloads of drugs will tend to have an effect.
Rush Limbaugh on the other hand…
And don’t start me again on Alan Jones.
But seriously … Charlie is having a very serious and very public meltdown and I hope he does get help, and quick. If not for his sake then for the sake of his kids and family. It’s very sad.
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The loss of the show due to Sheen is no real tragedy to me.I have always been mystified at the popularity of two & half men.
A little part of me dies when I find out someone I respect watches it.
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Yes, I agree. My dad loves it. I am appalled. I am hoping it’s cos he thinks the young boy is funny. Please. I do not get it lol
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Haha!
Just the other day a friend admitted to watching that crap and I felt something break inside me!
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the guy gets paid millions of dollars per episode to act like a drunken womaniser. No wonder he thinks it’s acceptable in real life!
I think his rantings are hilarious but at the same time I feel guilty for laughing at him as I can see that there is a much bigger problem here. The man is sick (and looks very much it) and needs help.
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I agree the show is horrible and offensive to women, and he is really, really unwell right now. All his rantings sound to me like he is having delusions of grandeaur? Very manic and scary to watch I’m sure if you cared about him. He needs help, but I can imagine right now he thinks everyone else is stupid and wouldn’t take it. I wonder what it will take for him to hit rock bottom.
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Oh, Chas ! Just go away, mate. Just go away !
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“This latest installment of the Sheen-tatsic saga has me on the edge of my seat and got all my publicity-juices flowing. It is pure tabloid pleasure and I would love to be a part of it.”
Wow. I find that so base and offensive. Can people genuinely not see that this man is seriously ill and in need of pyschological and psychiatric intervention? He is clearly having a manic episode and the media need to completely step away, stop fueling the story and interviewing him (even if he wants it – it’s part of the grandiose delusions) and leave him in the hands of people who care for solely for his personal welfare.
He’s a human being that is falling apart. He shouldn’t be ‘tabloid pleasure.’
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Don’t forget Julie, that Steven works in an industry designed to manipulate the publics feelings one way or other for their clients, not much in the way of morals happening in the world of publicists. Ever wondered why a few months after a star is busted doing something wrong, they pop up as a world vision ambassador or helping out some charity. It is to manipulate the public into getting the warm fuzzies for the client.
These publicists don’t care about the people they represent, they care about the dollar signs.
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I know what you mean, Julie. I must admit to being a spectator on this one. It’s all a bit sadly reminiscent of the 24-hour coverage of Lindsay Lohan’s spectacular unravelling, or Britney’s meltdown, but this one’s quite literally on crack.
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I totally agree with you Julie. Mr Murphy’s attitude is revolting. Charlie Sheen’s parents are heartbroken over this, not to mention his poor children who will be affected forever and so many others who have been hurt. If anyone close to Mr Murphy suffers from drug addiction or mental illness in the future, I wonder if he will still see it as a hilarious “gem” of entertainment that he “would love to be a part of” ? How insensitive can you get.
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Hi Steven
I worked as a Junior Publicist for one of the major tv networks for about 30 seconds in the 90s. In my job interview, my boss said to me, ‘These people are STARS, Rebecca and you will treat them as such.”
Hello Mr Red Flag.
Do you think the studio heads and the publicity machine have to take responsibility for encouraging these “stars” to think they are beyond accountability? Am really, genuinely interested to know your thoughts on that.
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So… was that the Shortest Career Ever then?
I’ve never understood why we’re so shocked when people like this completely fall of the rails. Some actors are treated like gods, not regular people. And they are regular people – they just have jobs in the public eye. Think about it this way: If I found out that one of my neighbours was a coke-snorting, hooker-hiring idiot who had ‘accidentally’ shot one partner, threatened another with a knife, then ranted endlessly about his bosses trying to ruin destroy him and his family by paying him a lousy couple of million a week so he can’t support his kids, I’d be running very fast in the other direction. Very, very fast. Charlie? Nah. People seem to think he’s a legend for some reason!
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I lasted four months in the job! But it was the longest four months of my life …
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You missed “I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it once your face will explode off and your children will weep over your exploded body”.
I love that at no point does Steven Murphy say something like “Advise Charlie to sort himself out”. It is the ‘control the message’ dickhead yes-men publisists that encouraged Mr Sheen to spiral down this path.
And no Steven, there is NOT a lot at stake here. One 100% interchangable actor leaves the stage, no doubt replaced by the new one.
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Yes, I remember that one. Such a psycho.
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I think the ‘lot at stake’ being referred to here may be the publicist’s salary????
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Completely agree! The whole thing, including the god awful, sexist show he stars in, leaves an awful taste in my mouth. Steven Murphy just added to it.
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To be fair, Steven Murphy does make this comment before the specific advice dot points: “It would be easy to blame Charlie for all of this but even Lindsay Lohan could see the man has issues. He needs a strong hand and guidance, followed by intensive psychological help.”
I find it abhorrent that someone would be more interested in someone’s earning potential than in their vital wellbeing, but it seems that Murphy was asked to comment specifically about the role of a publicist in circumstances like this. He seems to make his personal feelings quite clear (albeit briefly) earlier in his piece.
But FWIW, I agree that publicists should show compassion and due care, and that ‘control the message’ publicists probably have a lot to answer for in many other celeb train wrecks, and that Sheen is 100% interchangable!
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I love the Charlie Sheen show. It’s so much better than Two and a Half Men!
Keep going buddy, you’re the most entertaining thing to happen in Hollywood for years.
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Did you say you’re WITH stupid ?
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Everyone just needs to take a moment today..and go..here -
http://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/cats-quote-charlie-sheen/
BEST thing to come from this whole bat sh*t crazy man…
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HAHAHAHAHAH so funny. thanks so much
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brilliant!!!! Every cloud has a silver lining.
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Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.
PLEASE stop talking and go to rehab. Or see a shrink. Both would be a good idea. One day you’ll be glad you did.
And take your time, because there’s no need to make any more 2.5 Men… enough already.
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Why waste space on a non-entity like Charlie Sheen? Who cares? Why not post a topic about someone who has made a positive contribution to the world. He is a star in a pathetic sit com, Ho hum. N o wonder these people are dysfunctional narcissists when they attract so much media behaviour for their bad behaviour. Enough already!
The media creates these butt heads by shining the light on them.
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i wouldnt be surprised if he is bi polar..
this god like view of the world he has a the moment..
I feel for him when it comes crashing down
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exactly my impression. I’ve known a couple of people in the manic phase, and it is a terrifying thing, and very similar to the kind of thing he’s displaying. Could even be drug-induced bi-polar. he needs help, badly, but the nature of mania is that he’s the last person to recognise it
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Maybe he is bi-polar but that in no way explains or excuses the weird anti-semetic shit.
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